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The 'Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc' () is an electoral alliance active in Ukraine, associated with President Viktor Yushchenko. Since 2005, the bloc has been dominated by a core consisting of the People's Union Our Ukraine party and five smaller partner parties.
The Our Ukraine Bloc is most closely associated with the Orange Revolution and continues to use orange as its political colour. In July 2007, the old Our Ukraine bloc has been reorganized into the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc for the 2007 parliamentary election in September 2007.^[1][2] The member parties plan to merge into a single party at some point in 2007.^[3]

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Current Members

Bloc's history

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006

External link

Current Members

★ People's Union "Our Ukraine" (''Narodnyi Soyuz Nasha Ukrayina'')

★ Forward, Ukraine!

★ People's Movement of Ukraine (''Narodniy Rukh Ukrayiny'')

★ Ukrainian People's Party

★ Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly (''Ukrayins'ka Respublikanska Partiya Sobor'')

★ Christian Democratic Union (''Khristiyans'ko-Demokratichnyj Soyuz'')

★ European Party of Ukraine

★ PORA

★ Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (''Kongress Ukrayinskych Natsionalistiv'')

★ Motherland Defenders Party

Bloc's history

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002

Main articles: Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002

At the 2002 legislative elections, won 23.6% of the popular vote and 112 out of 450 seats. It was the first time when Communists failed to take the first place in vote.
The alliance included the following parties:

★ Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (''Kongress Ukrajins'kykh Nacionalistiv'')

★ Liberal Party of Ukraine (''Liberal'na Partija Ukrajiny'')

★ Youth Party of Ukraine (''Molodizna Partija Ukrajiny'')

★ People's Movement of Ukraine (''Narodnyi Rukh Ukrajiny'')

★ Party of Christian-Popular Union (''Partija Chrystyjans'ko-Narodnyj Soyuz'')

★ Reforms and Order Party (''Partija Reformy i Porjadok'')

★ Republican Christian Party (''Respublikans'ka Chrystyjans'ka Partija'')

★ Solidarity (''Solidarnist')

★ Ukrainian People's Movement (''Ukrajins'kyj Narodnyj Rukh'')

★ Forward, Ukraine! (''Vpered, Ukrajino!'')

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006

The "Our Ukraine" bloc was soundly defeated in the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election with only 13,94% of the recorded vote came in third place behind Yulia Tymoshenko (22%) and Party of Regions (33%). It won 81 out of 450 seats.
Following the elections there has been calls for Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko who was closely aligned and spokesperson for Our Ukraine during the March Parliamentary election to resign from Our Ukraine and to stand independent.

External link

★ Official web site