Lytvyn Bloc

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Lytvyn Bloc Блок Литвина
Leader	Volodymyr Lytvyn
Founded
Headquarters
Political ideology	Centrism[1], Agrarianism
International affiliation	none
Colour(s)	Green
Website	litvin.com.ua
See also	Politics List of political parties Elections

The Lytvyn Bloc, formerly Lytvyn's People's Bloc, (Ukrainian: Блок Литвина, formerly Народний блок Литвина; (Narodnyi) Blok Lytvyna) is a centrist^[1] political alliance in Ukraine led by Volodymyr Lytvyn.

[edit] History

[edit] Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006

During the 2006 parliamentary elections, the bloc was known as Lytvyn's People's Bloc and consisted of:

• People's Party (Narodna Partiya)
• Party of All-Ukrainian Union of the Left "Justice" (Partiya Vseukrayinskoho Obyednannya Livikh "Spravedlivist'")
• Ukrainian Peasant Democratic Party (Ukrayinska Selyanska Demokratychna Partiya)

The bloc had been organized for participation in the 2006 parliamentary election. The electoral bloc's list was headed by:

In the election, which took place on 26 March 2006, the bloc won 2.44% of the popular vote and no seat in the Verkhovna Rada, which was one of the main surprises of the election.

[edit] Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007

A map showing the results of the Lytvyn Bloc (percentage of total national vote) per region for the 2007 parliamentary election.

In the early parliamentary election held on September 30, 2007, the Lytvyn Bloc consisted of

• People's Party
• Labour Party

The bloc placed in fifth place, after the Communist Party and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc.^[2] It won 20 out of 450 seats.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://litvin.com.ua/

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