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People's Democratic Party Народно-демократична партія | |
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| Russian name | Народно-демократическая партия |
| Leader | Lyudmyla Suprun[1] |
| Founder | Anatoliy Matviyenko |
| Founded | 24 February 1996; 29 years ago (1996-02-24) 30 May 1996 (registered) |
| Merger of | PDUV TCU USRC |
| Headquarters | Kyiv |
| Newspaper | Ukraine and World Today weekly |
| Youth wing | People's Democratic League of youth |
| Women wing | Action |
| Ecological wing | All-Ukrainian Ecological League |
| Membership(2012) | 185,000 |
| Ideology | Social democracy[2] Factions: Pro-Leonid Kuchma Authoritarianism[3][4] |
| Political position | Centre[5] |
| National affiliation | Our Choice – Leonid Kuchma! For United Ukraine We Know How Ukrainian Regional Asset |
| Colours | Green |
| Website | |
| ndp.org.ua (Archived) | |
ThePeople's Democratic Party (Ukrainian:Народно-демократична партія,romanized: Narodno-demokratychna partiya; abbreviatedNDP) is apolitical party inUkraine established on 24 February 1996. It was registered with the Ministry of Justice on 30 May 1996. The party isRussophone.
The People's Democratic Party was established at its constituent congress inKyiv. The party was created through a merger of three political parties (TheParty of Democratic Revival of Ukraine, theToiling Congress of Ukraine, and theUnion of Support for Republic of Crimea), two public organizations (The Union of Students of Ukraine and the New Wave) and two political clubs (New Ukraine and the Association of Young Ukrainian Politicians and Political Scientists).Anatoliy Matviyenko was elected party chairman.[6]
At the1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party gained 5% of the votes and 28 seats in the Verkhovna Rada. At the time of the election, the party's key member,Valeriy Pustovoitenko, wasPrime Minister of Ukraine. Pustovoitenko became the party's leader in May 1999 until April 2006. In September 2001, theInterregional Bloc of Reforms [uk] (MBR) was merged into the party.[7]
At theparliamentary elections in 2002, the party was part of theFor United Ukraine alliance, the alliance won 11.77% of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats in theVerkhovna Rada.
At the2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the NDP took part in the allianceBlock of People's Democratic Parties, but this alliance did not overcome the 3% threshold (winning only 0.49% of the votes), and therefore taking no seats. After taking responsibility for the defeat Valeriy Pustovoitenko resigned as leader of the party. In his place the party was led by Lyudmyla Suprun.
In the2007 elections, the party failed again as part of theUkrainian Regional Asset to win parliamentary representation. The current chairman of the NDP is stillLyudmyla Suprun.[1]
In the2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party competed in/for 9constituencies (seats);[8] but it won in none and thus missed parliamentary representation.[9]
The party did not participate in the2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[10]
| Year | Popular vote | % of popular vote | Overall seats won | Seat change | Government |
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| 1998 | 1,331,460 | 5.2% | 28 / 450 |  28 | coalition government |
| 2002 | For United Ukraine bloc | 17 / 450 |  11 | coalition government | |
| 2006 | Block of People's Democratic Parties | 0 / 450 | 17 | N/A | |
| 2007 | Suprun bloc - URA | 0 / 450 |  | N/A | |
| 2012 | partial participation | 0 / 450 | | N/A | |
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