Svitlychna Bloc — Together! Блок Світличної «Разом!» | |
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| Leader | Yuliya Svitlychna |
| Founded | August 6, 2015 (2015-08-06) |
| Merger of | European Solidarity |
| Headquarters | Kharkiv |
| Ideology | Liberalism Decentralisation Anti-corruption Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Yellow |
| Verkhovna Rada[1] | 1 / 450 |
| Kharkiv Oblast Council | 17 / 120 |
| Kharkiv City Council | 6 / 85 |
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Svitlychna Bloc — Together! (Ukrainian:Блок Світличної «Разом!»,romanized: Blok Svitlychnoi «Razom!») is aUkrainian political party established in August 2015. Party leader —Yulia Svitlychna.[2]
On August 6, 2015, the "United Power" party was established inKyiv. In the same year, its leader Volodymyr Netrebenko ran for the party in theKyiv City Council election, but did not pass theelectoral threshold to become elected.[citation needed]
On April 23, 2020, the party changed its name to "Svitlychna Bloc — Together!".[3]
The party leader is ex-head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration,People's Deputy of Ukraine of the9th convocationYulia Svitlychna.[4] Yulia Svitlychna describes her new party as an association of regional leaders of public opinion.[5]
According to the results of the2020 Kharkiv local elections, the party won 17 out of 120 seats in theKharkiv Oblast Council and 6 out of 84 seats in theKharkiv City Council. In addition, the party also won seats in other city councils inKharkiv Oblast, which includes: 12 out of 36 seats inLozova, 3 out of 34 seats inIzyum, 3 out of 34 inChuhuiv, 5 out of 34 inKupiansk, 7 out of 34 inBohodukhiv, and 3 out of 26 inKrasnohrad.[6]