For United Ukraine! () was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in Ukraine founded in December 2001 to participate in the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2002.
History In the parliamentary election, the party was supportive of authoritarian, incumbent President Leonid Kuchma, and opposed to the pro-democratic Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc. It was described by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as a "party of power", including oligarchs, bureaucrats, and pro-Kuchma politicians, as an attempt to further increase Kuchma's power through constitutional and extra-constitutional means. At the election, the alliance won 11.77% Політична партія „Трудова Україна“, Database DATA of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats, placing it in third behind Our Ukraine and the Communist Party of Ukraine. Final poll results had predicted 7-8% of the total votes.Ukraine's election frontrunners, BBC News (28 March 2002) The alliance received many of its votes from Donetsk Oblast.State Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian parliament, 1990-2003 (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies) by Sarah Whitmore, Routledge, 2004, /
The alliance consisted of the 5 following members:Communist and Post-Communist Parties in Europe, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008, (page 391) 2002 Виборчий блок політичних партій "За Єдину Україну!", Database DATA Party of Regions (), led by Volodymyr Semynozhenko. Agrarian Party of Ukraine (), led by Governor of Lviv Oblast Mykhailo Hladiy. Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (, PPPU), led by Anatoliy Kinakh. People's Democratic Party (), led by former Prime Minister Valeriy Pustovoitenko. Labour Ukraine (), led by Serhiy Tyhypko.
Top-10 party list: Volodymyr Lytvyn (non-partisan), Anatoliy Kinakh (Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine), Kateryna Vashchuk (Agrarian Party of Ukraine), Volodymyr Boyko (Party of Regions), Viktor Skopenko (Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine), Valeriy Pustovoitenko (People's Democratic Party), Serhiy Tihipko (Labour Ukraine), Volodymyr Semynozhenko (Party of Regions), Mykhailo Hladiy (Agrarian Party of Ukraine), Heorhiy Kirpa (non-partisan).Meet the "Eda" faction. 150 deputies (Знакомьтесь, фракция "еды". 150 депутатов). Ukrayinska Pravda. 4 April 2002
PartyPRConstituencyTotalseats+/–Votes%SeatsSeatsFor United Ukraine (bloc)3,051,05612.23566101NewParty of Regions 62531+29Agrarian Party of Ukraine 71522+20Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine 516NewPeople's Democratic Party 71017-11Labour Ukraine (Trudova Ukrayina) 224Newunaffiliated 81321-
Since the election The electoral bloc disintegrated in June 2002, following the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election.Democratic Breakthroughs and Revolutions in Five Post-Communist Countries: Comparative Perspectives on the Fourth Wave by Taras Kuzio, University of Toronto
See also United Russia, a pro-Putin political project created in 2001 Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc, main opponent
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