New Politics Нова політика | |
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Leader | Volodymyr Semynozhenko [1] [2] |
Founded | 2001 |
Headquarters | Kyiv [2] |
National affiliation | Opposition Bloc |
Website | |
http://new-politics.org.ua/ | |
New Politics (Ukrainian : Нова політика) is a political party in Ukraine registered in February 2001. [2] The party is led by former Party of Regions lawmaker and former Vice Premier Minister in the Azarov Government Volodymyr Semynozhenko. [1] [2] [3]
Until 2012, the party did not take part in national elections. [2] In March 2009 Semynozhenko was elected party leader of the party. [1] In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party won 0.10% of the national votes and no constituencies (it had competed in 26 constituencies [4] ) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation. [5]
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election members of the party took part in the elections on the party list of Opposition Bloc; Opposition Bloc won 29 seats. [6] [7] [8]
The party did not take part in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election [9]
In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections the party gained 39 deputies (0.09% of all available mandates). [10]
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