Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc

The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, ([Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the name of the subsequently created political coalitions in Ukraine led by the politician Yulia Tymoshenko.

It may refer to one or several of the following:

• the "Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc" on the 2002 parliamentary election
• the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" parliamentary faction formed by the above-mentioned bloc
• the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" on the 2006 parliamentary election.
• the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" on the 2007 parliamentary election.

Unlike the two subsequent "Blocs of Viktor Yushchenko", all three political unions of Tymoshenko are considered to retain largely the same leaders and positions.

2002 elections

At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002 the alliance comprised the following liberal and nationalist member parties:

• Fatherland Party (Partiya Bat'kivshchyna ), also rendered as All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (Vseukrajins’ke Ob’ednannja Bat’kivščyna)
• Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly (Ukrajins’ka Respublikanska Partija Sobor)
• Ukrainian Republican Party (Ukrajinska Respublikanska Partija)
• Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (Ukrajins’ka Social-Demokratyčna Partija)

The bloc won 7.2% of the popular vote and 21 out of 450 seats.

The alliance supported Viktor Yushchenko during the Ukrainian presidential election of 2004, and played an active role in the widespread acts of civil non-violent protest that became known as the Ukrainian Orange Revolution.

2006 elections

A map showing the results of the Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc in Ukraine's oblasts during the parliamentary election.

The results of the parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006 have seen Yulia Tymoshenko move into second place with 22,27% of the vote behind Party of Regions who had 33% and ahead of Our Ukraine who received less than 14% support. It won 129 seats out of 450. After 3 months of negotiations and a coalition agreement it was widely expected that a coalition between supporters of the orange movement will form Ukraine's next government. But after the election of Oleksandr Moroz as speaker of parliament the coalition collapsed.

2007 elections

For the 2007 elections, the bloc consists of:

• All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
• Ukrainian Social Democratic Party
• Reforms and Order Party

The Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly was part of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc this time, while the Ukrainian Republican Party had merged into the Party of Regions.

See also

• Nationalism
• Charismatic authority
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy
• Liberalism in Ukraine

External links

• Template:Uk icon Template:Ru icon Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Official site
• Template:En icon Yulia Tymoshenko personal site Official personal site of Yulia Tymoshenko