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The Party of Free Democrats (Ukrainian: Партія вільних демократів, romanized: Partiia vilnykh demokrativ) is a political party in Ukraine led by Mykhailo Brodskyy. It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko (Ukrainian: Яблуко; Apple). The party has about 1,000 members.

History

Mykhailo Brodskyy, a member of the Hromada faction, formed a 14-member "Yabluko" faction in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) in mid-September 2000.

During the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote and no seats (as Yabluko).

In March 2005, the party was merged into the Batkivshchyna party, led by Yulia Tymoshenko. In March 2007, however, Brodskyy announced the renewal of the party; renaming it to the Party of Free Democrats.

During the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party failed again to win parliamentary representation.

In late October 2009, The party nominated Brodskyy as its candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election.

During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections, the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Cherkasy. The party won one representative in the Cherkasy Oblast Council and 14 seats in the city council of Cherkasy.

In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party competed in one constituency; as it was defeated, the party continued to lack parliamentary representation.

The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party had two candidates in constituencies, but both lost.

See also

• Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
• Yabloko

References

1. ^ "Leader of Free Democrats Party Brodskyi Applies To CEC To Register Him Candidate For President". www.ukranews.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
2. ^ (in Ukrainian) Партія вільних демократів, Database DATA
   Election results of Yabluko, Chesno
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5. ^ (in Ukrainian) Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna, RBC Ukraine
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7. (in Ukrainian) Сергій Одарич формуватиме більшість у міськраді Черкас, Cherkasy city council website (8 November 2010)
8. (in Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (8 November 2010)
9. ^ "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
10. (in Ukrainian) Candidates, RBC Ukraine
11. Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
12. Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine

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