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For the party of 1918–1991, see Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine.
Communist Party of Ukraine
Комуністична партія України
First Secretary Petro Symonenko Second Secretary Igor Alekseyev Founded June 19, 1993 Ideology Pro-Russia,
Communism,
Marxism-LeninismInternational affiliation Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP-CPSU) Official colours Red Verkhovna Rada [1]25 / 450Website www.kpu.net.ua Politics of Ukraine
Political parties
ElectionsThe Communist Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Комуністична партія України, Komunistychna Partiya Ukrayiny, or KPU) is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.
The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones (Press Service of KPU on October 14, 2011 "Communists call to strictly prevent any appearance of national-fascism in Ukraine" ("Коммунисты призывают жестко пресекать любые проявления национал-фашизма в Украине"), the Second Secretary of the Central Committee of KPU, Igor Alekseyev).
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Party's electoral results
At the parliamentary elections on 29 March 1998, the party gained 24.65%[2] of the vote and 123 seats, becoming the largest party in Parliament. At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the party won 19.98%[2] of the popular vote and 66 out of 450 seats in the Verkhovna Rada. Since then the party has lost much support, particularly after the Orange Revolution. In the 2006 parliamentary election the party won 3.66% and 21 seats.[2]
A map showing the results of the Communist Party of Ukraine (change in voter percentage from 2006) per region for the 2007 parliamentary election.
In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the party won 5.39%[2] of the popular vote and 27 out of 450 seats.
The party participated in the 2010 presidential election as part of the Election bloc of left and central left political forces.[3]
On March 11, 2010 together with Bloc Lytvyn and Party of Regions the party joined the first Azarov Government[4]
A May 2010 poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology showed that the party had the greatest support among retirees (7%) and virtually no support among young people (in the 18-29 and 30-44 age groups), especially in western Ukraine.[5]
In the 2010 local elections the party scored between 5% and 12% of the votes in all Ukrainian Oblasts except in Western Ukraine and Kiev Oblast where they almost had no voters.[6]
Presidential since 1994
(year links to election page)Year Candidate Votes % 1994 Oleksandr Moroz 3,466,541 13.33 1999 Petro Symonenko 5,849,077 22.24 2004 Petro Symonenko 1,388,045 4.97 2010 Petro Symonenko 872,877 3.54 Parliamentary since 1994
(year links to election page)Year Votes % Mandates 1994 3,683,332 19.1 86 1998 6,550,353 24.7 121 2002 5,178,074 19.98 66 2006 929,591 3.66 21 2007 1,257,397 5.39 27 Recent issue stances
Simonenko presidential election-2004 poster in Russian- Russian be given the status of a second official language in Ukraine[7]
- "Fight against the "robbery of the Ukrainian people" by oligarchic clans"[7]
- Nationalization of strategic companies[7]
- Introduction of a ban on the sale of agricultural land[7]
- Payments for utilities should not account for more than 10% of the income of Ukrainian families[7]
- "Rehabilitation of collaborators with fascism and leaders of nationalist movements be stopped"[7]
- Ukraine should join the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia[7]
See also
- Ukrainian Communist Party
- Borotbists
- Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party (Ukrainian SRs)
- Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) - the split off
- Communist Party of Workers and Peasants - the split off
References
- ^ (Ukrainian) Депутатські фракції, Verkhovna Rada
- ^ a b c d (Ukrainian) Комуністична партія України, Database DATA
- ^ Bloc of left and center-left forces to nominate CPU Leader for Ukraine's president, Interfax-Ukraine (October 3, 2009)
- ^ Ukrainian parliament creates new coalition, Kyiv Post (March 11, 2010)
- ^ Poll: Political forces of Tigipko, Yatseniuk, Communist Party in Top 5 of April rating of parties, Kyiv Post (May 12, 2010)
- ^ (Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (8 November 2010)
- ^ a b c d e f g Communists call for halt to cooperation with IMF, Kyiv Post (7 November 2011)
External links
- (Ukrainian) (Russian) Official website
Political parties in Ukraine 
Parliamentary
blocs and partiesParty of Regions faction (193)
People's Party faction (20) (People's Party • Strong Ukraine)
Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko - Fatherland (103) (All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" • Reforms and Order Party • Ukrainian Social Democratic Party)
Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (66) (Our Ukraine • People's Self-Defense Political Party • People's Movement of Ukraine • Ukrainian People's Party • Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" • European Party of Ukraine • PORA • Motherland Defenders Party • Christian Democratic Union)
Communist Party of Ukraine faction (25)Extra-parliamentary
blocs and partiesAll-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" • Front of Changes • Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine • Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists • Socialist Party of Ukraine • United Centre • Ukrainian Regional Asset (People's Democratic Party • Democratic Party of Ukraine • Republican Christian Party) • Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) • Bloc of the Party of Pensioners of Ukraine (Party of Pensioners of Ukraine • Party of Protection of Pensioners of Ukraine) • KUCHMA Electoral Bloc of Political Parties (Party "Union" • All-Ukrainian Union "Center") • Peasants' Bloc "Agrarian Ukraine" (Rural Revival Party • People's Party New Ukraine) • Internet Party of Ukraine • People’s Power party • Justice Party • Union of Leftists • Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) • Youth Party of Ukraine • Party of Greens of Ukraine • Viche• Ukrainian People's Bloc (Political Party "Cathedral Ukraine" • All-Ukrainian Chornobyl People's Party "For the Welfare and Protection of the People") • Party of Free Democrats • Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs • Party of National Economic Development of Ukraine • Christian Bloc (Social-Christian Party • All-Ukrainian Political Party "Ecology and Social Protection") • All-Ukrainian Party of People's Trust • All-Ukrainian Community (All-Ukrainian Party of Peace and Unity • National-Democratic Association "Ukraine" • Conscience of Ukraine • For Ukraine! • Political Party of Small and Medium-sized Businesses of Ukraine) • Information Ukraine • Hromada • UDAR of Vitaliy KlychkoNotes In the Verkhovna Rada 20 deputies are member of Reforms for the Future and 23 are not members of any faction.Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of Ukraine Local political parties in Kiev 
Blocs and parties elected into
the City Council in May 2008Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (10) • UDAR of Vitaliy Klychko (12) • Lytvyn Bloc (11) • Kyiv Civil Activists (8) • Party of Regions (10) • Mykola Katerynchuk Bloc (2)Factions in City Council created
after May 2008 electionsFaction Metropolitan Reform (8) • Faction Republic of Kyiv (4) • Faction Kiyani (3) • Faction Initiative (9) • Faction Renaissance of Kyiv (4) • Faction Strong Ukraine (2) • Parliamentary Group Social justice (5) • Faction Sports Kyiv (5)Extra-parliamentary
blocs and partiesOleksandr Omelchenko Bloc • Communist Party of Ukraine • "Svoboda" • People's Union "Our Ukraine" • Ukrainian People's Party • PoraFormer blocs and parties Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc (faction disbanded itself on September 22, 2011)Notes 27 Kiev City Council deputies are not members of any faction.Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of Ukraine Categories:- Communism in Ukraine
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