Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc

Infobox Ukrainian Political Party
party_name = Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
Блок Юлії Тимошенко
party_articletitle =
party_
leader = Yulia Tymoshenko
foundation = February 9, 2001
ideology = Social liberalism,
Pro Europe [ [http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2006/090610.shtml POLITICAL BLOC PROFILE: The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (02/26/06) ] ]
Solidarism [ [http://www.tymoshenko.com.ua/eng/about/ Biography of Yulia Tymoshenko leader of BYUT, Ukraine ] ]
position = centre-left [ [http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2371935 YULIA TYMOSHENKO TO VISIT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK - Eurasia Daily Monitor ] ] [ [http://www.tymoshenko.com.ua/eng/news/press/4270/ Who’s ‘populist’ in Ukrainian politics. An article in Kyiv Post ] ] [ [http://www.tymoshenko.com.ua/eng/news/press/3966/ Yulia Tymoshenko to visit Washington, New York ] ]
international = European People's Party ("observer status") [ [http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20070929/verden/109291244/ Gasprinsessen, mumien og den faldne helt - Verden ] ] [ [http://www.tymoshenko.com.ua/eng/news/first/4344/ VO “Batkivshyna” joins European People's Party] , Internet Press Service of Yulia Tymoshenko, 5 August 2007]
colours = White/Darkred
headquarters =
website = [http://www.ibyut.com/ www.ibyut.com] The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, ( _uk. Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; "Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko", BYuT) is the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko.

It may refer to one or several of the following:
*the "Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc" which fought the 2002 parliamentary election
*the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" which fought the 2006 parliamentary election.
*the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" which fought the 2007 parliamentary election.
*the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" parliamentary faction formed by the above-mentioned bloc

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

The parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006 saw Yulia Tymoshenko move into second place with 22,27% of the vote behind Party of Regions which had 33% and ahead of Our Ukraine which 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 would 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.

In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the bloc won 156 out of 450 seats, securing an additional 1.5 million votes (8.24%) in comparison with the 2006 election. [http://www2.pravda.com.ua/en/news/2007/10/9/9151.htm Yanukovych Loses 300,000 While Tymoshenko Receives Additional 1.5 Million] , "Ukrainska Pravda"] In 2007 Yulia Tymoshenko received a swing of 8.24% in comparison their 2006 vote. Most of the swing came as a result of consolidation of the vote in regions in which BYuT already was the leading party. Statistics published by Ukraine's Central Electoral Commission [Source: [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p001e.html Central Election Commission of Ukraine (English)] ] indicate that most of the swing came from minor parties and a swing away from the Socialist Party and to a lesser extent Our Ukraine.

On October 15, 2007, Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc agreed to form a majority coalition in the new parliament of the 6th convocation. [cite news|title=Ukrainian Parliament Continues Shift Towards Yushchenko|url=http://www.korrespondent.net/main/212097|work=Korrespondent|date=October 15, 2007|accessdate=2007-10-15|language=Russian] On November 29, a coalition was signed between the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (representing 45% of the national vote [Source: [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2007/w6p001e.html Central Election Commission of Ukraine (English)] ] ). On 18 December 2007 Yulia Tymoshenko, with a margin of two votes, was elected Prime Minister. [>cite news|title=Youtube|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHXz_Al5dck|work=Youtube: Yulia Tymoshenko elected Prime-Minister|date=December 18, 2007|accessdate=2007-12-18|language=Ukrainian]

ee also

*Yulia Tymoshenko
*Nationalism
*Charismatic authority

References

External links

*uk icon en icon [http://www.ibyut.com/ Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc] Official site
*en icon [http://www.ibyut.com/ Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc website]
*en icon [http://www.tymoshenko.com.ua/eng/ Yulia Tymoshenko personal site] Official personal site of Yulia Tymoshenko