Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed)

KPU(o) election poster

The Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) (Ukrainian: Комуністична партія України (оновлена); Komunistyčna Partija Ukraïny (onovlena)) is a political party in Ukraine, formed in November 2000^[1] following a split from the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU). KPU(o) is led by Mykhaylo Savenko, previously a member of Parliament of the pro-president Kuchma^[2] Labour Ukraine.^[3]

KPU claimed that the formation of KPU(o) was instigated by the political establishment, in order to steal votes from KPU.^{[4][dead link]}

At the legislative elections on 30 March 2002, the party won 1.4 % of the popular vote and no seats. despite the fact that only six other parties spent more on their election campaign.^[5] In the 30 September 2007 elections, the party garnered only 0.29 % of the popular vote.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Ukrainian) Комуністична партія України (оновлена), sd.net
2. ^ The European Union and Democratization: Reluctant States (Europe and the Nation State) by Paul Kubicek, Routledge, ISBN 978-0415311366, page 171
3. ^ Ukraine Political Parties, GlobalSecurity.org
4. ^ [1]
5. ^ Virtual Politics - Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World, Andrew Wilson, Yale University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-300-09545-7 page 256