Labour Ukraine ()[ Політична партія „Трудова Україна“, Database DATA] is a political party in Ukraine registered in June 2000.[ On 30 November 2018, the party was dissolved along with other Opposition Bloc members.][ Партия «Трудовая Украина» вышла из Оппоблока и присоединилась к Партии Регионов]
History
A Labour Ukraine faction was created after the 1998 parliamentary election[ Explaining State Capture and State Capture Modes by Oleksiy Omelyanchuk, Central European University, 2001 (page 22)] on April 20, 1999.[ Trudova Ukraina elects a new chairman , Policy Documentation Center (November 27, 2000)] In September 2000 the Labour Ukraine faction in the Ukrainian Parliament numbered 45 MPs and was the second largest entity in the parliament.[ Ukrainian parliament: sketching a political portrait, Center for Policy Studies (September 25, 2000)] Serhiy Tihipko was elected party leader in November 2000.[ The party supported President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma during his presidency.][ The European Union and Democratization: Reluctant States (Europe and the Nation State) by Paul Kubicek, Routledge, , page 171]
At the legislative elections of 30 March 2002, the party was part of the For United Ukraine alliance.[ Keywords: Sergey Tigipko, UNIAN] winning 49 seats, their list of deputies included Viktor Pinchuk.[ Ukraine Political Parties, GlobalSecurity.org] The party leader was Serhiy Tyhypko.[ Tyhypko wants majority based on five factions , Ukrayinska Pravda (September 20, 2002)] After the 2004 presidential election Tihipko stepped out of Ukrainian politics, resigning as Labour Ukraine leader on April 23, 2005,[ Keywords: Sergey Tigipko , UNIAN] before returning to it in the 2010 presidential election.[ Political Pulse: Presidential field takes shape, Kyiv Post (November 12, 2009 )]
In the 2006 elections, the party failed on its own to win parliamentary representation, winning only 0,09% of the votes.[
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In the 2007 parliamentary elections the party did not participate.[ In this election Labour Ukraine members, including party leader Valeriy Konovalyuk, decided to join the Party of Regions election list.][ Short bio, Liga.net] Again in the 2012 parliamentary elections the party was absent.[ Results of voting in single constituencies in 2012 & Nationwide list, Central Election Commission of Ukraine]
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election members of the party took part in the elections on the party list of Opposition Bloc; Opposition Bloc won 29 seats.[ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament , Ukrinform (8 November 2014)]
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC , Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)[ Opposition Bloc boosts rating by distancing itself from Yanukovych era, Kyiv Post (Oct. 24, 2014)][ Opposition Bloc boosts rating by distancing itself from Yanukovych era, Kyiv Post (Oct. 24, 2014)]
Development party of Ukraine, 'Ukraine - Forward!' and four more political forces team up in Opposition Bloc, Kyiv Post (Sept. 15, 2014)
Ukraine’s Elections: The Battle of the Billionaires, The Daily Beast (10.25.14)
Non-Maidan parties united into the Opposition Bloc. Radio Liberty. 14 September 2014
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