Labour Ukraine

A Labour Ukraine faction was created after the 1998 parliamentary election[https://www.ualberta.ca/CIUS/stasiuk/st-pdf/Explaining%20State%20Capture.pdf Explaining State Capture and State Capture Modes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929204934/http://www.ualberta.ca/CIUS/stasiuk/st-pdf/Explaining%20State%20Capture.pdf|date=2012-09-29}} by Oleksiy Omelyanchuk, Central European University, 2001 (page 22) on April 20, 1999.[http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001282/01/17.pdf 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.[http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001291/01/27.pdf 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.[https://books.google.com/books?id=99F5XZEsWrwC&dq=%22Labour+Ukraine%22&pg=PT183 The European Union and Democratization: Reluctant States (Europe and the Nation State)] by Paul Kubicek, Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0-415-31136-6}}, page 171

At the legislative elections of 30 March 2002, the party was part of the For United Ukraine alliance.[http://photo.unian.net/eng/keywords/3918?fp=368 Keywords: Sergey Tigipko], UNIAN winning 49 seats, their list of deputies included Viktor Pinchuk.[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/parties.htm#trud Ukraine Political Parties], GlobalSecurity.org The party leader was Serhiy Tyhypko.[http://www2.pravda.com.ua/en/news/2002/9/20/1932.htm Tyhypko wants majority based on five factions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617072111/http://www.pravda.com.ua/en/news/2002/9/20/1932.htm/ |date=2011-06-17 }}, 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,[http://photo.unian.net/eng/keywords/3918?fp=352 Keywords: Sergey Tigipko] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101085702/https://photo.unian.net/eng/keywords/3918?fp=352 |date=2018-11-01 }}, UNIAN before returning to it in the 2010 presidential election.[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/52694/ 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.

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.{{in lang|ru}} [http://file.liga.net/person/644-valerii-konovaluk.html Short bio], Liga.net Again in the 2012 parliamentary elections the party was absent.{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2012/wp039?PT001F01=900 Results of voting in single constituencies in 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127194105/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2012/wp039?PT001F01=900 |date=2012-11-27 }} & [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2012/wp400?PT001F01=900 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.[http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/poroshenko_bloc_to_have_greatest_number_of_seats_in_parliament_327072 Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112000000/http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/poroshenko_bloc_to_have_greatest_number_of_seats_in_parliament_327072 |date=2014-11-12 }}, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233404.html People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112000000/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233404.html |date=2014-11-12 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233426.html Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC], Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/opposition-bloc-boosts-rating-by-distancing-itself-from-yanukovych-era-369312.html Opposition Bloc boosts rating by distancing itself from Yanukovych era], Kyiv Post (Oct. 24, 2014)[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/opposition-bloc-boosts-rating-by-distancing-itself-from-yanukovych-era-369312.html Opposition Bloc boosts rating by distancing itself from Yanukovych era], Kyiv Post (Oct. 24, 2014)
[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/development-party-of-ukraine-ukraine-forward-and-four-more-political-forces-team-up-in-opposition-bloc-364731.html Development party of Ukraine, 'Ukraine - Forward!' and four more political forces team up in Opposition Bloc], Kyiv Post (Sept. 15, 2014)
[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/25/ukraine-s-elections-the-battle-of-the-billionaires.html Ukraine’s Elections: The Battle of the Billionaires], The Daily Beast (10.25.14)
{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.radiosvoboda.org/content/article/26583382.html Non-Maidan parties united into the Opposition Bloc]. Radio Liberty. 14 September 2014

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