Political party in Ukraine
New Life (Ukrainian : Нове Життя ) is a political party in Ukraine .
History
The party held was created on its first congress on April 17, 2010.[ 1] On October 5, 2010 the party changed the name of the party from "Freedom" (Ukrainian : ВОЛЯ ) to "New Life".[ 1] In March 2011 the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice registered the party.[ 1] [ 3] The Chairman of the party was and is Ihor Fedorenko (born in 1974).[ 1] [ 2]
The party did not participate in the 2012 parliamentary elections .[ 4]
In the 2014 Kyiv local election the party won 3 seats in the Kyiv City Council .[ 5] [ 6] In the simultaneously held mayoral elections the parties candidate Lesya Orobets finished second (after Vitali Klitschko who won with almost 57% of the votes) with 8.46%.[ 7] [ 8] Orobets at the time was a member of the Ukrainian Parliament elected during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election on the party list of Batkivshchyna .[ 9] [ 10]
In the 2015 Kyiv local election the party lost its seats in the Kyiv City Council (it scored less than 2% of the vote).[ 11]
References
^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) Registered 186 th political party in Ukraine - "New Life" , Ukrainian Ministry of Justice (24.03.2011)
^ a b (in Ukrainian) Elections to the city council. Who is hiding behind the beautiful advertising , Glavcom (21 May 2014)
^ (in Ukrainian) Short info sheet , Information Centre "DATA"
^ (in Ukrainian) Results of voting in single constituencies in 2012 & Nationwide list , Central Election Commission of Ukraine
^ (in Ukrainian) In Kyivrada are 9 parties - official results , Ukrayinska Pravda (3 June 2014)(in Ukrainian) 60% of the new Kyivrada is filled by UDAR , Ukrayinska Pravda (4 June 2014)
^ (in Ukrainian) UDAR has 75% of the constituencies in Kyivrada , Ukrayinska Pravda (3 June 2014)(in Ukrainian) 60% of the new Kyivrada is filled by UDAR , Ukrayinska Pravda (4 June 2014)
^ Klitschko officially announced as winner of Kyiv mayor election , Interfax-Ukraine (4 June 2014)
^ (in Ukrainian) Orobets & Lyashko did not want to go down to the level of Kyivrada , Ukrayinska Pravda (4 June 2014)
^ Портал Верховної Ради України http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/page/7211
^ (in Russian) Short bio of Lesya Orobets , LIGA
^ "До Київради проходять п'ять партій" .
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