History Opposition Bloc

opposition bloc support (% of votes cast) in different regions of ukraine (in 2014 election).



opposition bloc support (% of votes cast) district

in september 2014 american lobbyist paul manafort hired advisor (former manafort client) viktor yanukovych’s former head of presidential administration of ukraine serhiy lyovochkin. manafort tasked rebranding party of regions. instead, argued stabilize ukraine, manafort advised create new political party called opposition bloc. according ukrainian political analyst mikhail pogrebinsky “he thought gather largest number of people opposed current government, needed avoid concrete, , become symbol of being opposed .

it planned biggest party in previous 2012 parliamentary elections, party of regions, part of opposition bloc in 2014 parliamentary elections. alliance led serhiy tihipko. refused because in opinion in alliance there people tainted corruption , put mildly, unpatriotic . tihipko became leader of (the revived) strong ukraine.

on 14 september 2014, party of regions choose not participate in elections; deemed election lacking legitimacy because residents of donbass not vote in election. on 14 september 2014, forum took place in kiev banner peace. stability. revival , @ end of party of development of ukraine, center all-ukrainian union, ukraine – forward!, labour ukraine, new politic , state neutrality decided take part in 2014 parliamentary elections opposition bloc. many individual members of party of regions ended candidates of opposition bloc. among them yuriy boyko, headed party s election list. other main figures on election list natalia korolevska, mykhailo dobkin , vadim rabinovich. in september 2014 boyko argued opposition bloc not represent parties, consisted of individual politicians. boyko, dobkin , rabinovich took part in 2014 ukrainian presidential election. in scored 0.19%, 3.03% , 2.25%. korolevska , boyko both ministers in second azarov government. serhiy lyovochkin candidate of party. 5 members of party of regions in top 10 of opposition bloc’s electoral list.

the party won 29 seats; including winning of 2 constituency seats. won 2 constituency seats nationwide party lists of election (53.2% of seats elected nationwide party lists , 46.8% in 198 constituencies) party gained votes in 14 constituencies in kharkiv oblast, 6 constituencies in luhansk oblast (were voting possible), 8 out of 9 in zaporizhia oblast (petro poroshenko bloc winning remaining constituency), in dnipropetrovsk oblast 10 out of 17 constituencies (petro poroshenko bloc winning remaining constituency), in donetsk oblast (were voting possible) 6 out of 11 constituencies (petro poroshenko bloc winning remaining 5 constituencies). in odessa oblast 27 october preliminary result indicated petro poroshenko bloc had won 7 constituencies remaining 4 constituencies won opposition bloc. in mykolaiv oblast petro poroshenko bloc seemed clear winner winning 5 constituencies while remaining constituency won opposition bloc.

on 27 november 2014 opposition bloc parliamentary faction of 40 people formed (at opening session of new parliament).

the party 1 of winners of 2015 ukrainian local elections. gained (of all) votes south , east ukraine (except of kharkiv oblast).

in may 2016 rabinovich left party , parliamentary faction after request party center all-ukrainian union.