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Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform of Vitali Klitschko Український демократичний
альянс за реформи Віталія Кличка | |
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| Leader | Vitali Klitschko[1][2] |
| Founded | 24 April 2010[3] |
| Registered | 14 March 2005[1] (as European Capital) |
| Preceded by | European Capital Vitali Klitschko Bloc |
| Headquarters | Kyiv |
| Ideology | Liberalism[4][5][6] Civic nationalism[7] Pro-Europeanism[8][9][10] |
| Political position | Centre[11][12] |
| European affiliation | European People's Party (observer)[13] |
| Colours | Red and white |
| Slogan | From personal success to the success of the country[14] |
| Verkhovna Rada | 0 / 450 |
| Regions[15] | 183 / 43,122 |
| Kyiv City Council | 30 / 120 |
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The Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform of Vitali Klitschko (Ukrainian: Український демократичний альянс за реформи Віталія Кличка; the acronym UDAR (Ukrainian: УДАР) translates to "strike" or "punch", English: PUNCH of Vitali Klitschko)[16] is a political party in Ukraine headed by retired[17] Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxer and the WBC world heavyweight champion emeritus Vitali Klitschko.[2] The party has been an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP) since 2013.[13]
Legally[clarification needed] the party is the successor of Political Party "European Capital" (Ukrainian: Політична партія "Європейська столиця", Russian: Политическая партия "Европейская столица") which was registered in March 2005.[1] In its last outing the party was founded on April 24, 2010, on the basis of the Vitali Klitschko Bloc (Ukrainian: Блок Віталія Кличка, Russian: Блок Виталия Кличко), a local political alliance in Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine).[3][18]
The party won 40 seats in the Ukrainian parliament in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[19]
In the 2014 parliamentary election, 30% of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc election list was filled by members of UDAR (as non-partisan) and UDAR leader Klitschko topped that list.[20] The Petro Poroshenko Bloc won the election with 132 seats.[21] UDAR officially merged into the Petro Poroshenko Bloc on 28 August 2015.[22]
In May 2019 Klitschko announced that UDAR would take part independently in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[23] In this election UDAR did compete as an independent party again, but only in 15 single-mandate constituencies and it failed to win any seats.[24][25]
In the 2020 Kyiv local election UDAR won 30 of the 120 seats of the Kyiv City Council.[26] In the same election Klitschko was reelected as Mayor of Kyiv with 50.52% of the votes.[27]
- ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Політична партія "УДАР (Український Демократичний Альянс за Реформи) Віталія Кличка", Центр политической информации "Дата"
- ^ a b "WBC World Champion Vitaly Klitschko leads new party". Kyiv Post. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Віталій Кличко очолив політичну партію «УДАР» (фото), Vitali Klitschko Bloc (April 24, 2010)
- ^ Varfolomeyev, Oleg (18 September 2015). "Ukraine's pro-government parties join forces ahead of local elections". The Ukrainian Weekly. Eurasia Daily Monitor.
- ^ "Ukraine election: President Yanukovych party claims win". BBC News. 28 October 2012.
- ^ Balmforth, Richard (24 October 2012). "Corruption No. 1 problem as Ukraine heads for election". Reuters.
- ^ "Кличко: я йду в президенти, а влада хоче мене не пустити". BBC News Ukraine. 24 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ Freeman, Colin (6 November 2011). "Why boxer Vitali Klitschko wants to become Ukraine's new political heavyweight". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Vitali Klitschko to knock out all Ukrainian politicians". Pravda. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Heavyweight champ Klitschko predicts fraud in October Ukraine vote". Monsters and Critics. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "What helped Klitschko build up his lead?". The Day.
- ^ http://www.euronews.com/2012/10/29/ukraine-s-opposition-claim-the-people-s-true-support/ [dead link]
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Європейська народна партія взяла до себе "УДАР" і виключила "Нашу Україну" European People's Party took a "hit" and excluded "Our Ukraine", Ukrayinska Pravda (6 September 2013)
Member Parties Archived 2016-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, European People's Party
(in Ukrainian) Klitschko goes to the Congress of the European People's Party, Glavcom (19 November 2019) - ^ "Кличко". kyiv.klichko.org.
- ^ Обрані депутати місцевих рад. www.cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Auyezov, Olzhas; Balmforth, Richard (2 November 2012), Ukraine opposition complains of stolen seats, Reuters
- ^ Vitali Klitschko: Heavyweight champion swaps boxing for politics, BBC Sport (67 December 2013)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Сформовано політичну раду всеукраїнської партії «УДАР», Vitali Klitschko Bloc (April 24, 2010)
- ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
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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) - ^ Klitschko becomes leader of Petro Poroshenko Bloc 'Solidarity' party, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2015)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Klitschko said that UDAR will go to the polls, Ukrayinska Pravda (May 18, 2019)
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