For the Future (political party)

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For the Future
За Майбутнє
ChairpersonIhor Palytsia
Parliamentary leadersTaras Batenko
Viktor Bondar
Founded
  • 16 December 2007 (2007-12-16) (Ukraine of the Future party)
  • 29 August 2019 (2019-08-29) (For the Future parliamentary group)
  • 20 May 2020 (2020-05-20) (For the Future party)
Registered18 July 2008 (2008-07-18)
Merger of
HeadquartersIrynynsʹka 5/24, Kyiv, Ukraine. 01001[1]
Ideology
Political position
Colours    Purple and green
Verkhovna Rada
22 / 450
Regions[3]
4,067 / 43,122
Website
zamajbutne.com.ua

For the Future (Ukrainian: За Майбутнє) is a political party in Ukraine directly supported by the oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi.[4] The party was originally registered in July 2008 as Ukraine of the Future (Ukrainian: Україна Майбутнього).[1] During the 2010 local elections, the party only took part in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, but it participates nationwide since the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[5][6]

In October 2019 the party was renamed "For the Future".[7] The party was renamed and taken over by the parliamentary group "For the Future", with 23 initial members, that was established in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) on 29 August 2019 following the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[7]

History[]

Ukraine of the Future[]

Logo of "Ukraine of the Future"

The party was created in December 2007. In 2012 Ukraine of the Future became member of the Liberal International, although at some point in the mid- to late-2010s it was delisted.[citation needed]

During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections the party won 4 representatives in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council (regional parliament) and 4 seats in the city council of Dnipropetrovsk.[8] In the simultaneously held elected for Dnipro Mayor the parties candidate, Sviatoslav Oliynyk, finished second with 16.1%.[9] (He lost this election to Ivan Kulichenko of Party of Regions who scored 40,1%.[9]) Oliynyk is a former BYuT lawmaker.[1][5]

In the 2012 parliamentary elections the party did not spend anything on campaigning and but still managed to take the 15th place among the 21 parties who participated on the nationwide list with 0.18% of the votes.[10] But since their win was far below the 5% election threshold[11] and they won no constituencies (party had competed in 17 constituencies[12]) they thus failed to win parliamentary representation.[13][14] Oliynyk headed the party list of the party during these elections.[15]

"Ukraine of the Future" election results in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election

The party did participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, and again did not win seats.[6] The party did not participate in the 2015 Ukrainian local elections.[7]

The party did not participate in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[7]

For the Future[]

The party's first logo following its name change

Following the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election a parliamentary group "For the Future", with initial 23 members, was established in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) on 29 August 2019.[7] In May 2020 deputies from this group announced the creation of a party of the same name.[7] This "new party" is legally a continuation of "Ukraine of the Future" that was renamed in October 2019 "For the Future".[7] In May 2020 lawmaker Ihor Palytsia was elected chairman of the party.[7] According to Palytsia the party is de facto a continuation of UKROP following its transformation.[7] The party announced in the summer of 2020 it intended to take part in the October 2020 Ukrainian local elections.[7] On 30 July 2020 Cherkasy mayor Anatoliy Bondarenko joined the party.[16]

According to an analysis by Ukrainian NGO  [uk] by September 2020 Ihor Kolomoisky's 1+1 media group was actively promoting For the Future.[17]

In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections For the Future managed to win several mayoral wins and won seats on many local councils.[18] However compared with the large money it had invested in the election campaign its result was underwhelming.[18] (Cherkasy mayor Bondarenko was reelected.[19]) 3,773 people won seats in local councils on behalf of the party, that is about 11.42% of the available seats.[20]

Election results[]

Parliamentary elections[]

Ukraine of the Future
Election Leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
2012 Svyatoslav Oliynyk 38,544 0.19% New
0 / 450
 New 15th Extra-parliamentary
2014 14,168 0.08% Decrease 0.11%
0 / 450
 Steady 0 Decrease 23th Extra-parliamentary
2019 Did not contest Extra-parliamentary
For the Future
Election Leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
2019 Ihor Palytsia formed at the first session of parliament
23 / 450
 New Increase 5th Support

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c (in Ukrainian) Політична партія „Україна Майбутнього”, Database DATA
  2. ^ "Яке аграрне майбутнє може бути з партією "За майбутнє"?". AgroPolit (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. ^ Обрані депутати місцевих рад. www.cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  4. ^ "За майбутнє і Пропозиція. Лідери виборів - друзі та вороги Коломойського". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Political Deuces, The Ukrainian Week (June 5, 2012)
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j (in Ukrainian) Is Kolomoisky's party "For the Future" a new political project?, Civil movement "Chesno" (6 July 2020)
  8. ^ (in Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (November 8, 2010)
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b (in Russian) Dnepropetrovsk: Kulichenko leader and the Party of Regions, Новостей.COM (2010-10-31)
  10. ^ Media:Parties report to CEC on election costs, Kyiv Post (15 November 2012)
  11. ^ Parliament passes law on parliamentary elections, Kyiv Post (17 November 2011)
  12. ^ (in Ukrainian) Candidates, RBC Ukraine
  13. ^ (in Ukrainian) Proportional votes Archived 2012-10-30 at the Wayback Machine & Constituency seats Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  14. ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
  15. ^ (in Ukrainian) Олійник Святослав Васильович, Civil movement "Chesno"
  16. ^ (in Ukrainian) Mary loves silence. On the political potential of "mayors", The Ukrainian Week (11 August 2020)
  17. ^ (in Ukrainian) Zelensky's team does not have completely loyal media and systematic PR - monitoring, Ukrayinska Pravda (25 September 2020)
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b Winners and losers of Ukraine's local elections, Atlantic Council (2 November 2020)
  19. ^ Результати виборів у Черкасах: чинний мер Бондаренко залишається на посаді [Results of elections in Cherkasy, incumbent mayor Bondarenko remains in office]. 24 Kanal (in Ukrainian). 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  20. ^ (in Ukrainian) The CEC showed the top 10 parties that won the most seats in the election, Ukrayinska Pravda (18 November 2020)

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