Self Reliance (political party)

Self Reliance
Samopomich
Самопоміч
LeaderOksana Syroyid[1]
FounderAndriy Sadovyi
Founded29 December 2012
HeadquartersLviv
Membership (2019[2])±2,000[2]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (observer)[7]
Colours  Green
  Blue
Verkhovna Rada[8]
1 / 450
Regions (2020)
222 / 43,122
Lviv Oblast Council
9 / 84
Website
samopomich.ua

The Union "Self Reliance" (Ukrainian: Об'єднання «Самопоміч»; Ob'yednannya «Samopomich») is a liberal conservative and Christian democratic political party in Ukraine.

It was founded on 29 December 2012, and identifies with the ideology of "Christian morality and common sense." The name of the party is similar to the name of the NGO, founded by former leader, Andriy Sadovyi in 2004. The party won 33 seats in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[9][10] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won a single seat, the 122nd electoral district in Lviv Oblast.[11]

  1. ^ "Sadovyi after the failure of the election resigned as the leader of "Self-help". He already found a replacement". glavcom.ua (in Ukrainian). 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Self-help and elections: will the party be able to return to political orbit?, Civil movement "Chesno" (25 May 2020) (in Ukrainian)
  3. ^ Sakwa, Richard (2014). Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands. I.B.Tauris. p. 242. ISBN 9780857738042.
  4. ^ Siaroff, Alan (2018). Comparative European Party Systems: An Analysis of Parliamentary Elections Since 1945. Routledge. ISBN 9781317498766.
  5. ^ Yekelchyk, Serhy (2015). The Conflict in Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780190237288.
  6. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Ukraine". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b "EPP Political Assembly remains committed to Spitzenkandidat process; welcomes new Ukrainian parties". epp.eu. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  8. ^ (in Ukrainian) Депутатські фракції і групи VII скликання Deputy fractions and Groups, Verkhovna Rada official website
  9. ^ Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk’s parties maneuver for lead role in coalition, Kyiv Post (29 October 2014)
    New Verkhovna Rada, Kyiv Post (30 October 2014)
  10. ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
    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)
  11. ^ CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
    (in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrainska Pravda (21 July 2019)