Radical Party (Ukraine)
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Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko
Радикальна Партія Олега Ляшка |
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| Leader | Oleh Lyashko |
| Founded | 28 September 2010 |
| Headquarters | Mykolaiv |
| Ideology | Ukrainian nationalism Radicalism Left-wing populism Agrarianism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Red, White |
| Verkhovna Rada |
21 / 450
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| Regions (2015) |
2,533 / 158,399
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The Radical Party (Ukrainian: Радикальна Партія) is a political party in Ukraine. It was registered in September 2010. Its official name is the Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko (Ukrainian: Радикальна Партія Олега Ляшка).
The party won 22 seats at the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. At the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election it won 1 seat.
The party was established at the founding congress in Mykolaiv on 18 August 2010 and was then named the Ukrainian Radical-Democratic Party (Ukrainian: Українська демократично-радикальна партія). Under this name it was registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 28 September 2010. At the time, the party was led by Vladislav Telipko.
On 8 August 2011, during its third party congress, Oleh Lyashko was elected the new party leader. The same day the party changed its name to the Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko.
At the 2012 parliamentary election the party won 1.08% of the national votes and 1 constituency (it had competed in 28 constituencies) for its leader Lyashko who did not join a faction in the Verkhovna Rada. The party was most successful in Chernihiv Oblast, where it received 10.69 percent of the vote, finishing fifth. The constituency that Lyashko won was also located in Chernihiv Oblast.
According to political scientist Tadeusz A. Olszański mid-September 2014 the party was "a typical one-man party, centred around Oleh Lyashko; its real organisational potential remains a mystery".
At the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party's list was led by Lyashko. In third place was Serhiy Melnychuk, commander of the Aidar Battalion. In fourth place was the singer Zlata Ognevich. And in fifth place was Yuri Shukhevych, son of the military leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army Roman Shukhevych. At the election the party won 22 seats. It received support from rural and regional voters who had previously supported Fatherland.
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