Forward, Ukraine! electoral bloc Originally, the party takes its roots from the electoral bloc "Forward, Ukraine!" that was formed on April 3, 1997. Right before the
1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections however the bloc fell apart, out which was created the
Reforms and Order Party of
Viktor Pynzenyk. At the
2002 elections, the party was part of the
Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine. The party supported
Yulia Tymoshenko as presidential candidate in the
2010 Ukrainian presidential election. The party did not support the dismissal of the
second Tymoshenko Government.
People's Self-Defense Political Party At the ninth congress of the Forward, Ukraine! Party on February 26, 2010 the decision was taken to rename the party. On August 4, 2010 party leader
Yuriy Lutsenko declared that the party would participate in the
2010 local elections in collaboration with
All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" on joined lists. But eventually the party did independently participate in the election. The party announced it will be merged into
All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" in December 2011. As of mid-April 2013 there have been no reports about the party holding a congress to pass a decision on this merge. And the party was still registered at the
Ukrainian Ministry of Justice. The party competed on one single party under "umbrella" party
"Fatherland", together with several other parties, during the
2012 parliamentary elections During the election this list won 62 seats (25.55% of the votes) under the proportional party-list system and another 39 by winning 39 simple-majority constituencies; a total of 101 seats in Parliament.
Third Ukrainian Republic On 1 July 2014 the party was officially renamed "Third Ukrainian Republic". The party did not participate in the
2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. ==Elections history==