The political party Front for Change was registered with the Ministry of Justice on June 26, 2007, and entered in the Register of political parties under number 140 as '''People's Toiling Party'
. founded the public organization Front of change''. Yatsenyuk was at the time a member of Parliament elected as part of the list of the
Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc. Mayor of
Uzhhorod Serhiy Ratushniak was alleged to have beaten a female campaigner of Front of Change early August 2009, a criminal case was soon opened against Ratushniak. On April 12, 2010, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine confirmed the political party Front for Change is now (also) led by Yatseniuk. In September 2011 Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc faction leader in the
Ukrainian parliament Mykola Martynenko joined the party. According to party leader Yatseniuk the party is financed by "about 28 representatives of medium-sized businesses and small businesses". Since June 2008 the parties popularity in opinion polls reached a stable 11%. A May 2010 poll by the
Kyiv International Institute of Sociology showed that the party had the greatest support in western regions (9%), slightly lower support in central Ukraine (4%) and the least support in southern and eastern regions (2%). Yatsenyuk announced on 7 April 2012 the party will form a single list of candidates with
All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" during the
October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. but later that same month hinted the alliance could lay basis for one single party. The party competed on one single party under "umbrella" party
"Fatherland", together with several other parties, during the October 2012 parliamentary elections Front for Change leader
Arseniy Yatsenyuk headed this election list; because "Fatherland"-leader
Yulia Tymoshenko was imprisoned. 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. The party (and
Reforms and Order Party) merged into "Fatherland" on 15 June 2013, However, the party is still registered at the
Ukrainian Ministry of Justice. In the
2020 Ukrainian local elections 1 person won a local seat on behalf of the party. ==Elections==