Zastup (political party)

Zastup logo.

Zastup (Ukrainian: Заступ) is a Ukrainian political party registered 4 May 2011.[1]

Its name is an obsolete form which means "spade".[1] Its former name was "People's Initiative" (Ukrainian: Народна ініціатива).[1][2] The party is led by Vira Ulianchenko, who is a former head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration.[1][3]

It participated in the 2014 election to the Verkhovna Rada.[1][4] The party won one seat when its candidate Valeriy Davydenko won in the 208th single-member constituency located in Bakhmach.[5] He won with 38.86% of the vote.[5]

Election results

Verkhovna Rada

Election year # of
constituency votes		 # of
party list votes		 % of
party list votes		 # of
overall seats won		 +/–
2014 417,396 2.65
1 / 450

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 (Russian) List of parties in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, ITAR-TASS (24 October 2014)
  2. ↑ (Ukrainian) Election information, DA-TA
  3. ↑ Yushchenko appoints Vera Ulyanchenko as head of his secretariat, UNIAN (May 20, 2009)
  4. ↑ Poroshenko Bloc candidates leading in 64 single-seat constituencies - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (27 October 2014)
  5. 1 2 Data on vote counting at precincts within single-mandate districts Extraordinary parliamentary election on 26.10.2014 Archived October 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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