Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc

Inactive or defunct The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (Ukrainian: Блок Наша Україна–Народна Самооборона, Russian: Блок Наша Украина – Народная Самооборона, Blok Nasha Ukraina – Narodnaya Samooborona, NUNS; until 2007 named Our Ukraine Bloc) was an electoral alliance active in Ukraine from 2001 until 2012,[2] associated with former President Viktor Yushchenko.

Over years the alliance changed its name, becoming: At the 2002 legislative elections, won 23.6% of the popular vote and 112 out of 450 seats.

[12] The alliance included the following parties:[13][14] In September 2002, the bloc was negotiating with nine pro-presidential (Kuchma) factions to form a coalition, a draft of a coalition agreement prepared by Our Ukraine faction member Yuri Kostenko and Labor Ukraine leader Serhiy Tyhypko was received by all faction leaders on 20 September 2009 (except by the leaders of the Socialist Party of Ukraine, the Communist Party and the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko).

[41] Roman Bezsmertny, high ranked party official, along with people’s deputies, Mykhaylo Polyanchych, Ihor Kryl, Viktor Topolov, Oksana Bilozir and Vasyl Petevka resigned on 20 February, in a joint statement the declared that: "some of the leaders of the party play their own game, coming from personal interests and it has nothing to do with responsibility, pluralism and norms of democracy.

[46][47] According to UNIAN the People’s Union Our Ukraine and United Centre parties will carry out a unifying congress on 17 January 2009.

[48] On 23 October the Christian Democratic Union left the alliance and became part of the Leonid Chernovetskyi Bloc.

Victor Yushchenko also stated that Yulia Tymoshenko's desire to keep the Prime Minister's job was the main motive for creating the coalition and that he wanted to expel the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc lawmakers who supported the creating of the OU-PSD, BYuT and LB coalition from the list of members of parliament.

Early in March 2010, 37 (of the 55) Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc faction members had voted for the continuation of the Second Tymoshenko Government coalition.

[57] On 11 March 2010 the Our Ukraine- People's Self Defense faction officially announced that it would be in opposition to the newly formed coalition.

[58] Martynenko stated the faction "did not intend 'to play under a scenario,' which proposes changes to the law on the regulations amending a procedure for the creation of the coalition".

[59] The Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense faction wanted to expel its seven members who backed ratification of the 2010 Ukrainian–Russian Naval Base for Natural Gas treaty in May 2010.

[61] Twelve parliamentarians were expelled from the fraction in September 2011 for joining the governing coalition and/or for voting for the 2010 Ukrainian–Russian Natural Gas treaty.

[70] In these election this combination won 1.11% of the national votes and no constituencies and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.

A map showing the results of Our Ukraine in Ukraine's oblasts during the 2006 parliamentary election .
A map showing the results of Our Ukraine (percentage of total national vote) per region for the 2007 parliamentary election .
Results in the 2012 elections for former core party of the alliance People's Union "Our Ukraine"