Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)

The Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), is a Ukrainian political party that was originally established as the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine. At the 1998 and 2002 parliamentary elections it won parliamentary seats, but has since then failed to win any seats. When in the Verkhovna Rada the party was influential, but since the Orange Revolution (of late 2004) it has been marginalized. History Social Democratic Party of Ukraine The Social Democratic Party of Ukraine was founded in May 1990. Unlike the originally-united SD, the Social Democratic refused to follow democratic socialism and was against the Ukrainian federalist movement. The party joined the People's Movement of Ukraine, which already had some of its members in Verkhovna Rada. During the 1991 presidential elections, it supported Viacheslav Chornovil. In May 1992, Yuriy Zbitnyev was elected a head of the party replacing, Oleksandr Suhonyako. Suhonyako, who wanted the party to follow social liberalism policies left the party with his supporters.