For Polish political coalition from 1947 see Democratic Bloc (Poland).

Democratic Bloc was a political alliance

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 and an electoral bloc in Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 founded during the election campaign to participate in the parliamentary election

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1990

The first relatively free parliamentary election held in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic took place in several stages, from March 4 to March 18, 1990. The elections were held to elect deputies to the republic's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada...

  held during March 4-18, 1990.

History

The elections in the spring of 1990 were the first where the Soviet-authorities allowed the formation of full-fledged political parties that varied in their political agendas. The first democratic bloc that consisted of various smaller parties was formed during the election. The "Democratic Bloc" included the People's Movement of Ukraine

People's Movement of Ukraine

The People's Movement of Ukraine is a Ukrainian center-right political party...

 (Rukh), Helsinki Watch Committee of Ukraine

Ukrainian Helsinki Group

The Ukrainian Helsinki Group was founded in November 1976 to monitor human rights in Ukraine. The group was active until 1981 when all members were jailed....

, Green World Association

Party of Greens of Ukraine

The Party of Greens of Ukraine is a Ukrainian political green party founded in 1990 and registered in May 1991.The party is a successor of the Green World Association and under that name participated in the Ukrainian parliamentary elections of 1990 as part of the Democratic Bloc...

, and various other organizations. It managed to obtained 111 seats out of 442 in Verkhovna Rada

Verkhovna Rada

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...

. The democratic deputies formed the "Narodna Rada" group, which consisted of around 90 to 125 members and was the opposition to the conservative-communist "group of 239" in the parliament ("for the sovereign Soviet Ukraine"). Ihor Yukhnovskyi

Ihor Yukhnovskyi

Ihor Yukhnovskyi is a Ukrainian scientist, politician, and statesman, a member of the Presidium of Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine.-Life before politics:...

 became the leader of the group.

During the next parliamentary election of 1994

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1994

The first parliamentary election in independent Ukraine took place in 1994. The elections were conducted for the second convocation of the Parliament regarding the previous one as temporary and transitional....

 the above mentioned parties didn't cooperate as "Democratic Bloc", but rather went their separate ways. Eventually by the end of 2000s the People's Movement of Ukraine became part of the Our Ukraine

Our Ukraine

The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc is an electoral alliance active in Ukraine, associated with former President Viktor Yushchenko. Since 2005, the bloc has been dominated by a core consisting of the People's Union "Our Ukraine" party and five smaller partner parties.The Our Ukraine Bloc is...

 block (an electoral alliance of 72 out of 450 parliamentary seats). Helsinki Watch Committee of Ukraine ceased to exist, but its 1990s offspring, Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor"

Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly

The Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" is a political party in Ukraine. The current party was created in 2002 after the merger of the Ukrainian Republican Party and the Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly" .-May 1999:...

, became also part of Our Ukraine

Our Ukraine

The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc is an electoral alliance active in Ukraine, associated with former President Viktor Yushchenko. Since 2005, the bloc has been dominated by a core consisting of the People's Union "Our Ukraine" party and five smaller partner parties.The Our Ukraine Bloc is...

. The Green World Association transformed itself into the Party of Greens of Ukraine

Party of Greens of Ukraine

The Party of Greens of Ukraine is a Ukrainian political green party founded in 1990 and registered in May 1991.The party is a successor of the Green World Association and under that name participated in the Ukrainian parliamentary elections of 1990 as part of the Democratic Bloc...

, but that party hasn't won any seats in the Ukrainian Parliament since the 1998 parliamentary election

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1998

The second Ukrainian parliamentary election after the collapse of the Soviet Union took place on 29 March 1998. In comparison to the first parliamentary election, this time half of 450 parliament seats were filled by single-seat majority winners in 225 electoral regions , and the other half were...

.