For United Ukraine 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 in December 2001 to participate in the parliamentary election

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002

Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2002 took place on March 31. Half of the deputies to Verkhovna Rada were elected on proportional basis, while the other half were elected by popular vote in single-mandate constituencies...

 in held on March 30, 2002.

2002 parliamentary election

In the parliamentary election, the party was pro-presidential

President of Ukraine

Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...

, supporting the incumbent President Leonid Kuchma

Leonid Kuchma

Leonid Danylovych Kuchma was the second President of independent Ukraine from 19 July 1994, to 23 January 2005. Kuchma took office after winning the 1994 presidential election against his rival, incumbent Leonid Kravchuk...

. At the election, the alliance won 11.77% of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats. Final poll results had predicted 7-8% of the total votes. The alliance received a lot of its electoral votes in Donetsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Donetsk. Historically, the province is an important part of the Donbas region...

 (province

Oblast

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) of eastern Ukraine.

The alliance consisted of the 5 following members:

• Party of Regions
  Party of Regions
  The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
  
   (Partiya Rehioniv), led by Volodymyr Semynozhenko
  Volodymyr Semynozhenko
  ‎Volodymyr Petrovich Semynozhenko is a Ukrainian politician and scientist. Semynozhenko is a former Vice Premier Minister of Ukraine and head of the Association of Ukrainian Scientists, he is now a member of the Board of the National Academy of Sciences, and serves as the Chair of the Parliament...
  
  .
• Agrarian Party of Ukraine
  People's Party (Ukraine)
  The People's Party is a political party in Ukraine. It was previously named as the Agrarian Party of Ukraine . The party is led by Volodymyr Lytvyn...
  
   (Ahrarna Partiya Ukrayiny), led by the Governor of Lviv Oblast
  Lviv Oblast
  Lviv Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939...
  
   Mykhailo Hladiy.
• Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine
  Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine
  The Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine registered in April 2000. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh is one of its most noticeable members.-History:...
  
   (Partiya Promislovtsiv i Pidpryiemtsiv Ukrajiny), led by Anatoliy Kinakh
  Anatoliy Kinakh
  Anatoliy Kyrylovych Kinakh is a Ukrainian politician and honorary professor at the Mykolaiv Government Humanitarian University. Kinakh is a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 6th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament...
  
  .
• People's Democratic Party
  People's Democratic Party (Ukraine)
  -History:The party had a flying start, at the parliamentary elections 1998 the party gained 5% of the votes and 28 seats in Parliament. At the time of the election the party's leader, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, was prime minister....
  
   (Narodno-Demokratychna Partiya), led by former Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of Ukraine
  The Prime Minister of Ukraine is Ukraine's head of government presiding over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the Ukrainian government....
  
   Valeriy Pustovoitenko
  Valeriy Pustovoitenko
  Valery Pustovoitenko was confirmed as prime minister of Ukraine on 16 July 1997. Pustovoitenko was Ukraine's eighth prime minister. He resigned in connection with Leonid Kuchma's re-election for a new term. He is a former leader of the People's Democratic Party of Ukraine.-References:...
  
  .
• Labour Ukraine
  Labour Ukraine
  Strong Ukraine ; former Labour Party Ukraine , is a political party in Ukraine registered in August 1999. The party claims to have over 80,000 members as of mid-May 2010. It is currently negotiating a merge with the Party of Regions....
  
   (Trudova Ukrayina), led by Serhiy Tyhypko.