up with any other party for the proposed snap parliamentary poll then the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc and had called the idea of teaming up with United Centre "impossible". The Kyiv branch of the party decided not to take part in the party congress of June 2009 because they found the party "destructive". In October 2009, the party stated it intended to take part in the October 2012 parliamentary elections. A March 2010 poll predicted that the party would get 1.4% of the vote in these elections (on 19 August 2009 Victor Yushchenko's support rating had already slumped to 3.8% and during the 2010 Ukrainian Presidential Election he won 5.5% of the votes). Independently (since 2010) During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections the party (political blocs were not permitted to compete in the election) met with total failure when it took only 2.3% of the national vote The party did quite well in the historical regions Volhynia and Galicia receiving minimal 5% of the votes up through 13,2%, but outside these regions it met with complete failure only managing to win 1,7% in Poltava Oblast, 0,9% in Zhytomyr Oblast and 0,7% in Kyiv Oblast. A merging with other parties was discussed in September 2011 but was blocked by the party's council. In a December 2011, poll by Rating the party scored 1%. Since then, the rating in various polls of the party stayed around 1%. The party announced that the Ukrainian People's Party would be merged into the party in December 2011. This process started mid-December 2011. Both parties were expected to be unified in February 2012. But by February 2013 Ukrainian People's Party was still an independent party. Nevertheless, they both teamed up with Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. In this election this combination won 1.11% of the national votes and no constituencies and thus failed to win parliamentary representation. In this election Yushchenko headed the election list of Our Ukraine. The party itself had competed in 25 constituencies and lost in all. The Ukrainian People's Party merged with People's Movement of Ukraine in May 2013. March 2013 attempted dissolution and further history On 9 February 2013, the Kyiv branch of the party, led by Sergii Bondarchuk, expelled Viktor Yuschenko from the party. The same day the political council of the party canceled this decision. On 2 March 2013, a party congress in Kyiv