the party's political council behind the closed doors in non-democratic order. Kravchuk also referred to the Bloc of Left and Center-left Forces as "an artificial union without any perspectives." The party did not take part in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election nationwide proportional party-list system; instead, one member of the party tried to win a seat in one of the 225 local single-member districts; in this district, situated in Brovary, the candidate got 340 votes (the winner 31,678 votes) and thus failed to win a seat in the Verkhovna Rada. The party failed again to win a seat in the 7 July 2013 by-election in constituency 224 in Sevastopol. The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. Oil-for-Food Programme The party received 1 million barrels worth of oil vouchers in the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme. Election results Verkhovna Rada Party leaders 1990–1991 Andriy Nosenko 1991–1992 Oleksandr Suhonyako 1992–1993 Yuriy Zbitnyev 1993–1995 Yuriy Buzduhan (merger) 1995–1998 Vasyl Onopenko 1998–2007 Viktor Medvedchuk 2007–present Yuriy Zahorodnyi See also Politics of Ukraine References External links United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine Official site 1990 establishments in Ukraine Parliamentary factions in Ukraine Political parties established in 1990 Political parties in Ukraine Pro-independence parties in the Soviet Union Social democratic parties in the Soviet Union Social democratic parties in Ukraine