The Social Democratic Union is a political party

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...

 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...

 registered in March 1999.

History

At the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002

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...

 the party was part of the Unity

Unity (Ukraine)

Unity is a political party in Ukraine created in 1999 in protest of the then politics. The party was led by the former mayor of Kiev Oleksandr Omelchenko but in early 2008 he temporally halted his party membership and is now a member of Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence.-Ukrainian parliamentary...

 alliance. At the 2006 elections

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006

The Ukrainian parliamentary election took place on March 26, 2006. Election campaigning officially began on July 7, 2005. Between November 26 and December 31, 2005 party lists of candidates were formed....

 the party participated in the "Lazarenko Bloc" (which consisted of Hromada

Hromada (political party)

All-Ukrainian Association "Hromada" is a Ukrainian political party registered in March 1994 and reregistered in March 2005. The party is led by former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko....

, "Social Democratic Union" and Social Democratic Party of Ukraine) but this bloc was supported by only 76.950 voters, or 0.30%, and therefore did not make it to parliament. But the block did win third place in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country. Its administrative center is Dnipropetrovsk....

 council.

The party did not participate in the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007

Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007

Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Moroz on 27 May 2007, in an attempt...

. The party planned to participate in the elections (again) in an election bloc with Hromada. But because the Central Election Commission of Ukraine

Central Election Commission of Ukraine

The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ; sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine) is a permanent and independent collegiate body of the Ukrainian government.- Mission and Authority :...

refused to register candidates of Hromada as candidates and because Hromada did not notify the Central Election Commission of the right date of its congress, Hromada could not participate in these elections.