The Party of Free Democrats () is a political party in Ukraine led by Mykhailo Brodskyy. It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko (; Apple). Партія вільних демократів, Database DATAElection results of Yabluko, Chesno The party has about 1,000 members.

History Mykhailo Brodskyy, a member of the Hromada faction, formed a 14-member "Yabluko" faction in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) in mid-September 2000.Ukrainian parliament: sketching a political portrait, [Center for Policy Studies (25 September 2000)]

During the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote and no seats (as Yabluko).

In March 2005, the party was merged into the Batkivshchyna party, led by Yulia Tymoshenko. Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna, RBC Ukraine In March 2007, however, Brodskyy announced the renewal of the party; renaming it to the Party of Free Democrats.

During the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party failed again to win parliamentary representation.

In late October 2009, The party nominated Brodskyy as its candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election.

During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections, the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Cherkasy. Сергій Одарич формуватиме більшість у міськраді Черкас , Cherkasy city council website (8 November 2010) The party won one representative in the Cherkasy Oblast Council and 14 seats in the city council of Cherkasy. Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (8 November 2010)

In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party competed in one constituency; Candidates, RBC Ukraine as it was defeated, the party continued to lack parliamentary representation.Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)

The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Central Election Commission of Ukraine In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party had two candidates in constituencies, but both lost.

See also Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Yabloko

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