For Yanukovych!
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"For Yanukovych!" 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...

 in Crimea
Crimea
Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...

 (an autonomous republic
Autonomous republic
An autonomous republic is a type of administrative division similar to a province. A significant number of autonomous republics can be found within the successor states of the Soviet Union, but the majority are located within Russia. Many of these republics were established during the Soviet...

 within 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...

) between the 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...

 and the Russian Bloc
Russian Bloc (party)
Russian Bloc is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 2001.-History:During the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002 the party, then called "For Russian Unity" , was part of the Russian Bloc that got 0.73% of the votes and no seats. It did not participate in National elections since...

 during the 2006 Crimean parliamentary election
Crimean parliamentary election, 2006
The 2006 Crimean parliamentary election where held on 26 March 2006. These were the first elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, which were conducted on the proportional election system...

.

At the election the alliance won 32.55% of the popular vote and 44 in the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
The Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is the 100-member unicameral parliament of the Ukrainian territory the Autonomous Republic of Crimea...

 (more the 3 times as much as any other contender). However, according to opinion polls, since then its ratings have fallen. After the elections members of the alliance tried to remove the speaker
Speaker (politics)
The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...

 of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea Anatoliy Hrytsenko also a member of For Yanukovych!

In the 2010 Crimean parliamentary election
Crimean parliamentary election, 2010
The 2010 Crimean parliamentary election where held on 31 October 2010 as a part of the general 2010 Ukrainian local elections. Unlike the previous election to the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea , they were conducted on the mixed member proportional representation system...

the Party of Regions and the Russian Bloc run separatly.
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