Unity Party (South Ossetia)

Unity Party
Leader Zurab Kokoyev
Founded 2003
Ideology Social conservatism
Political position Centre

The Unity Party (Ossetian: Иудзинад, Georgian: ერთიანობის, Russian: Единство; officially, the South Ossetian Republican Political Party "Unity") is a major political party with a socially conservative ideology in South Ossetia, a partially recognized Caucasian republic, considered by most countries to be a part of Georgia. The Unity Party, founded in 2003, supported former President Eduard Kokoity, and was for a decade the largest political party in South Ossetia. After the 2009 elections, the party held 17 out of 34 seats in South Ossetia's parliament. It is modeled after and is closely linked to the United Russia party, with which it has signed an inter-party cooperation agreement.[1] The party is a winner of the 2004 and 2009 parliamentary elections.

It is currently led by Zurab Kokoyev.

Election results

Parliament

Year Votes Seats Government
2004 54.6% 20 Majority
2009 46.3% 17 Majority
2014 6.0% 0 Extra-parliamentary

See also

References

  1. ↑ Соглашение о межпартийном сотрудничестве между партией «Единая Россия» и Югоосетинской партией «Единство» (in Russian). OSInform News Agency. 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
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