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2000 Belarusian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 15 October 2000, with further rounds of voting on 29 October, 18 March and 1 April. The vast majority of successful candidates, 94 of 110, were independents.Nohlen & Stöver, p261 Voter turnout was reported to be 61.08% in the first round. A total of 566 candidates contested the election, only around fifty of which were opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko. Opposition parties called for a boycott, criticising the government's control of the state media. In response, the Department of Justice stated that anyone calling for a boycott could receive a jail sentence of up to two years, and several activists were detained.Belarus: Elections held in 2000
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Although a Russian delegation claimed the elections were free and fair, other international ...
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1995 Belarusian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 14 May 1995 to elect the thirteenth Supreme Council. The elections took place alongside a multi-question referendum, although several further rounds of voting were required on 28 May, 29 November and 10 December. The majority of candidates elected were independents, although 62 seats remained unfilled due to insufficient voter turnout. A total of 2,348 candidates and 22 parties contested the election, around a thousand of which were independents.Belarus: Elections held in 1995
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After the planned two rounds, only 119 of the 260 seats had been filled due to turnouts being too low in some areas. As this was well short of the 174 needed for a quorum, an additional two rounds were necessary. By the fourth round a quorum was reached, and although f ...
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Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian language, Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian language, Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukashenko, ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪtɕ lʊkɐˈʂɛnkə. In English language, English, both transliterations are used, and his first name is often anglicized to ''Alexander''. born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the establishment of the office on 20 July 1994, making him the List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office, longest-sitting European president. Before his political career, Lukashenko worked as director of a state farm (''sovkhoz''), and served in the Soviet Border Troops and in the Soviet Army. Lukashenko continued state ownership of key industries in Belarus after the dissolution of the Sov ...
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Republican Party (Belarus)
The Republican Party (russian: Республиканская партия, Respublikanskaya partiya; be, Рэспубліканская партыя, Respublikanskaja partyja) is a centrist political party in Belarus. It supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. In 2009 Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus issued a written warning due to the fact that the party did not provide information to the Ministry about their activities. In 2017, an opinion poll was published that said that 0.7% of Belarusians support RP, and thus as many as BPF Party The BPF Party ( be, Партыя БНФ, Partyja BNF; russian: Партия БНФ, Partiya BNF) is a political party in Belarus. It was de facto established after the split of the social movement Belarusian Popular Front ( abbr. BPF; be, Бел .... References 1994 establishments in Belarus Political parties established in 1994 Political parties in Belarus {{Belarus-party-stub ...
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Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)
The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) ( be, Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Народная Грамада), Bielaruskaja Sacyjal-Demakratyčnaja Partyja (Narodnaja Hramada); russian: Белорусская социал-демократическая партия (Народная Грамада), Belorusskaya sotsial-demokraticheskaya partiya (Narodnaya Gramada)) is an unregistered social-democratic political party in Belarus that opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko. The party is a full member of the Socialist International. History The BSDP (People's Assembly) was established in March 1991. It calls itself the successor of the ''Belarusian Socialist Hramada'', which was founded in 1903. The party was left unregistered in 2004, when the government claimed that the reelection of party leader Mikalay Statkevich had been conducted illegally. Some party members then formed the Belarusian ...
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Belarusian Left Party "A Just World"
The Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" ( be, Беларуская партыя левых «Справядлівы свет», Bielaruskaja partyja lievych «Spraviadlivy sviet») is a left-wing list of political parties in Belarus, political party in Belarus that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. Until October 2009, it was known as the Belarusian Party of Communists (PCB; be, Партыя камуністаў беларуская; ПКБ, Partyja kamunistaŭ bielaruskaja; PKB, literally "Party of Communists Belarusian"). History Founded as the Belarusian Party of Communists (PСB) in 1991 as the legal successor to the ruling Communist Party of Byelorussia, the organization originally emerged as one of the major political parties in independent Belarus. With Lukashenko having become president in 1994, a split in sentiment occurred within the PBC and in 1996, a pro-Lukashenko faction of the party broke away and formed the Communist Party of Belarus. In ...
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Social Democratic Party Of Popular Accord
The Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord ( be, Сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя Народнай Згоды) is a political party in Belarus. It was created in 1997, and is led by Siarhiej Jermak. It supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord considers itself the successor of the People's Accord Party (PAP). The party has stated its commitment to a social market economy according to the formula: "the market - as far as possible, government regulation - as far as necessary." Such a model aims to cut off the most negative features of a market economy. The party's only seat won in a Belarusian legislative election was in 2000. In the 2018 elections to local councils of deputies, 11 representatives were elected from the party. In the 2019 Belarusian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 17 November 2019.
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Liberal Democratic Party Of Belarus
) , colours = Blue , colorcode = , headquarters = 12th Building, Filimonova St, Minsk, Belarus , seats1_title = House of Representatives , seats1 = , seats2_title = Council of the Republic , seats2 = , seats3_title = Local seats , seats3 = , newspaper = ''Truth of Gaidukevich'' , flag = , website ldpb.by, country = Belarus The Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus ( be, Ліберальна-дэмакратычная партыя Беларусі, russian: Либерально-демократическая партия Беларуси, Liberal'no-demokraticheskaya partiya Belarusi), or ЛДПБ (LDPB), is a political party in Belarus. It was created in 1994 as the Belarusian successor of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union. Despite claiming to be a "constructive and democratic opposition" the party ''de facto'' supports the current president, Alexa ...
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Belarusian Social Sporting Party
The Belarusian Social Sporting Party (BSSP; russian: Белорусская социально-спортивная партия, Byelorusskaya sotsial'no-sportivnaya partiya; be, Беларуская сацыяльна-спартыўная партыя, Bielaruskaja sacyjaĺna-spartyŭnaja partyja) was a political party in Belarus that supported the government of President Alexander Lukashenko. It was founded on 6 November 1994 and was led by Vladimir Alexandrovich. History On 6 November 1994, the Constituent Assembly of the party was held, which was registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus on 9 December 1994. (registration certificate No. 003), re-registered on 13 September1999 (registration certificate No. 012). In the parliamentary elections, the party did not nominate candidates on party lists, but only by collecting signatures. In the 1995 Belarusian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 14 May 1995 to elect the th ...
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Republican Party Of Labour And Justice
) , seats1_title = House of Representatives , seats1 = , seats2_title = Council of the Republic , seats2 = , seats3_title = Local seats , seats3 = , colours = Red, Green (official) Pink (customary) , colorcode = , website rpts.by, country = Belarus The Republican Party of Labour and Justice (RPTS; russian: Республиканская партия труда и справедливости; РПТС, Respublikanskaya partiya truda i spravedlivosti; RPTS; be, Рэспубліканская партыя працы і справядлівасьці; РППС, Respublikanskaja partyja pracy i spraviadlivaści; RPPS) is a socialist political party in Belarus founded by Ivan Antonovich in 1993. The chairman is . The party is considered to be supportive of the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. Activities Key objectives of the RPTC include the development of the Union State of ...
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Belarusian Agrarian Party
The Belarusian Agrarian Party (russian: Белорусская аграрная партия, Belorusskaya grarnaya partiya; be, Беларуская аграрная партыя, Bielaruskaja ahrarnaja partyja) is an agrarian socialist political party in Belarus. It supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The leader of the party is Mikhail Rusy, who succeeded Mikhail Shimansky in 15 March 2008. Ideology The party advocates the reform of society on the principles of democratic socialism, the restructuring of the economy on the basis of private and state ownership of the means of production, including land. In agriculture it recognizes the forms: production cooperative, joint-stock company, collective and state farm, peasant farm and small enterprise. History It was created in 1992 as the United Agrarian Democratic Party of Belarus (russian: Объединенная аграрно-демократическая партия Беларуси, Obyedinennaya ...
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