The Belarusian Socialist Party ( be, Беларуская сацыялістычная партыя, ''Belorusskaia socialisticheskaia partiia'', BSP) was a

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History

The party contested the 1995 parliamentary elections, winning one seat in the second round of voting. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p258 Its sole MP joined the

United Civic Party of Belarus The United Civic Party (UCP; be, Аб'яднаная грамадзянская партыя; АГП, Abjadnanaja hramadzianskaja partyja; AHP; russian: Объединённая гражданская партия; ОГП, Obyedinonnaya grazhdans ...

following the election. When the

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was established in 1996, the party was given one seat in the

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. The party folded in 1999 after failing to re-register.Nohlen & Stöver, p254

References

{{Belarusian political parties Defunct political parties in Belarus Political parties disestablished in 1999 Socialist parties in Belarus