The People's Accord Party ( be, Партыя народнай згоды) was a political party in

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. It contested the 1995 parliamentary elections, winning eight of the 260 seats in the

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. When the

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was established in 1996, the party was given five seats in the

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. The party merged with

Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly The Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly (BSDH; be, Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная Грамада; БСДГ, Bielaruskaja sacyjal-demakratyčnaja Hramada; russian: Белорусская социал-демокра� ...

in 1996, forming

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. However, some party members were not happy with the merger and broke away to establish the

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 governme ...

in 1997.Nohlen & Stöver, p254

References

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