The Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord ( be, Сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя Народнай Згоды) is a
political party
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in
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
. It was created in 1997, and is led by Siarhiej Jermak. It supports the government of president
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 Лука ...
.
The Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord considers itself the successor of the
People's Accord Party
The People's Accord Party ( be, Партыя народнай згоды) was a political party in Belarus. It contested the 1995 parliamentary elections, winning eight of the 260 seats in the Supreme Soviet. When the National Assembly was establ ...
(PAP).
The party has stated its commitment to a social market economy according to the formula: "the
market
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*Market (economics), system in which parties engage in transactions according to supply and demand
*Market economy
*Marketplace, a physical marketplace or public market
Geography
*Märket, an ...
- as far as possible,
government regulation
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- as far as necessary." Such a model aims to cut off the most negative features of a
market economy
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.
The party's only seat won in a Belarusian legislative election was in
2000
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.
In the 2018 elections to local councils of deputies, 11 representatives were elected from the party.
In the