The Fatherland Socialist Party (russian: Социалистическая партия Отечества; ka, სამშობლოს სოციალისტური პარტია, tr), also known as the ''Socialist Party "Fatherland"'' or ''Fatherland'', is a minor opposition political party in

South Ossetia South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...

. The party is led by Vyacheslav Gobozov, former head of the committee for information during the administration of

Anatoly Bibilov Anatoly Ilyich Bibilov ( os, Бибылты Ильяйы фырт Анатолий, Bibylty Iljajy fyrt Anatolij; , russian: Анато́лий Ильи́ч Биби́лов; born 6 February 1970) is a Russian and South Ossetian military offic ...

. They position themselves as

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and have been considered a marginal radical party for their entire existence. The party participated in the

2009 South Ossetian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in South Ossetia on 31 May 2009. The result was a victory for the ruling Unity Party, which won seventeen of the 34 seats. Two opposition parties were not permitted to run out of concern that they might not be l ...

being notable for being the only anti-Russian party to stand for election. They would come in a distant fourth place with 6.53% of the vote and no seats in

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. After the election, party leadership would go on to claim that the Pro-Russian parties rigged the election in their favor to prevent any meaningful opposition entering parliament. The party would go on to stand during the

2014 South Ossetian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in South Ossetia on 8 June 2014. The result was a victory for the United Ossetia party, which won 20 of the 34 seats in the Parliament. Results References External linksSouth Ossetian electoral commission {{ ...

garnering 3.26% of the vote and the

2019 South Ossetian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in South Ossetia on 9 June 2019. The ruling United Ossetia party lost its majority in parliament. Only three other elected members guaranteed their support if United Ossetia was to form a government, leaving it ...

Election results

Parliament

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