Belarusian Left Party "A Just World"

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Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" Беларуская партыя левых «Справядлівы свет» Белорусская партия левых «Справедливый мир»
Leader	Sergey Kalyakin
Founded	7 December 1991; 29 years ago (1991-12-07) (PCB) 25 October 2009; 11 years ago (2009-10-25) (A Just World)
Preceded by	Communist Party of Byelorussia
Headquarters	11th building, Radialnaya St, Minsk, Belarus. 220070
Newspaper	Novyi Tovarishch (New Comrade)
Membership (2009)	1,250
Ideology	Communism[1] Marxism Socialism[2]
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation	United Democratic Forces of Belarus
European affiliation	Party of the European Left
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance
Colours	Red
Anthem	The Internationale Menu 0:00
House of Representatives	0 / 110
Council of the Republic	0 / 64
Local seats	2 / 18,110
Website
spravmir.org
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The Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" (Belarusian: Беларуская партыя левых «Справядлівы свет», romanized: Bielaruskaja partyja lievych «Spraviadlivy sviet»; Russian: Белорусская партия левых «Справедливый мир», romanized: Belorusskaya partiya levykh «Spravedlivyy mir») is a left-wing^[1] 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; Belarusian: Партыя камуністаў беларуская; ПКБ, romanized: Partyja kamunistaŭ bielaruskaja; PKB; Russian: Партия коммунистов белорусская; ПКБ, romanized: Partiya kommunistov belorusskaya; 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. In 1996 a pro-Lukashenko faction of the party broke away and formed the Communist Party of Belarus.

In the 13–17 October 2004 legislative elections, the party was part of the People's Coalition 5 Plus, which did not secure any seats. These elections fell significantly short of OSCE commitments according to the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission. Universal principles and constitutionally guaranteed rights of expression, association and assembly were seriously challenged, calling into question the Belarusian authorities' willingness to respect the concept of political competition on a basis of equal treatment. According to this mission principles of an inclusive democratic process, whereby citizens have the right to seek political office without discrimination, candidates to present their views without obstruction, and voters to learn about them and discuss them freely, were largely ignored.^[3]

The party was banned for six months for paperwork irregularities on 2 August 2007.^[4]

The party is led by Sergey Kalyakin. In February 2007, Kalyakin visited the United States and met both chambers of the US Congress, Department of State officials, and representatives of non-governmental organizations in order to discuss ways in which the United States could influence processes that were taking place in Belarus. In addition, Kalyakin suggested that the United States, the European Union and Russia cooperate to develop a common policy regarding Belarus.^[5]

As of October 2009, the party is a member of the Party of the European Left.^[6]

In November 2009 the party renamed to Belarusian United Left Party "A Just World."^[7]

Electoral history[]

Presidential elections[]

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
		Votes	%	Votes	%
1994	Vasil Novikaŭ	253,009	4.29%			Lost N
2001	Sergey Kalyakin	Not admitted to the elections
2006	Endorsed Alaksandar Milinkievič	405,486	6.12%			Lost N
2010	Did not contest
2015	Sergey Kalyakin	Not admitted to the elections
2020	Did not contest

Legislative elections[]

Election	Leader	Performance					Rank	Government
		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
1995	Sergey Kalyakin				43 / 260	New	1st	Opposition
2000					0 / 110	43	7th	Extra-parliamentary
2004		160,011	2.62% (5 Plus)	New	0 / 110	0	7th	Extra-parliamentary
2008		127,429	2.37%	0.25	0 / 110	0	3rd	Extra-parliamentary
2012		98,288	1.87%	0.50	0 / 110	0	5th	Extra-parliamentary
2016		72,185	1.40%	0.37	0 / 110	0	7th	Extra-parliamentary
2019		37,861	0.72%	0.68	0 / 110	0	9th	Extra-parliamentary

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Russian)
• Official website of the party newspaper