Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly)
Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Грамада) Белорусская социал-демократическая партия (Грамада) | |
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| Abbreviation | BSDP (Hramada) БСДП (Грамада) |
| Leader | Ihar Barysaŭ |
| Founder | Anatol Laŭkovič |
| Founded | 25 June 2005 |
| Split from | Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) Belarusian Labour Party |
| Headquarters | 9-607th building, Kulman St, Minsk, Belarus |
| Newspaper | Adliustravannie, Pazicyja |
| Youth wing | Young Social Democrats — Young Hramada |
| Membership (2019) | 1,127 |
| Ideology | Social democracy Liberal democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | United Democratic Forces of Belarus |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance |
| Colours | Red White |
| Slogan | «We think about everyone — we work together!» (Belarusian: «Думаем пра кожнага — працуем разам!») |
| Anthem | The Internationale translated by Yanka Kupala |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 110 |
| Council of the Republic | 0 / 64 |
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| Website | |
| bsdp.org | |
The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) (Belarusian: Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Грамада́), Russian: Белорусская социал-демократическая партия (Громада́), romanized: Belarusskaya Social-Demokraticheskaya Partiya (Hromada)) is a social-democratic[1] political party in Belarus that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.
History[]
The party was founded in 2005 after the split within the BSDP (People's Assembly). It considers itself the successor of the historical Belarusian Socialist Assembly founded in 1902. Alaksandar Kazulin, a former rector of Belarusian State University, became the first party leader of the new registered party. The BSDP (People's Assembly) remained without registration and office.[2]
At the legislative elections in 13–17 October 2004, the party did not secure any seats. These elections fell significantly short of OSCE commitments, according to the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission [1]. Its candidate at the presidential election of 2006, Alaksandar Kazulin, won 2.3% of the vote.
In 2011, Iryna Veshtard was elected as the new chairman of the party.[3]
Ideology and goals of the party[]
The Belarusian Social Democratic Party belongs to the community of parties associated with the Socialist International. BSDP focuses on Western European social-democratic ideology and is supported by various Western European social democratic parties. The main task of the country's foreign party promotes not only the entry of Belarus into the European Union and NATO, but also promotes the accession of Russia, Ukraine and Moldova.
Electoral history[]
Presidential elections[]
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 2006 | Alyaksandr Kazulin | 147,402 | 2.23% |
Lost 
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| 2010 | Mikola Statkevich | 67,583 | 1.05% |
Lost
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| 2015 | Tatsiana Karatkevich | 271,426 | 4.48% |
Lost
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| 2020 | Endorsed Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya | 588,622 | 10.12% |
Lost
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Legislative elections[]
| Election | Party leader | Performance | Rank | Government | ||||
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| Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/– | ||||
| 2008 | Anatol Laŭkovič | 17,380 | 0.32% |
 2.51
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0 / 110
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 0
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8th
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 2012 | Iryna Veshtard | 38,471 | 0.73% |
 0.41
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0 / 110
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0
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6th
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 2016 | 66,381 | 1.29% |
0.56
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0 / 110
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0
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8th
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Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2019 | Ihar Barysaŭ | 84,790 | 1.61% |
0.32
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0 / 110
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0
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6th
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Extra-parliamentary |
Leadership[]
| № | Image | Name | Tenure |
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| 1 | 1991– 1992 | ||
| 2 | 
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1992– 1995 | |
| 3 | 
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Mikola Statkevich | 1995– 2005 |
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2005– 2006 | |
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Alyaksandr Kazulin | 2006– 2008 |
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2008– 2010 | |
| 7 | 2010– 2011 | ||
| 8 | 
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Iryna Veshtard | 2011– 2018 |
| 9 | 
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2018 Incumbent |
See also[]
- Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly
- Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)
- Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord
History of Belarusian social-democratic parties[]
References[]
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2008). "Belarus". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2011-07-09.
- ^ European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
- ^ Solidarity with Belarus Information Office Archived 2012-07-19 at archive.today
External links[]
- 2005 establishments in Belarus
- Political parties established in 2005
- Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly)