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Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly)
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The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) ) is a political party
in Belarus
, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko
.
At the last legislative elections
, 13–17 October 2004, the party didn't secure any seat. These elections fell according to the OSCE
/ODIHR Election Observation Mission http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2004/12/3951_en.pdf significantly short of OSCE commitments. Its candidate at the presidential election of 2006
, Alaksandar Kazulin
, won 2.3 % of the vote.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko has been serving as the President of Belarus since 20 July 1994. Before his career as a politician, Lukashenko worked as director of a state-owned agricultural farm. Under Lukashenko's rule, Belarus has come to be viewed as a state whose conduct is out of line...
.
At the last legislative elections
Elections in Belarus
Belarus elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly has two chambers...
, 13–17 October 2004, the party didn't secure any seat. These elections fell according to the OSCE
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, human rights, freedom of the press and fair elections...
/ODIHR Election Observation Mission http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2004/12/3951_en.pdf significantly short of OSCE commitments. Its candidate at the presidential election of 2006
Belarusian presidential election, 2006
Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 19 March 2006. The result was a victory for incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko, who received 84.4% of the vote. However, western observers deemed the elections rigged...
, Alaksandar Kazulin
Alaksandar Kazulin
Alaksandr Kazulin , is the former leader of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party and one of the candidates who ran for the office of President of Belarus on March 19, 2006....
, won 2.3 % of the vote.
Name
Called "Hramada" in Belarusian, meaning party or association, they first formed in 1902 in Moscow. It proposed the formation of a Belarusian state as a first step toward the solution of social problems (Ronald Suny, National Revolutions).See also
- Belarusian Social Democratic AssemblyBelarusian Social Democratic AssemblyBelarusian Social Democratic Assembly is a Belarusian political party. The leader of the party is Stanislav Shushkevich.-History:*1991 - Creation of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly, with Michael Tkachow as a chairman....
- Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)The Belarusian Social Democratic Party is unregistered political party in Belarus which opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko....
- Social Democratic Party of Popular AccordSocial Democratic Party of Popular AccordThe Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord is a political party in Belarus, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.It was created in 1997. Leader of the party is Sergey Yermak....