2007 Belarusian Municipal Elections
2007 25th convocation local councils of Republic of Belarus elections were held on 14 January. General information Elections were organized by 1581 territorial committees — 6 regional and Minsk urban, 118 districtal, 13 urban in regional cities, 14 urban in districtal cities, 66 town and 1363 rural committees. Members of 45 political parties participated in committees. 30 October 2006 was a due date for commissions formation. In a single day of 14 January 2007 25th convocation rural, as well as district, urban and regional Concils of deputies election were hold under plurality voting. 22639 deputies were elected. According to official data voters participation was 79% all over the Republic and 60% in Minsk-city. Participation of parties and candidates nomination candidates nomination started from 5 November till 4 December 2006. References Sources * * {{Belarusian elections Municipal elections In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select offi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Plurality Voting
Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart (that is, receive a plurality (voting), plurality), are elected. In systems based on single-member districts, it elects just one member per district and may also be referred to as first-past-the-post (FPTP), single-member plurality (SMP/SMDP), single-choice voting (an imprecise term as non-plurality voting systems may also use a single choice), simple plurality or relative majority (as opposed to an ''absolute majorit''y, where more than half of votes is needed, this is called ''majority voting''). A system which elects multiple winners elected at once with the plurality rule, such as one based on multi-seat districts, is referred to as plurality block voting. Plurality voting is distinguished from ''majority voting'', in which a winning candidate must receive an Majority, absolute majority of votes: more than half of all votes (more than all other candidat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Social Democratic Party Of Popular Accord
The Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord ( be, Сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя Народнай Згоды) is a political party in Belarus. It was created in 1997, and is led by Siarhiej Jermak. It supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord considers itself the successor of the People's Accord Party (PAP). The party has stated its commitment to a social market economy according to the formula: "the market - as far as possible, government regulation - as far as necessary." Such a model aims to cut off the most negative features of a market economy. The party's only seat won in a Belarusian legislative election was in 2000. In the 2018 elections to local councils of deputies, 11 representatives were elected from the party. In the 2019 Belarusian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 17 November 2019. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2007 Elections In Belarus
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Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)
The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) ( be, Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Народная Грамада), Bielaruskaja Sacyjal-Demakratyčnaja Partyja (Narodnaja Hramada); russian: Белорусская социал-демократическая партия (Народная Грамада), Belorusskaya sotsial-demokraticheskaya partiya (Narodnaya Gramada)) is an unregistered social-democratic political party in Belarus that opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko. The party is a full member of the Socialist International. History The BSDP (People's Assembly) was established in March 1991. It calls itself the successor of the ''Belarusian Socialist Hramada'', which was founded in 1903. The party was left unregistered in 2004, when the government claimed that the reelection of party leader Mikalay Statkevich had been conducted illegally. Some party members then formed the Belarusian ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Belarusian Labour Party
The Belarusian Labour Party ( be, Беларуская партыя працы, ''Biełaruskaja Partyja Pracy'') is a social-democratic political party in Belarus, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The leader of the party is Alaksandar Buchvostaŭ. At the last legislative elections, 13–17 October 2004, the party was part of the People's Coalition 5 Plus (''Narodnaya Kaalicyja Piaciorka Plus''), which failed to secure a seat. These elections fell significantly short of OSCE The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization with observer status at the United Nations. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, prom ... 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 Be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Belarusian Christian Democracy
The Belarusian Christian Democracy ( be, Беларуская хрысьціянская дэмакратыя, Bielaruskaja chryścijanskaja demakratyja; russian: Белорусская христианская демократия, Belorusskaya khristianskaya demokratiya; BCD or BKhD) is a Christian-democratic political party in Belarus, established in 2005, which claims to be the continuation of a short-lived movement with the same name, which existed at the beginning of the 20th century. History Christian Democratic organizations in Belarus before World War II The Belarusian Christian democratic movement was created in the early 20th century mostly by Belarusian theology students and seminarians. The Christian democratic circle in Vilna was publishing the weekly newspaper ''Biełarus''. In 1917 Belarusian political activists in St. Petersburg created the first Belarusian Christian democratic political organization - the Belarusian Christian Democratic Union ( be, Бел� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Party Of Freedom And Progress
The Party of Freedom and Progress (PSP; be, Партыя свабоды і прагрэсу, Partyja svabody i prahresu; russian: Партия свободы и прогресса, Partiya svobody i progressa) is a liberal political party in Belarus. Since 2003, it has continuously failed to reach the minimum threshold to get an official registration by the electoral commission. Four constituent congresses took place on November 22, 2003, May 29, 2004, May 29, 2005, April 18, 2009. The decision to create the PFP was to approve its Charter, Program, and Manifesto and were taken by PFP founders at the congresses. The Ministry of Justice of Belarus refused to register a new political party under formal grounds in any of these 4 cases. History of PFP The PFP came into existence in the mid-1990s, when a small group of people organized an initiative called "''Civil Alliance''". In 1996, the initiative was transformed into the youth wing of the liberal-conservative United Civil Party of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Belarusian Socialist Sporting Party
The Belarusian Social Sporting Party (BSSP; russian: Белорусская социально-спортивная партия, Byelorusskaya sotsial'no-sportivnaya partiya; be, Беларуская сацыяльна-спартыўная партыя, Bielaruskaja sacyjaĺna-spartyŭnaja partyja) was a political party in Belarus that supported the government of President Alexander Lukashenko. It was founded on 6 November 1994 and was led by Vladimir Alexandrovich. History On 6 November 1994, the Constituent Assembly of the party was held, which was registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus on 9 December 1994. (registration certificate No. 003), re-registered on 13 September1999 (registration certificate No. 012). In the parliamentary elections, the party did not nominate candidates on party lists, but only by collecting signatures. In the 1995 Belarusian parliamentary election, the party received one deputy mandate. In the elections to the House of Repr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agrarian Party (Belarus)
The Belarusian Agrarian Party (russian: Белорусская аграрная партия, Belorusskaya grarnaya partiya; be, Беларуская аграрная партыя, Bielaruskaja ahrarnaja partyja) is an agrarian socialist political party in Belarus. It supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The leader of the party is Mikhail Rusy, who succeeded Mikhail Shimansky in 15 March 2008. Ideology The party advocates the reform of society on the principles of democratic socialism, the restructuring of the economy on the basis of private and state ownership of the means of production, including land. In agriculture it recognizes the forms: production cooperative, joint-stock company, collective and state farm, peasant farm and small enterprise. History It was created in 1992 as the United Agrarian Democratic Party of Belarus (russian: Объединенная аграрно-демократическая партия Беларуси, Obyedinennay ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Republican Party (Belarus)
The Republican Party (russian: Республиканская партия, Respublikanskaya partiya; be, Рэспубліканская партыя, Respublikanskaja partyja) is a centrist political party in Belarus. It supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. In 2009 Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus issued a written warning due to the fact that the party did not provide information to the Ministry about their activities. In 2017, an opinion poll was published that said that 0.7% of Belarusians support RP, and thus as many as BPF Party The BPF Party ( be, Партыя БНФ, Partyja BNF; russian: Партия БНФ, Partiya BNF) is a political party in Belarus. It was de facto established after the split of the social movement Belarusian Popular Front (abbr. BPF; be, Бела .... References 1994 establishments in Belarus Political parties established in 1994 Political parties in Belarus {{Belarus-party-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly
The Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly (BSDH; be, Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная Грамада; БСДГ, Bielaruskaja sacyjal-demakratyčnaja Hramada; russian: Белорусская социал-демократическая Грамада; БСДГ, Belorusskaya sotsial-demokraticheskaya Gramada; BSDG), commonly shortened to "Hramada" or "The Assembly", is a Belarusian social-democratic political party. Businessman Siarhiej Čeračań has been the leader of the party since October 2018. Leadership The previous head of the party from 1998 to 2018 was Stanislav Shushkevich, who has the distinction of having been the first head of state of the Republic of Belarus after its independence from the Soviet Union, between 1991 and 1994. After running unsuccessfully for president in the 1994 election, he did not participate in politics again until helping to form the party in 1998. In 2004 he was not allowed to register as a candidate and so in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liberal Democratic Party Of Belarus
The Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus ( be, Ліберальна-дэмакратычная партыя Беларусі, russian: Либерально-демократическая партия Беларуси, Liberal'no-demokraticheskaya partiya Belarusi), or ЛДПБ (LDPB), is a political party in Belarus. It was created in 1994 as the Belarusian successor of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union. Despite claiming to be a "constructive and democratic opposition" the party ''de facto'' supports the current president, Alexander Lukashenko (much like the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia with Vladimir Putin). In the legislative elections, 13–17 October 2004, the party won 1 out of 110 seats. Its candidate in the presidential election of 2006, Sergei Gaidukevich, won 3.5% of the vote. Party leader Gaidukevich was a member of the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008. He was later a member of the Council of the Republic from 2016 to 2019. Ideology ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |