The Belarusian Independence Bloc () is one of three major opposition coalitions in

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

. The coalition was formed in 2009 as an alternative to the

United Democratic Forces of Belarus The United Democratic Forces of Belarus (; ) is a coalition of political parties that oppose the presidency of Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994. It was the main opposition group during the 2006 Belarusian presidential elec ...

(UDF). The group intention is to choose a single candidate to defeat the incumbent

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making hi ...

, the president since 1994.

Member parties

There are 8 political parties in the Belarusian Independence Bloc of Belarus coalition, these are: * Banned party: **

Partyja BPF The BPF Party (; ) is a banned political party in Belarus. It was ''de facto'' established after the split of the social movement Belarusian Popular Front ( abbr. BPF; , ) in 1999. The Belarusian Popular Front was founded during the Perestroika ...

* Party with registration status in progress: **

Belarusian Christian Democracy The Belarusian Christian Democracy (; ; BCD or BKhD) is a Christian-democratic political party in Belarus, established in 2005, which claims to be the continuation of a identically named movement, which existed at the beginning of the 20th cent ...

* Unregistered parties and movements: ** Za svabodu **

Malady Front Young Front (, МФ, ''MF'') is a Belarusian youth movement registered in the Czech Republic, a member of the European Democrat Students. , it was the largest youth organisation of Belarus declaring democratic orientation; a pro-Western, right- ...

** YCSU Young Democrats ** Right Alliance **

Young Belarus Young Belarus () is a youth political block in Belarus, founded by "Young Front" and some leaders of democratic movement on March 14, 2004. In 2009, Young Belarus became just another youth political organisation in Belarus; later that year Young ...

** Razam New members are accepted in Belarusian Independence Bloc only if agreed by all existing members. That was a reason European Coalition was not admitted to Belarusian Independence Bloc

Participation in elections

At local elections in 2010 Belarusian Independence Bloc had over 500 candidates, significant campaigns were run by Aleś Łahviniec, Źmicier Babicki, Maksim Hubarevič, Taciana Kuǔšynava and a few others. From all of them, just 3 candidates of Belarusian Christian Democracy have won elections in their districts.

References

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