The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) (,

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: ''Bielaruskaja sacyjal-demakratyčnaja partyja (Hramada)''; ) is a banned

social-democratic Social democracy is a social, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achieving social equality. In modern practice, socia ...

political party in

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that opposes the government of president

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 ...

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 The Belarusian Socialist Assembly, BSA (, BSH) was a revolutionary party in the Belarusian territory of the Russian Empire. It was established in 1902 as the Belarusian Revolutionary Party, renamed in 1903.''Belarus: A Denationalized Nation'', by ...

founded in 1902.

Alaksandar Kazulin Alyaksandr Kazulin (, , born 25 November 1955 in Minsk) 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 19 March 2006. He was a rector of the Belarusian ...

, 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. At the

legislative elections A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. General elections ...

in 13–17 October 2004, the party did not secure any seats. These elections fell significantly short of OSCE commitments, according to the

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Election Observation Mission. Its candidate at the presidential election of 2006,

, won 2.3% of the vote. In 2011, Iryna Veshtard was elected as the new chairman of the party. On 20 September 2023, the party was banned by the Supreme Court of Belarus.

Ideology and goals of the party

The Belarusian Social Democratic Party belongs to the community of parties associated with the

Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism, consisting mostly of Social democracy, social democratic political parties and Labour mov ...

. 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

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and

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, but also promotes the accession of Russia, Ukraine and Moldova.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Legislative elections

Leadership

History of Belarusian social-democratic parties

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Belarusian Labour Party The Belarusian Labour Party (, ''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 leg ...

" color:pves from:26/06/1994 till:27/03/1998 text:" All-Belarusian Unity and Accord Party" color:bsdpng from:29/06/1996 till:19/02/2005 text:"

" color:sdpns from:15/03/1997 till:09/08/2023 text:"

" color:bsdg from:15/02/1998 till:15/08/2023 text:"

" color:bsdpg from:25/06/2005 till:20/09/2023 text:"Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly)"

References

External links

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OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission, Final Report of the Republic of Belarus Parliamentary Elections, 17 October 2004
{{Authority control 2005 establishments in Belarus Banned political parties in Belarus Political parties established in 2005 Political parties disestablished in 2023