Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)

Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)
Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly); Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Народная Грамада)
Russian name	Белорусская социал-демократическая партия (Народная Громада́)
Leader	Mikalay Statkevich
Founded	1996
Banned	2004
Merger of	Social Democratic Assembly; Popular Accord
Merged into	Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) (factions)
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	Socialist International
Colours	Red, White
Website
	hramada.org
	Politics of Belarus; Political parties; Elections;

The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) (Belarusian: Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Народная Грамада), romanized: Biełaruskaja Sacyjal-Demakratyčnaja Partyja (Narodnaja Hramada)) is an unregistered social-democratic^[2] political party in Belarus that opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko.

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.^[3]

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 Social Democratic Party (Assembly), which was registered.

In legislative elections held between October 13–17, 2004, the party did not secure any seats.

The party is a full member of the Socialist International.^[4]

References

^ Korosteleva, Elena (2005). "The Emergence of a Party System". Postcommunist Belarus. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 38. ISBN 0-7425-3555-X.
^ Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Belarus". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2004-10-10.
^ European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
^ List of Socialist International parties in Europe Archived August 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

[1] Korosteleva, Elena (2005). "The Emergence of a Party System". Postcommunist Belarus. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 38. ISBN 0-7425-3555-X.

[2] Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Belarus". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2004-10-10.

[3] European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity

[4] List of Socialist International parties in Europe Archived August 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

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