Parties and Elections in Europe

BELARUS

Legislative elections: House of Representatives, 4-year term, two-tiered single-member majority system

· President: Alexander Lukashenko · Prime Minister: Sergey Sidorski · Government: BR, KPB, AP, LDP (informal)

Party		Ideology, Affiliation, Founding		2008	Seats	2004	Seats
	Belaja Rus' (BR) White Russia	Centrism; Pro Lukashenko, Statism	- 2007
	Kommunističeskaja Partija Belarusi (KPB) Communist Party of Belarus	Communism; Marxism-Leninism, Russian-Belarussian unionism	SKP-KPSS 1996 (orig. 1918)
	Agrarnaja Partija (AP) Agrarian Party	Agrarianism	- 1992
	Liberal'no-Demokratičeskaja Partija (LDP) Liberal-Democratic Party	Nationalism; Far right, Russian-Belarussian unionism	- 1994
	Ob'edinennye Demokratičeskie Sily (ODS) United Democratic Forces (2004: NKPP)	Broad opposition alliance	- 2005
	Belaruskaja Partija Levych 'Spravedlivyj Mir' (SM) Belarusian Left Party 'Just World' (former PKB)	Democratic socialism; Communism	EL 1991
	Ob'edinennaja Graždanskaja Partija (OGP) United Civic Party	Liberal conservatism	EPPo, IDUa 1995
	Belaruskaja Social-Demokratičeskaja Partija 'Hramada' (BSDP) Belarusian Social-Democratic Party 'Community'	Social democracy	- 2005 (orig. 1902)
	Partija Belaruski Narodny Front (PBNF) Party Belarusian People's Front	Conservatism; Christian democracy	EPPo, CDI, IDUa 1988
	Belaruskaja Partija Truda (BPT) Belarusian Labour Party (banned in 2004)	Social democracy	- 1993
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