Communist Party of Belarus
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Communist Party of Belarus Камуністы́чная па́ртыя Белару́сі | |
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| Russian name | Коммунистическая партия Белоруссии |
| Leader | Tatsyana Holubeva |
| Secretary-General | Igor Karpenko |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Split from | Party of Communists of Belarus |
| Preceded by | Communist Party of Byelorussia |
| Headquarters | Minsk |
| Membership (2011) | 6,000[1] |
| Ideology | Communism[2] Marxism–Leninism[2] |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Regional affiliation | Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| International affiliation | International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties |
| House of Representatives | 8 / 110 |
| Council of the Republic | 17 / 64 |
| Local seats | 309 / 18,110 |
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The Communist Party of Belarus (Belarusian: Камуністы́чная па́ртыя Белару́сі, romanized: Kamunistyčnaja Partyja Bielarusi; Russian: Коммунисти́ческая па́ртия Белару́си, romanized: Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Belarusi) is a communist,[2] Marxist–Leninist[2] political party in Belarus. The party was created in 1996 and supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.[3] The leader of the party is Tatsyana Holubeva. The party has had more seats in the National Assembly of Belarus than any other party since the 2000 Belarusian parliamentary election, the first national election it participated in.
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Overview[edit]
The party suggested merging with the Party of Communists of Belarus (PKB) on July 15, 2006. While the Communist Party of Belarus is a pro-presidential party, the Party of Communists of Belarus was one of the major opposition parties in Belarus. According to Sergey Kalyakin, the chairman of the PKB, the so-called "re-unification" of the two parties was a plot designed to oust the opposition PKB.[4]
The main foreign policy goal of strengthening the party proclaimed national security through the development of Belarus-Russia Union State and the phase reconstruction voluntarily renewed Union nations, strengthening its political and economic independence.
As a member of the world Communist movement, the KPB enjoys relations with other communist parties in the region and throughout the world to a much greater extent than the PKB, which many in the region have considered "pro-Western."
At the 2004 parliamentary election, the KPB obtained 5.99% and 8 out of 110 seats in the House of Representatives, in 2008 merely 6 seats and even less in 2012 with 3 seats. Still, because of the party's support for President Lukashenko, 17 of its members were appointed by him in the upper house, the Council of the Republic, in 2012.
As a result of elections to the local Councils of Deputies of the Republic of Belarus in 2014, the party gained 5 seats.
Electoral history[edit]
House of Representatives elections[edit]
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 2000 | - | Unknown | Unknown | 6 / 260
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| 2004 | Tatiana Golubeva | 334,383 | 5.31% | 8 / 110
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| 2008 | Igor Karpenko | 229,986 | 4.27% | 6 / 110
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| 2012 | Igor Karpenko | 141,095 | 2.69% | 3 / 110
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| 2016 | Igor Karpenko | 380,770 | 7.40% | 8 / 110
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| 2019 | Igor Karpenko | TBA | TBA | 0 / 110
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References[edit]
- ^ http://russian.people.com.cn/31519/7395562.html
- ^ a b c d Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Belarus". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
- ^ European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity Archived 2014-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kalyakin: Merger of Communist Parties Is Belarusian Secret Services’ Invention Archived 2006-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, Charter'97 :: News :: 08/06/2006
External links[edit]
- Official website
(in Russian)
| Parties loyal to President Alexander Lukashenko | ||
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| United Democratic Forces | ||
| Belarusian Independence Bloc | ||
| Other oppositional parties not involved in coalitions | ||
| Former parties | ||
