Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus

The Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus (Belarusian: Ліберальна-дэмакратычная партыя Беларусі, Russian: Либерально-демократическая партия Беларуси, romanized: Liberal'no-demokraticheskaya partiya Belarusi), or ЛДПБ (LDPB), is a nationalist[1] political party in Belarus. It was created in 1994 as the Belarusian successor of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union.

Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus
Ліберальна-дэмакратычная партыя Беларусі
Либерально-демократическая партия Беларуси
AbbreviationLDPB (English)
ЛДПБ
LeaderOleg Gaidukevich
FounderSergei Gaidukevich
Founded5 February 1994 (1994-02-05)
Preceded byLiberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union
Headquarters12th Building, Filimonova St, Minsk, Belarus
NewspaperTruth of Gaidukevich
Membership (2020)55,867
Ideology
Russian counterpartLiberal Democratic Party of Russia
Colours  Blue
Slogan«Freedom, Patriotism, Law»
(Russian: «Свобода, патриотизм, закон»)
House of Representatives
1 / 110
Council of the Republic
1 / 64
Local seats
4 / 18,110
Party flag
Website
ldpb.by

Despite claiming to be a "constructive and democratic opposition" the party de facto supports the current president, Alexander Lukashenko (much like the LDPR with Vladimir Putin).[2]

In the legislative elections, 13–17 October 2004, the party won 1 out of 110 seats. Its candidate in the presidential election of 2006, Sergei Gaidukevich, won 3.5% of the vote.

According to the official results of the elections to the local Councils of Deputies of the Republic of Belarus (2014), no candidate from the party was able to become a deputy. Leader Gaydukevich is the deputy chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of Belarus for international affairs and national security. He was elected in 2016 a member of the National Council of the sixth convocation of the Minsk region.

Election results

Presidential elections
Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
1994 Endorsed Vyacheslav Kebich 1,023,174
17.33%
 748,329
14.17%
 Lost N
2001 Sergei Gaidukevich 153,199
2.48%
 Lost N
2006 Sergei Gaidukevich 230,664
3.48%
 Lost N
2010 Sergei Gaidukevich Withdrew from the elections
2015 Sergei Gaidukevich 201,945
3.30%
 Lost N
2020 Oleg Gaidukevich Withdrew from the elections, supported Alexander Lukashenko

Legislative elections
Election Leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % +/– Seats +/–
1995 Sergei Gaidukevich
0 / 260
 New 22th Extra-parliamentary
2000
1 / 110
 1 5th "Constructive opposition"
2004 122,605
2.01%
 New
1 / 110
 0 3rd "Constructive opposition"
2008 43,752
0.81%
 1.20
0 / 110
 1 6th Extra-parliamentary
2012 249,455
4.76%
 3.95
0 / 110
 0 4th Extra-parliamentary
2016 218,081
4.24%
 0.52
1 / 110
 1 4th "Constructive opposition"
2019 Oleg Gaidukevich 280,683
5.36%
 1.12
1 / 110
 0 4th "Constructive opposition"

See also

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2008). "Belarus". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2011-08-24.
  2. European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity Archived 2014-10-02 at the Wayback Machine


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