Republican Party of Labour and Justice

Republican Party of Labour and Justice
Республиканская партия труда и справедливости
Рэспубліканская партыя працы і справядлівасьці
AbbreviationRPTS (English)
РПТС (Russian)
LeaderAlexander Khizhnyak
FoundersAnatol Niatylkin
Ihar Lučanok
Ivan Antanovich
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Jauhien Babosau [be]
Founded26 June 1993; 31 years ago (1993-06-26)
Registered18 August 1994; 30 years ago (1994-08-18)
Headquarters23th Building, Victors Avenue, Minsk, Belarus. 220004[1]
Membership (2013)8,000[2]
IdeologyDemocratic socialism[3]
Social democracy[4]
Pro-Lukashenko
Political positionCentre-left[5]
National affiliationRKSKPPGA
Continental affiliationForum of Socialists of the CIS Countries [ru]
Colours  Red,   Green (official)
  Pink (customary)
Slogan«Labor. Justice. Responsibility.»
(Russian: «Труд. Справедливость. Ответственность.»)
House of Representatives
8 / 110
Council of the Republic
0 / 64
Local seats
127 / 18,110
Website
rpts.by

The Republican Party of Labour and Justice[a] (RPTS; Russian: Республиканская партия труда и справедливости; РПТС, romanized: Respublikanskaya partiya truda i spravedlivosti; RPTS; Belarusian: Рэспубліканская партыя працы і справядлівасьці; РППС, romanized: Respublikanskaja partyja pracy i spraviadlivaści; RPPS) is a political party in Belarus founded by Ivan Antonovich in 1993.[7] The chairman is Vasil Zadnyaprany [ru]. The party is considered to be supportive of the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.[8]

Activities

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Politispolkom, of the Republican Party of Labor and Justice, unanimously declared the results of the referendum on 16 March 2014 in the Crimea legitimate and supported the will of the inhabitants of Sevastopol.[9][10] The party has also called for the president Lukashenko to accept the results of the referendum.[10]

At the extraordinary XIII Congress of the Republican Party of Labor and Justice, held on 12 December 2020, Vasily Zadnepryany, who had headed the RPTS since 2006, was expelled from its members. Alexander Alexandrovich Stepanov became the acting chairman of the RPTS.[11][12]

Electoral performance

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At the Belarusian parliamentary election in 1995, the party obtained 1 out of 198 seats. At the legislative election in 2000, it gained 2 out of 110 seats in the House of Representatives.[13] The following elections in 2004 and 2008 were not successful for the party; however, in 2012, it won one seat.

As a result of elections to the local Councils of Deputies of the Republic of Belarus (2014), 36 people were elected. Two members of the party are members of the Minsk City Council of Deputies.

In the 2019 Belarusian parliamentary election, it won a total of 6 seats to Belarus' House of Representatives.

Presidential elections

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Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
1994 Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko 2,646,140
44.82%
 4,241,026
80.34%
 Elected Green tickY
2001 Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko 4,666,680
75.65%
 Elected Green tickY
2006 Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko 5,501,249
82.97%
 Elected Green tickY
2010 Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko 5,130,557
79.65%
 Elected Green tickY
2015 Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko 5,102,478
83.47%
 Elected Green tickY
2020 Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko 4,661,075
80.10%
 Elected Green tickY

Legislative elections

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Election Party leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
1995 Anatol Niatylkin No data
1 / 260
 New 13th Support
2000
2 / 110
 Increase 1 Increase 3rd Support
2004 Viktar Sakaloŭ
0 / 110
 Decrease 2 Decrease 10th Extra-parliamentary
2008 Vasil Zadnyaprany [be] 22,763
0.42%
 New
0 / 110
 Steady 0 Increase 7th Extra-parliamentary
2012 79,078
1.51%
 Increase 1.09
1 / 110
 Increase 1 Increase 4th Support
2016 147,378
2.87%
 Increase 1.36
3 / 110
 Increase 2 Increase 3rd Support
2019 355,971
6.75%
 Increase 3.88
6 / 110
 Increase 3 Increase 2nd Support
2024 Alexander Khizhnyak
8 / 110
 Increase 2 Increase 2nd Support

Notes

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  1. ^ According to the website, the name of the party in English is Republican Labor and Justice Party[6]

References

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  1. ^ https://rpts.by/contacts/ Archived 7 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine Контакты
  2. ^ http://rpts.by/1065/chlenstvo-v-rpts-prevysilo-8-tys-chelovek/ Archived 8 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine Членство в РПТС превысило 8 тыс. человек
  3. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Belarus". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  4. ^ Boguzkij, Oleg; Martinowitsch, Wiktor; Feduta, Alexander (2003). Politische Parteien in Belarus als notwendiger Bestandteil der Zivilgesellschaft (PDF). p. 49.
  5. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=purcAAAAIAAJ&q=левоцентристский Archived 2 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine Динамика социалных процессов в условиях государственной независимости Беларуси
  6. ^ https://rpts.by/en Republican Labour and Justice Party
  7. ^ Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus Archived 20 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Q&A: Belarus elections". 26 September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Республиканская партия труда и справедливости: Поздравляем Крым, Севастополь и Россию. | Республиканская партия труда и справедливости". rpts.by. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  10. ^ a b Белорусская оппозиция требует от Лукашенко признать Крым российским - ПолитНавигатор. Новости Украины и России. ПолитНавигатор. Новости Украины и России (in Russian). 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  11. ^ https://www.belta.by/society/view/zadneprjanyj-iskljuchen-iz-chlenov-respublikanskoj-partii-truda-i-spravedlivosti-420661-2020/ Archived 6 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine Заднепряный исключен из членов Республиканской партии труда и справедливости
  12. ^ https://minjust.gov.by/directions/compare_coverage/registration/information/ Archived 6 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine Сведения о политических партиях, зарегистрированных в Республике Беларусь
  13. ^ "Inter-Parliamentary Union". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
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