Belarusian Social Sporting Party Explained

Belarusian Social Sporting Party
Native Name:Белорусская социально-спортивная партия
Беларуская сацыяльна-спартыўная партыя
Native Name Lang:ru
Abbreviation:BSSP (English)
БССП (Rus/Bel)
Leader:Vladimir Alexandrovich
Leader1 Title:Deputy leader
Leader1 Name:Elena Klyuikova
Headquarters:77th building, Kalinovskogo St, Minsk, Belarus. 220000
Membership Year:2015
Membership:2,500
Ideology:Social democracy[1]
Sports politics
Pro-Lukashenko
National:RKSKPPGA
Colours: Yellow
Slogan:«Health of the people is the welfare of the state»
(Belarusian: «Здароўе народа — дабрабыт дзяржавы»)
Seats1 Title:House of Representatives
Seats2 Title:Local seats
Country:Belarus

The Belarusian Social Sporting Party (BSSP; Russian: Белорусская социально-спортивная партия|Byelorusskaya sotsial'no-sportivnaya partiya; Belarusian: Беларуская сацыяльна-спартыўная партыя|Bielaruskaja sacyjaĺna-spartyŭnaja partyja) was a political party in Belarus that supported the government of President Alexander Lukashenko. It was founded on 6 November 1994 and was led by Vladimir Alexandrovich.

History

On 6 November 1994, the Constituent Assembly of the party was held, which was registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus on 9 December 1994. (registration certificate No. 003), re-registered on 13 September 1999 (registration certificate No. 012).

In the parliamentary elections, the party did not nominate candidates on party lists, but only by collecting signatures.

In the 1995 Belarusian parliamentary election, the party received one deputy mandate. In the elections to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus five years later, only the party chairman V. A. Aleksandrovich won the election from the BSSP, who was elected in the first round on 15 October 2000 from the Mendeleevsky electoral district of Minsk.

In 2015, the deputy chairman of the party, Elena Klyuikova, confirmed that the party deliberately does not nominate candidates for the parliamentary elections, because "work in parliament involves giving up the main activity".[2]

On 4 September 2023 the Belarusian Social Sporting Party was liquidated by the Supreme Court of Belarus.[3]

Declared goals

Assistance in strengthening an economically developed, socially oriented, stable state through the improvement of social norms, the unification of the progressive forces of Belarus for the implementation of social programs that favor the growth of the spiritual, cultural and economic potential of the Belarusian people; attracting public attention to the problems of educating the younger generation, promoting the ideas of citizenship, patriotism and a healthy lifestyle, attracting citizens to participate in local self-government, to solving social problems facing society.[4]

Election results

Presidential elections

ElectionCandidateFirst roundSecond roundResult
Votes%Votes%
19942,646,1404,241,026Elected
20014,666,680bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2Elected
20065,501,249bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2Elected
20105,130,557bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2Elected
20155,102,478bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2Elected
20204,661,075bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2Elected

Legislative elections

ElectionLeaderPerformanceRankGovernment
Votes%+/–Seats+/–
1995Vladimir AlexandrovichNew12th
2000 0 4th
2004Did not contest
2008
20126,921New 0 7th
2016Did not contest
20197,905 0.02 0 12th

Notes and References

  1. Book: 49, 105. Politische Parteien in Belarus als notwendiger Bestandteil der Zivilgesellschaft. Alexander. Feduta. Oleg. Boguzkij. Wiktor. Martinowitsch. 2003.
  2. https://by.tribuna.com/tribuna/blogs/editors/767620.html «На президентских выборах поддерживаем Лукашенко». Чем занимается Белорусская социально-спортивная партия
  3. https://nv-online.info/belorusskuju-socialno-sportivnuju-partiju-tozhe-likvidirujut.html The Belarusian Social and Sports Party is also being liquidated
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20120120231757/http://minjust.by/ru/site_menu/about/struktura/obschestv/registr/politpart Сведения о зарегистрированных белорусских партиях