Belarusian Agrarian Party

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox political party Template:Socialism in Belarus The Belarusian Agrarian Party (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) was an agrarian socialist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> political party in Belarus. It supported the government of Alexander Lukashenko.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The leader of the party was Mikhail Rusy, who succeeded Mikhail Shimansky on 15 March 2008.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In August 2023, the party dissolved itself.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ideology

The party advocates the reform of society on the principles of democratic socialism, the restructuring of the economy on the basis of private and state ownership of the means of production, including land. In agriculture it recognizes the forms: production cooperative, joint-stock company, collective and state farm, peasant farm and small enterprise.

History

It was created in 1992 as the United Agrarian Democratic Party of Belarus (Template:Langx; Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 28 January 1994, it changed its name into Agrarian Party.

At the legislative election in 1995, the party obtained 33 out of 198 seats.

The 1996 constitutional crisis split the party into those who supported Lukashenko and those who, together with Syamyon Sharetski (the first party chairman), remained in the Supreme Soviet.

Syamyon Sharetski did not recognize the results of the 1996 constitutional referendum and did not submit to the decision to dissolve the Supreme Soviet. In July 1999, as the head of the legitimate legislative body recognized by the West, Syamyon Sharetski was adopted in Lithuania, where he stayed for two years. In July 2001, Syamyon Sharetski left for the United States and ceased his political activities.

On September 22, 1999, the party was re-registered.

The IV Party Congress at the end of March 2000 announced its intention to cooperate with the authorities and elected Mikhail Shimansky as its chairman.

On June 12, 2009, the Ministry of Justice of Belarus issued a written warning in connection with the fact that the party did not submit information about its activities to the Ministry.

In 2000 and 2004 it only gained 5 and 3 seats in the House of Representatives, respectively. In 2008, the party was reduced to one seat. In the 2016 election, the party lost its remaining seat. It regained a seat in the assembly in the 2019 Belarusian parliamentary election.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

Electoral performance

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
		Votes	%	Votes	%
1994	Template:No2	353,119	Template:Percentage bar			Lost Template:Nay
2001	Template:Yes2	4,666,680	Template:Percentage bar			Elected Template:Y
2006	Template:Yes2	5,501,249	Template:Percentage bar			Elected Template:Y
2010	Template:Yes2	5,130,557	Template:Percentage bar			Elected Template:Y
2015	Template:Yes2	5,102,478	Template:Percentage bar			Elected Template:Y
2020	Template:Yes2	4,661,075	Template:Percentage bar			Elected Template:Y

Legislative elections

Election	Party leader	Performance					Rank	Government
		Votes	%	± pp	Seats	+/–
1995	Syamyon Sharetski	No data	Template:Percentage bar	New	Template:Composition bar	New	2nd	Template:No2
2000	Mikhail Shimansky	No data			Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 29	Template:Steady 2nd	Template:Maybe
2004		145,004	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Increase 2.38	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 2	Template:Steady 2nd	Template:Maybe
2008	Mikhail Rusy	32,230	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Decrease 1.78	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 2	Template:Steady 2nd	Template:Yes2
2012		40,488	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Increase 0.17	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Decrease 3rd	Template:Maybe
2016		Did not contest						Template:No
2019		46,785	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Increase 0.89	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Increase 5th	Template:Maybe

See also

• Agrarian Party of Russia
• Agrarian Party of Ukraine