Communist Party of Belarus
Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Expand Belarusian Template:Infobox political party Template:Socialism in Belarus The Communist Party of Belarus (CPB or KPB; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a communist<ref name="Nordsieck">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Marxist–Leninist<ref name="Nordsieck"/> political party in Belarus. The party was created in 1996 and supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The leader of the party is Sergei Syrankov. 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. However, most seats in the Belarusian legislature are held by independent politicians.
Overview
Template:More citations needed In 2006, the party suggested merging with the Belarusian Party of Communists (PKB), later known as the Belarusian Left Party "A Just World". While the Communist Party of Belarus is a pro-presidential party, the PKB 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.<ref>Kalyakin: Merger of Communist Parties Is Belarusian Secret Services’ Invention Template:Webarchive, Charter'97 :: News :: 08/06/2006</ref>
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.
The CPB is part of the Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP–CPSU) and the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP); it enjoys relations with other communist parties in post-Soviet states and throughout the world to a much greater extent than the PKB, which is affiliated with the Party of the European Left and is considered by many in the region to be "pro-Western."Template:According to whom
At the 2004 parliamentary election, the CPB obtained 5.99% and 8 out of 110 seats in the House of Representatives, 6 seats in 2008 and even less in 2012 - where it won 3 seats.
Because of the party's support for President Lukashenko, 17 of its members were appointed by him in the country's upper house, the Council of the Republic of Belarus, in 2012.
In 2014, the party increased its representation by obtaining 5 seats.
The party improved its result in the 2016 parliamentary elections, where it won 8 seats and then further increased it in the 2019 elections - where it won 11 seats.
During the 2020–21 Belarusian protests, the Communist Party of Belarus participated in a meeting in support of Alexander Lukashenko.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Election results
Presidential elections
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 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 | ||
| 2025 | Sergei Syrankov | 189,740 | Template:Percentage bar | Lost Template:Nay | ||
Legislative elections
| Election | Party leader | Performance | Rank | Government | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/– | ||||
| 2000 | Viktor Chikin | No data | Template:Composition bar | New | 1st | Template:Maybe | ||
| 2004 | Template:Ill | 334,383 | Template:Percentage bar | New | Template:Composition bar | Template:Increase 2 | Template:Steady 1st | Template:Maybe |
| 2008 | 229,986 | Template:Percentage bar | Template:Decrease 1.04 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 2 | Template:Steady 1st | Template:Maybe | |
| 2012 | 141,095 | Template:Percentage bar | Template:Decrease 1.58 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 3 | Template:Steady 1st | Template:Maybe | |
| 2016 | Igor Karpenko | 380,770 | Template:Percentage bar | Template:Increase 4.71 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Increase 5 | Template:Steady 1st | Template:Yes2 |
| 2019 | Aliaksiej Sokal | 559,537 | Template:Percentage bar | Template:Increase 3.22 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Increase 3 | Template:Steady 1st | Template:Yes2 |
| 2024 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Decrease 4 | Template:Decrease 3rd | Template:Maybe | ||||
Party leaders
| No. | Secretary-General<ref>http://skpkpss.ru/5-01-2014-novosti-belarusi-kommunisticheskoj-partii-belarusi-95-let/ Template:Webarchive 5.01.2014. Новости Беларуси. КОММУНИСТИЧЕСКОЙ ПАРТИИ БЕЛАРУСИ – 95 ЛЕТ</ref> | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Chikin | 2 November 1996 | November 2001 |
| 2 | Template:Ill | November 2001 | 29 July 2004 |
| 3 | Template:Ill | 4 March 2005 | 20 October 2012 |
| 4 | Igor Karpenko | 20 October 2012 | 14 May 2017 |
| 5 | Aliaksiej Sokal | 14 May 2017 | 25 May 2024 |
| 6 | Sergei Syrankov | 25 May 2024 | Incumbent |