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United Democratic Forces of Belarus

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Founded
  
2006 (2006)

Political position
  
Centre-left

Headquarters
  
Russian name
  
Объединённые демократические силы

Ideology
  
Anti-LukashenkoLiberal democracyBig tentPro-Europeanism

The United Democratic Forces of Belarus (Russian: Объединённые демократические силы; Belarusian: Аб'яднаныя дэмакратычныя сілы Беларусі) is a coalition of political parties participating as the main opposition group during the 2006 presidential election. The group chose Alexander Milinkevich as their candidate in an attempt to defeat the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, the authoritarian president since 1994.

Official Belarusian statistics reported Milinevich gained 6% of the vote, however Belarusian opposition and critics from Western countries have not accepted the official results as legitimate and believe this is an example of election fraudulence. Belarusian authorities have denied all accusations of election fraud.

Currently the United Civic Party and Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" make up the majority of the coalition. The BPF Party keeps its membership in the coalition, however concentrates more on the newly created coalition of conservative parties, the Belarusian Independence Bloc.

Political party membership

There are five political parties in the United Democratic Forces of Belarus coalition. They are:

  • Belarusian Left Party "A Just World"
  • United Civic Party of Belarus
  • Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly)
  • Belarusian Labour Party
  • BPF Party
  • Za svabodu ("For Freedom")
  • References

    United Democratic Forces of Belarus Wikipedia


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