The Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly (BSDH; ; ), commonly shortened to "Hramada" or "The Assembly", is a banned Belarusian social-democratic political party. Businessman Siarhiej Čeračań has been the leader of the party since October 2018.

Leadership The previous head of the party from 1998 to 2018 was Stanislav Shushkevich, who has the distinction of having been the first head of state of the Republic of Belarus after its independence from the Soviet Union, between 1991 and 1994. After running unsuccessfully for president in the 1994 election, he did not participate in politics again until helping to form the party in 1998. In 2004 he was not allowed to register as a candidate and so in the 2010 presidential election he was a supporter of candidate Andrei Sannikov.

History

1991 — Creation of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly, with Aleh Trusaŭ as a chairman. 1992 — Aleh Trusaǔ becomes party chairman. 1995 — Formation of the Social Democratic Union with other centre-left parties for the parliamentary election. 1996 — Association with Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord, formation of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly). 1998 — Reconstruction of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly, Stanisłaŭ Šuškievič becomes chairman. 2016 — The party boycotts the 2016 Belarusian parliamentary elections. 2018 — Siarhiej Čeračań becomes party chairman.

On 15 August 2023, the Supreme Court of Belarus banned the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly.Belarus Shuts Down Opposition United Civil Party As Civil Society Crackdown Continues

Electoral history

Presidential elections ElectionCandidateFirst roundSecond roundResultVotes%Votes%1994585,1439.91%Lost 2001 Not admitted to the elections2006405,4866.12%Lost 2010 Did not contest2015202066,6131.14%Lost

Legislative elections ElectionLeaderPerformanceRankGovernmentVotes%+/–Seats+/–1995Aleh TrusaŭNew5th2000Stanislav ShushkevichBoycotted200459,8920.98%New 0 7th20086930.01% 0.97 0 9th2012Did not contest20162019Siarhei Cherachen23,1640.44% 0.43 0 10th

See also Belarusian Socialist Assembly

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