The Republican Party of Labour and Justice is a political party in Belarus founded by Ivan Antonovich in 1993.Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus The chairman is . The party is considered to be supportive of the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.
Activities Politispolkom, of the Republican Party of Labor and Justice, unanimously declared the results of the referendum on 16 March 2014 in the Crimea legitimate and supported the will of the inhabitants of Sevastopol. The party has also called for the president Lukashenko to accept the results of the referendum.
At the extraordinary XIII Congress of the Republican Party of Labor and Justice, held on 12 December 2020, Vasily Zadnepryany, who had headed the RPTS since 2006, was expelled from its members. Alexander Alexandrovich Stepanov became the acting chairman of the RPTS.https://www.belta.by/society/view/zadneprjanyj-iskljuchen-iz-chlenov-respublikanskoj-partii-truda-i-spravedlivosti-420661-2020/ Заднепряный исключен из членов Республиканской партии труда и справедливостиhttps://minjust.gov.by/directions/compare_coverage/registration/information/ Сведения о политических партиях, зарегистрированных в Республике Беларусь
Electoral performance At the Belarusian parliamentary election in 1995, the party obtained 1 out of 198 seats. At the legislative election in 2000, it gained 2 out of 110 seats in the House of Representatives. The following elections in 2004 and 2008 were not successful for the party; however, in 2012, it won one seat.
As a result of elections to the local Councils of Deputies of the Republic of Belarus (2014), 36 people were elected. Two members of the party are members of the Minsk City Council of Deputies.
In the 2019 Belarusian parliamentary election, it won a total of 6 seats to Belarus' House of Representatives.
Presidential elections ElectionCandidateFirst roundSecond roundResultVotes%Votes%19942,646,1404,241,026Elected 20014,666,680Elected 20065,501,249Elected 20105,130,557Elected 20155,102,478Elected 20204,661,075Elected 2025Alexander Khizhnyak102,789Lost
Legislative elections ElectionParty leaderPerformanceRankGovernmentVotes%± ppSeats+/–1995Anatol NiatylkinNo dataNew13th2000 1 3rd2004Viktar Sakaloŭ 2 10th200822,763New 0 7th201279,078 1.09 1 4th2016147,378 1.36 2 3rd2019355,971 3.88 3 2nd2024Alexander Khizhnyak 2 2nd
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