Belarusian Ecological Party

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The Belarusian Ecological Party (Belarusian : Беларуская экалягічная партыя, Belorusskaia ekologicheskaia partiia, BEP) was a political party in Belarus.

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Belarusian is an official language of Belarus, along with Russian, and is also spoken in Russia, Poland and Ukraine. Before Belarus gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the language was only known in English as Byelorussian or Belorussian, transliterating the Russian name, белорусский язык Belorusskiy yazyk, or alternatively as White Ruthenian or White Russian. Following independence, it has acquired the additional name Belarusian.

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History

The party contested the 1995 parliamentary elections, winning one seat in the fourth round of voting. [1] [2] When the National Assembly was established in 1996, the party was given one seat in the House of Representatives. [3] However, it was closed down by the Supreme Court in 1998. [4]

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p259 ISBN   9783832956097
  2. Elections in 1995 IPU
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p261
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p254