Republican Party of Labour and Justice

{{Infobox political party

| name = Republican Party of Labour and Justice

| native_name = Республиканская партия труда и справедливости
Рэспубліканская партыя працы і справядлівасьці

| native_name_lang = ru/be

| abbreviation = RPTS (English)
РПТС (Russian)

| logo = 150px

| founders = Anatol Niatylkin
Ihar Lučanok
Ivan Antanovich
Vladimir Gostyukhin
{{ill|Jauhien Babosau|be|Яўген Міхайлавіч Бабосаў}}

| founded = {{Start date and age|1993|6|26|df=yes}}

| registered = {{Start date and age|1994|8|18|df=yes}}

| headquarters = 23th Building, Victors Avenue, Minsk, Belarus. 220004https://rpts.by/contacts/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307143141/https://rpts.by/contacts/ |date=7 March 2021 }} Контакты

| newspaper =

| youth_wing =

| membership_year = 2013

| membership = 8,000http://rpts.by/1065/chlenstvo-v-rpts-prevysilo-8-tys-chelovek/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808053149/https://rpts.by/1065/chlenstvo-v-rpts-prevysilo-8-tys-chelovek/ |date=8 August 2020 }} Членство в РПТС превысило 8 тыс. человек

| ideology = Democratic socialism{{Cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/belarus.html|title=Belarus|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|date=2019|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|access-date=27 November 2019|archive-date=28 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128113307/http://parties-and-elections.eu/belarus.html|url-status=live}}
Social democracy{{cite book|page=49|url=https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/belarus/07072.pdf|first3=Alexander|last3=Feduta|first1=Oleg|last1=Boguzkij|first2=Wiktor|last2=Martinowitsch|title=Politische Parteien in Belarus als notwendiger Bestandteil der Zivilgesellschaft|year=2003}}
Pro-Lukashenko

| position = Centre-lefthttps://books.google.com/books?id=purcAAAAIAAJ&q=левоцентристский {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302132434/https://books.google.com/books?hl=ru&id=purcAAAAIAAJ&dq= |date=2 March 2022 }} Динамика социалных процессов в условиях государственной независимости Беларуси

| continental = {{ill|Forum of Socialists of the CIS Countries|ru|Форум социалистов стран СНГ}}

| national = RKSKPPGA

| slogan = «Labor. Justice. Responsibility.»
({{langx|ru|«Труд. Справедливость. Ответственность.»}})

| seats1_title = House of Representatives

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|8|110|hex=#E87E7E}}

| seats2_title = Council of the Republic

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|64|hex=#E87E7E}}

| seats3_title = Local seats

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|127|18110|hex=#E87E7E}}

| colours = {{color box|#F40201|border=darkgray}} Red, {{color box|#17AE20|border=darkgray}} Green (official)
{{color box|{{party color|Republican Party of Labour and Justice}}|border=darkgray}} Pink (customary)

| colorcode = {{party color|Republican Party of Labour and Justice}}

| website = [https://rpts.by/ rpts.by]

| country = Belarus

}}

The Republican Party of Labour and Justice{{efn|According to the website, the name of the party in English is Republican Labor and Justice Partyhttps://rpts.by/en Republican Labour and Justice Party}} (RPTS; {{langx|ru|Республиканская партия труда и справедливости; РПТС|Respublikanskaya partiya truda i spravedlivosti; RPTS}}; {{langx|be|Рэспубліканская партыя працы і справядлівасьці; РППС|Respublikanskaja partyja pracy i spraviadlivaści; RPPS}}) is a political party in Belarus founded by Ivan Antonovich in 1993.[http://minjust.by/ru/site_menu/about/struktura/obschestv/registr/politpart Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120231757/http://minjust.by/ru/site_menu/about/struktura/obschestv/registr/politpart |date=20 January 2012 }} The chairman is {{Interlanguage link|Vasil Zadnyaprany|ru|Заднепряный, Василий Васильевич|WD=}}. The party is considered to be supportive of the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7633941.stm|title=Q&A: Belarus elections|date=26 September 2008|access-date=17 September 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012200114/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7633941.stm|url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://rpts.by/1434/respublikanskaya-partiya-truda-i-spravedlivosti-pozdravlyaem-krym-sevastopol-i-rossiyu/|title=Республиканская партия труда и справедливости: Поздравляем Крым, Севастополь и Россию. {{!}} Республиканская партия труда и справедливости|website=rpts.by|access-date=17 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918012207/https://rpts.by/1434/respublikanskaya-partiya-truda-i-spravedlivosti-pozdravlyaem-krym-sevastopol-i-rossiyu/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.politnavigator.net/belorusskaya-oppoziciya-trebuet-ot-lukashenko-priznat-krym-rossijjskim.html|script-title=ru:Белорусская оппозиция требует от Лукашенко признать Крым российским - ПолитНавигатор. Новости Украины и России|date=2 March 2018|work=ПолитНавигатор. Новости Украины и России|access-date=17 September 2018|language=ru-RU|archive-date=17 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917215536/https://www.politnavigator.net/belorusskaya-oppoziciya-trebuet-ot-lukashenko-priznat-krym-rossijjskim.html|url-status=live}} 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/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206045248/https://www.belta.by/society/view/zadneprjanyj-iskljuchen-iz-chlenov-respublikanskoj-partii-truda-i-spravedlivosti-420661-2020/ |date=6 February 2021 }} Заднепряный исключен из членов Республиканской партии труда и справедливостиhttps://minjust.gov.by/directions/compare_coverage/registration/information/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906050647/https://minjust.gov.by/directions/compare_coverage/registration/information/ |date=6 September 2018 }} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2027_00.htm |title=Inter-Parliamentary Union |access-date=21 March 2012 |archive-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611042255/http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2027_00.htm |url-status=live }} 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 =

class=wikitable style=text-align:center
rowspan="2" \|Election ! rowspan="2" \|Candidate ! colspan="2" scope="col" \|First round ! colspan="2" \|Second round ! rowspan="2" \|Result
Votes !% !Votes !%
1994 \|{{yes2\|Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko}} \|2,646,140 \|{{Percentage bar\|44.82\|hex=AAAAAA}} \|4,241,026 \|{{Percentage bar\|80.34\|hex=AAAAAA}} \|Elected {{Y}}
2001 \|{{yes2\|Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko}} \|4,666,680 \|{{Percentage bar\|75.65\|hex=AAAAAA}} \|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2\| \|Elected {{Y}}
2006 \|{{yes2\|Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko}} \|5,501,249 \|{{Percentage bar\|82.97\|hex=AAAAAA}} \|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2\| \|Elected {{Y}}
2010 \|{{yes2\|Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko}} \|5,130,557 \|{{Percentage bar\|79.65\|hex=008136}} \|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2\| \|Elected {{Y}}
2015 \|{{yes2\|Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko}} \|5,102,478 \|{{Percentage bar\|83.47\|hex=008136}} \|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2\| \|Elected {{Y}}
2020 \|{{yes2\|Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko}} \|4,661,075 \|{{Percentage bar\|80.10\|hex=008136}} \|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2\| \|Elected {{Y}}
2025 \|Alexander Khizhnyak \|102,789 \|{{Percentage bar\|1.75\|hex=008136}} \|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2\| \|Lost {{Nay}}

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

rowspan="2" |Election

! rowspan="2" |Candidate

! colspan="2" scope="col" |First round

! colspan="2" |Second round

! rowspan="2" |Result

Votes

!Votes

1994

|{{yes2|Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko}}

|2,646,140

|{{Percentage bar|44.82|hex=AAAAAA}}

|4,241,026

|{{Percentage bar|80.34|hex=AAAAAA}}

|Elected {{Y}}

2001

|{{yes2|Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko}}

|4,666,680

|{{Percentage bar|75.65|hex=AAAAAA}}

|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|

|Elected {{Y}}

2006

|{{yes2|Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko}}

|5,501,249

|{{Percentage bar|82.97|hex=AAAAAA}}

|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|

|Elected {{Y}}

2010

|{{yes2|Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko}}

|5,130,557

|{{Percentage bar|79.65|hex=008136}}

|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|

|Elected {{Y}}

2015

|{{yes2|Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko}}

|5,102,478

|{{Percentage bar|83.47|hex=008136}}

|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|

|Elected {{Y}}

2020

|{{yes2|Endorsed Alexander Lukashenko}}

|4,661,075

|{{Percentage bar|80.10|hex=008136}}

|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|

|Elected {{Y}}

2025

|Alexander Khizhnyak

|102,789

|{{Percentage bar|1.75|hex=008136}}

|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|

|Lost {{Nay}}

= Legislative elections =

class=wikitable style=text-align:center
rowspan="2" \|Election ! rowspan="2" \|Party leader ! colspan="5" scope="col" \|Performance ! rowspan="2" \|Rank ! rowspan="2" \|Government
Votes !% !± pp !Seats !+/–
1995 \| rowspan="2" \|Anatol Niatylkin \| rowspan="3" colspan="3" \|No data \|{{composition bar\|1\|260\|hex=#DE7673}} \|New \|13th \|{{maybe\|Support}}
2000 \|{{composition bar\|2\|110\|hex=#DE7673}} \|{{increase}} 1 \|{{increase}} 3rd \|{{maybe\|Support}}
2004 \| rowspan="1" \|Viktar Sakaloŭ \|{{composition bar\|0\|110\|hex=#DE7673}} \|{{decrease}} 2 \|{{decrease}} 10th \|{{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
2008 \| rowspan="4" \|{{ill\|Vasil Zadnyaprany\|be\|Васіль Васілевіч Задняпраны}} \|22,763 \|{{Percentage bar\|0.42\|hex=DE7673}} \|New \|{{composition bar\|0\|110\|hex=#DE7673}} \|{{steady}} 0 \|{{increase}} 7th \|{{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
2012 \|79,078 \|{{Percentage bar\|1.51\|hex=DE7673}} \|{{increase}} 1.09 \|{{composition bar\|1\|110\|hex=#DE7673}} \|{{increase}} 1 \|{{increase}} 4th \|{{maybe\|Support}}
2016 \|147,378 \|{{Percentage bar\|2.87\|hex=DE7673}} \|{{increase}} 1.36 \|{{composition bar\|3\|110\|hex=#DE7673}} \|{{increase}} 2 \|{{increase}} 3rd \|{{maybe\|Support}}
2019 \|355,971 \|{{Percentage bar\|6.75\|hex=DE7673}} \|{{increase}} 3.88 \|{{composition bar\|6\|110\|hex=#DE7673}} \|{{increase}} 3 \|{{increase}} 2nd \|{{maybe\|Support}}
2024 \|Alexander Khizhnyak \| \| \| \|{{composition bar\|8\|110\|hex=#DE7673}} \|{{increase}} 2 \|{{increase}} 2nd \|{{maybe\|Support}}

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

rowspan="2" |Election

! rowspan="2" |Party leader

! colspan="5" scope="col" |Performance

! rowspan="2" |Rank

! rowspan="2" |Government

Votes

!± pp

!Seats

!+/–

1995

| rowspan="2" |Anatol Niatylkin