United Democratic Forces of Belarus

United Democratic Forces of Belarus
File:United Democratic Forces of Belarus logo.jpg
Founded	2006
Preceded by	People's Coalition 5 Plus
Headquarters	Minsk
Ideology	Anti-Lukashenko Liberal democracy Big tent Euroscepticism
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Red
Website
http://udf.by/
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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 Civil Party and Belarusian United Left Party "Fair 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 United Left Party "Fair World"
• United Civil Party of Belarus
• Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly)
• Belarusian Labour Party
• BPF Party
• Za svabodu ("For Freedom")

External links

• UDFB Official web site