Belarusian Independence Bloc

The Belarusian Independence Bloc (Belarusian: Беларускі Незалежніцкі Блок, romanized: Biełaruski Nezaležnicki Błok) is one of three major opposition coalitions in Belarus.^[1] The coalition was formed in 2009 as an alternative to the United Democratic Forces of Belarus (UDF).^[2] The group intention is to choose a single candidate to defeat the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, the president since 1994.^[3]

Belarusian Independence Bloc Беларускі Незалежніцкі Блок
Founded	2009 (2009)
Headquarters	Minsk
Ideology	Christian democracy (majority) Anti-Lukashenko Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Red
House of Representatives	0 / 110
Council of the Republic	0 / 64
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Member parties

There are 8 political parties in the Belarusian Independence Bloc of Belarus coalition, these are:

• Banned party:
  • Partyja BPF
• Party with registration status in progress:
  • Belarusian Christian Democracy
• Unregistered parties and movements:
  • Za svabodu
  • Malady Front
  • YCSU Young Democrats
  • Right Alliance
  • Young Belarus
  • Razam

New members are accepted in Belarusian Independence Bloc only if agreed by all existing members. That was a reason European Coalition was not admitted to Belarusian Independence Bloc^[4]

Participation in elections

At local elections in 2010 Belarusian Independence Bloc had over 500 candidates, significant campaigns were run by Aleś Łahviniec, Źmicier Babicki, Maksim Hubarevič, Taciana Kuǔšynava and a few others. From all of them, just 3 candidates of Belarusian Christian Democracy have won elections in their districts.