Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly)

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The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) (Belarusian: Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Грамада́), Biełaruskaja Sacyjal-Demakratyčnaja Partyja (Hramada)) is a political party in Belarus, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.

At the last legislative elections, 13-17 october 2004, the party didn't secure any seat. These elections fell according to the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission [1] significantly short of OSCE commitments. Its candidate at the presidential election of 2006, Alaksandar Kazulin, won 2.3 % of the vote.

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Called "Hramada" in Belarusian, meaning party or association, they first formed in 1902 in Moscow. It proposed the formation of a Belarusian state as a first step toward the solution of social problems (Ronald Suny, National Revolutions).

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