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Agrarian Party of Russia
Political party in Russia
Political party in Russia
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| country | Russia | ||
| name | Agrarian Party of Russia | ||
| native_name | Аграрная партия России | ||
| abbreviation | APR | ||
| chairperson | Olga Bashmachnikova (last) | ||
| colorcode | |||
| logo | [[File:Logo of the Agrarian Party of Russia (pre-2013).svg | 100px]][[File:Logo of the Agrarian Party of Russia (2013).svg | 100px]] |
| caption | Logo until 2013 (left) and since 2013 (right) | ||
| founded | (first) | ||
| (second) | |||
| founders | Mikhail Lapshin | ||
| Vasily Starodubtsev | |||
| headquarters | 20th Building, Bolshoy Golovin Lane, Moscow, Russia | ||
| dissolved | (first) | ||
| (second) | |||
| merged | United Russia (2008–2012) | ||
| ideology | Agrarianism | ||
| Centrism | |||
| Before 2009: | |||
| Agrarian socialism | |||
| Soviet collectivism | |||
| position | Centre to centre-left | ||
| Before 2009: | |||
| Left-wing | |||
| youth_wing | Russian Agrarian Youth Union | ||
| membership_year | 2008 | ||
| membership | 164,089 | ||
| newspaper | Russian land | ||
| slogan | "Strong Agrarians – Powerful Nation" | ||
| () | |||
| Before 2009: | |||
| "Peace and bread to every home!" | |||
| () | |||
| national | Fatherland – All Russia (1999–2001) | ||
| All-Russia People's Front (2012–2019) | |||
| colours | Green | ||
| Red | |||
| Yellow | |||
| seats1 | |||
| seats1_title | Seats in the 1st State Duma | ||
| seats2 | |||
| seats2_title | Seats in the 2nd State Duma | ||
| seats3 | |||
| seats3_title | Seats in the 3rd State Duma | ||
| anthem | Russian land, We will not forget You | ||
| website | agroparty.ru (archived) | ||
| flag | [[File:Flag Agrarian Party of Russia.svg | 200px]] |
(second) Vasily Starodubtsev
(second) Centrism Before 2009: Agrarian socialism Soviet collectivism Before 2009: Left-wing () Before 2009: "Peace and bread to every home!" () All-Russia People's Front (2012–2019) Red Yellow The Agrarian Party of Russia (APR; ) was an agrarian political party in Russia. Founded in February 1993, it was among the earliest parties in the Russian Federation.
History
1993–2009
The Agrarian Party of Russia was founded on 26 February 1993, by the head of the Altai Republic, Mikhail Lapshin and Vasily Starodubtsev, governor of the Tula region and former member of the Soviet Union's State Committee on the State of Emergency. During their leadership (1993–2004), the party made an alliance with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) and the Fatherland – All Russia bloc. Until 2009, the party supported agrarian socialism and collectivism.
Founder Mikhail Lapshin led the party until 2004; its most recent leader was Vladimir Plotnikov. In the legislative elections in December 1993, the Agrarian Party obtained 37 seats in the Duma and won 8% of the popular vote. Between 1994 and 1996, one of its party members, Ivan Rybkin, was the speaker of the Russian Parliament. In the legislative elections in December 1995, the APR did not make it over the 5% threshold, obtaining only 3.78% of the votes. In the legislative elections on 7 December 2003, the party won 3.6% of the popular vote and three out of 450 seats in the parliament.
Agrarian Party member Nikolay Kharitonov ran as a presidential candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the 2004 Russian presidential election and won 13.7% of the votes, coming out second to Vladimir Putin.
In the 1990s, party deputies were usually allies of the Communist Party in the State Duma and advocated for greater government support for the agricultural sector.
The party won 2.30% of the votes in the 2007 elections, did not break the 7% barrier, and thus, had no seats in the Duma.
The Agrarian Party supported the candidacy of Dmitry Medvedev in the 2008 Russian presidential election. It later merged with United Russia—the party that currently holds the most seats in the Duma.
2012–2019
The year 2012 marked an especially notable period for the party as it was officially restored, and the registered leader Olga Bashmachnikova was elected Executive Director of the Agricultural Association on May 18. This led the party to take a new direction, moving away from the ideologies of agrarian socialism and collectivism towards centrism. The party has abandoned the Alliance with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), which was in the union since its foundation. The APR is currently united with the People's Front for Russia and the Russian Ecological Party "The Greens".
According to the results of the elections of 2012, 2013 and 2014, the party failed to win in regional and city parliaments.
On 21 October 2019, the Supreme Court of Russia, following a lawsuit by the Ministry of Justice, liquidated the party for insufficient participation in the elections for 7 years.
Electoral results
Presidential elections
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | Votes | % | Votes | % | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24,211,686 | 30,102,288 | Lost | ||||||||||||
| 39,740,434 | Elected | |||||||||||||
| 49,565,238 | Elected | |||||||||||||
| 52,530,712 | Elected | |||||||||||||
| Party was part of United Russia and did not participate in the elections | ||||||||||||||
| 56,430,712 | Elected |
Legislative elections
| Election | Party leader | Performance | Rank | Government | Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/– | 1993 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikhail Lapshin | 4,292,518 | New | New | 4th | ||||||||||||
| 2,613,127 | 4.21 | 17 | 5th | |||||||||||||
| 8,886,753 | (OVR) | 9.55 | 9 | 7th | ||||||||||||
| 2,205,704 | 9.70 | 9 | 7th | |||||||||||||
| Vladimir Plotnikov | 1,600,234 | 1.33 | 2 | 5th | ||||||||||||
| Party was part of United Russia and did not participate in the elections | ||||||||||||||||
| Olga Bashmachnikova | Did not contest |
Leadership
| Order | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | 1 | 2 | Party dissolved | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Mikhail Lapshin.jpg | 100x100px]] | Mikhail Lapshin | |||||
| (1934–2006) | 26 February 1993 | 28 April 2004 | |||||
| [[File:Vladimir Plotnikov 01.jpg | 100x100px]] | Vladimir Plotnikov | |||||
| (born 1961) | 28 April 2004 | 20 January 2009 | |||||
| [[File:Башмачникова Ольга Владимировна АПР (2012).JPG | 100x100px]] | Olga Bashmachnikova | |||||
| (born 1971) | 18 May 2012 | 21 October 2019 |
References
References
- Nordsieck, Wolfram. (2008). "Russia".
- "The program and Charter of the Agrarian Party of Russia on the website of the Ministry of Justice of Russia".
- [http://vsrf.ru/stor_pdf.php?id=1824214 Decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. AKPI19-796 of October 21, 2019]
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