People's Republican Party of Russia

People's Republican Party of Russia
Народно-республиканская партия России
FounderAlexander Lebed
Registered27 December 1996 (1996-12-27)
Dissolved13 February 2007 (2007-02-13)
IdeologyPopulism
Website
nrpr.org

The People's Republican Party of Russia (NRPR, Russian: Народно-республиканская партия России (НРПР)) was a Russian political party.

History

The party was officially registered on 27 December 1996[1] by Alexander Lebed following his strong performance in the 1996 Russian presidential election. Lebed announced his intention for the NRPR to take part in upcoming elections.[2] In 1999, polls showed the party to be supported by 4-5% of voters.[3] Despite successes in regional elections in 1996–98, the party declined following the election of Lebed as governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai, and was not able to register for the 1999 legislative election. The party ultimately declined following Lebed's death in 2002.[4]

In late 2002, the party was re-registered legally as the Political Party "People's Republican Party of Russia" (Russian: Политическая Партия "Народно-Республиканская Партия России"),[1] and on 13 February 2007 it was dissolved by the Supreme Court of Russia.[5]

Ideology

The NPRP was oriented around the popularity of Alexander Lebed and was a populist party.[4] Lebed claimed the party represented a "third way" between the Communist Party and the pro-Yeltsin parties.[2]

Election results

State Duma

Election Leader Votes % Rank Seats
1999 Alexander Lebed Did not participate
0 / 450
2003 Eduard Baltin 80,4200.1323rd
0 / 450

References

  1. 1 2 "Российская Народно-Республиканская Партия". Archived from the original on 2026-07-11. Retrieved 2026-07-11.
  2. 1 2 Allensworth, Wayne (1998). "Derzhavnost: Aleksandr Lebed's Vision for Russia". Problems of Post-Communism. 45 (2): 51–58. doi:10.1080/10758216.1998.11655781.
  3. ↑ "ФОМ №66 Тематические опросы". FOM (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 February 2001.
  4. 1 2 Korgunuyuk, Yuri (2010). "Populist tactics and populist rhetoric in political parties of Post-Soviet Russia". Sociedade e Cultura. 13 (2): 233–245. ISSN 1415-8566.
  5. ↑ Bernatskyi, Bohdan (2024). "Why and when democracies ban political parties: a classification of democratic state orientations to party bans". Comparative European Politics. 22: 754–791. doi:10.1057/s41295-024-00381-9. hdl:1814/76845.