1995 Belarusian parliamentary election

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1995 Belarusian parliamentary election
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  1990 14 May 1995 2000  

All 260 seats in the Supreme Soviet
131 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
PCB Sergey Kalyakin 43New
BAP Syamyon Sharetski 33New
PAP Hienadź Karpienka 8New
AGP Stanislaŭ Bahdankievič  [ be ]5New
BSDH Aleh Trusaŭ 2New
PVES 2New
BSP Jaŭhien Luhin 1New
BPM Anatoly Barankevich 1New
RPTS Anatol Niatylkin 1New
BLP Alexander Bukhvostov  [ ru ]1New
BEP Mikhail Frydliand 1New
BPP Victor Tereshchenko  [ be ]1New
BSSP Vladimir Alexandrovich  [ pl ]1New
BPGP Oleg Gromyko 1New
BSP Michail Padhajny  [ be ]1New
CP Jaroslav Romanchuk 1New
Independents 95+63
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairmen of the Supreme Council beforeChairmen of the Supreme Council after
Myechyslaw Hryb
Independent
Syamyon Sharetski
BAP

Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 14 May 1995 to elect the thirteenth Supreme Council. The elections took place alongside a multi-question referendum, although several further rounds of voting were required on 28 May, 29 November and 10 December. [1] The majority of candidates elected were independents, although 62 seats remained unfilled due to insufficient voter turnout. A total of 2,348 candidates and 22 parties contested the election, around a thousand of which were independents. [2] After the planned two rounds, only 119 of the 260 seats had been filled due to turnouts being too low in some areas. As this was well short of the 174 needed for a quorum, an additional two rounds were necessary. By the fourth round a quorum was reached, and although further rounds of voting were planned for 1996 to fill the remaining seats, following the constitutional amendments made following the referendum and the subsequent formation of a new National Assembly, they were not held. [3]

Contents

Foreign observers noted that the elections were not free and fair. [2]

Results

PartyFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Belarusian Party of Communists 32461043
Belarusian Agrarian Party 5253033
People's Accord Party 12058
United Civic Party 00145
All-Belarusian Unity and Accord Party 00022
Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly 01012
Belarusian Ecological Party 00011
Belarusian Peasant Party 01001
Belarusian Popular Party 00011
Belarusian Party "The Greens" 01001
Belarusian Socialist Party 01001
Belarusian Social Sporting Party 00011
Republican Party of Labour and Justice 01001
Belarusian Patriotic Movement 01001
Belarusian Labour Party 00011
Civic Party 00011
Belarusian Popular Front 00000
Belarusian Christian Democratic Union00000
Slavic Council00000
Beer Lovers Party 00000
Belarusian National Party00000
Liberal Democratic Party 00000
Belarusian Women's Party "Nadzieja" 00000
National Democratic Party of Belarus00000
Belarusian Scientific-Industrian Congress00000
Common Sense Party00000
Republican Party 00000
Independents944103295
Vacant62
Total181012059260
Valid votes4,821,1993,471,6352,550,6081,856,738
Registered voters/turnout7,445,8206,138,0464,154,5893,545,077
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Aftermath

Following the elections, the MPs from the Belarusian Socialist Party, the Belarusian Labour Party and the Civic Party joined the United Civic Party of Belarus, together with one MP who defected from the Belarusian Party of Communists. [4]

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 Belarus: Elections held in 1995 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, pp258-259
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p261