2000 Belarusian parliamentary election

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2000 Belarusian parliamentary election
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  1995 15 October 2000 2004  

All 110 seats in the House of Representatives
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout61.08%
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
CPB Viktor Chikin 6New
BAP Mikhail Shimansky 5−28
RPTS Anatol Niatylkin 2+1
BSSP Vladimir Alexandrovich 10
LDPB Sergei Gaidukevich 10
SDPNZ Leonid Sechka 1New
Independents 94−1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker of the House of Representatives beforeSpeaker of the House of Representatives after
Anatoly Malofeyev
Independent
Vadim Popov  [ be ]
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 15 October 2000, with further rounds of voting on 29 October, 18 March and 1 April. [1] The vast majority of successful candidates, 94 of 110, were independents. [2] Voter turnout was reported to be 61.08% in the first round. [3]

A total of 566 candidates contested the election, only around fifty of which were opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko. Opposition parties called for a boycott, criticising the government's control of the state media. In response, the Department of Justice stated that anyone calling for a boycott could receive a jail sentence of up to two years, and several activists were detained. [3] Although a Russian delegation claimed the elections were free and fair, other international observers disagreed, noting concerns about the treatment of opposition candidates, a possible inflation of voter turnout and falsified and destroyed ballot papers. [3]

Results

PartyFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Communist Party of Belarus 24006New
Belarusian Agrarian Party 41005–28
Republican Party of Labour and Justice 02002+1
Belarusian Social Sporting Party 100010
Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus 01001+1
Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord 10001New
Party of Belarusian Communists 00000–42
Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) 00000New
Republican Party 000000
Independents334821194–1
Total4156211110–88
Total votes4,430,8783,703,345588,595373,366
Registered voters/turnout7,254,75261.083,703,34551.78810,50272.62677,90355.08
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU

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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. Nohlen & Stöver, p261
  3. 1 2 3 Belarus: Elections held in 2000 Inter-Parliamentary Union