2001 Belarusian presidential election

2001 Belarusian presidential election

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Turnout	83.86%
Nominee Alexander Lukashenko Uładzimir Hančaryk Party Independent Independent Popular vote 4,666,680 965,261 Percentage 77.39% 16.01%
Results by region Lukashenko:     55–60%     75–80%     80–85%     85–90%
President before election Alexander Lukashenko Independent Elected President Alexander Lukashenko Independent

Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 9 September 2001. ^[1] The election should have been held in 1999, but a revised constitution adopted in 1996 extended incumbent Alexander Lukashenko's term for another two years.

Lukashenko was re-elected with 77.4% of the vote over two minor candidates. Voter turnout was 84%. ^[2] A senior official for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe noted that the pre-election environment was "not democratic" and would not describe it as "free and fair". ^[3]

As of 2025, this is the most recent election where Lukashenko got less than 80% of the vote.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alexander Lukashenko	Independent	4,666,680	77.39
	Uładzimir Hančaryk	Independent	965,261	16.01
	Sergei Gaidukevich	Liberal Democratic Party	153,199	2.54
Against all			245,241	4.07
Total			6,030,381	100.00
Valid votes			6,030,381	97.75
Invalid/blank votes			138,706	2.25
Total votes			6,169,087	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			7,356,343	83.86
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p262
3. Belarus vote 'neither free nor fair' BBC News, 10 September 2001