Belarusian parliamentary election, 1995

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Belarusian parliamentary election, 1995
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All 260 seats in the Supreme Soviet

  First party Second party
 
Party Belarusian Party of Communists Agrarian Party
Seats before 0
Seats won 43 33
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 43Increase2.svg 33
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party People's Accord Party United Civic Party of Belarus
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 8 5
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Increase2.svg 5
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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]

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

Results

PartyRoundTotal
seats
FirstSecondThirdFourth
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Belarusian Party of Communists 32461043
Agrarian Party 5253033
People's Accord Party 12058
United Civic Party of Belarus 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 Socialist Sporting Party 00011
Republican Party of Labour and Justice 01001
Belarusian Patriotic Movement 01001
Belarusian Labour Party 00011
Civic Party 00011
Partyja BPF 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 Party00000
Independents944103295
Vacant––––––––––62
Invalid/blank votes––––––––
Total valid votes4,821,199183,471,6351012,550,608201,856,73859260

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
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