2000 Belarusian parliamentary election
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]
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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
| Party | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Total seats |
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Communist Party of Belarus | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | New | |||||||||
| Belarusian Agrarian Party | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –28 | |||||||||
| Republican Party of Labour and Justice | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | |||||||||
| Belarusian Social Sporting Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |||||||||
| Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | New | |||||||||
| Party of Belarusian Communists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –42 | |||||||||
| Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||||
| Republican Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Independents | 33 | 48 | 2 | 11 | 94 | –1 | |||||||||
| Total | 41 | 56 | 2 | 11 | 110 | –88 | |||||||||
| Total votes | 4,430,878 | – | 3,703,345 | – | 588,595 | – | 373,366 | – | |||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,254,752 | 61.08 | 3,703,345 | 51.78 | 810,502 | 72.62 | 677,903 | 55.08 | |||||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU | |||||||||||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p261
- Belarus: Elections held in 2000 Inter-Parliamentary Union
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