2001 Belarusian presidential election
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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.
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| Turnout | 83.86% | ||||||||||||||||
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 Results by region Lukashenko: 55–60% 75–80% 80–85% 85–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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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]
Results
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| 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
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p262
- ^ Belarus vote 'neither free nor fair' BBC News, 10 September 2001