Belarusian presidential election dates and Voting Live
Belarusian presidential election dates and Voting Live 2020
Belarusian presidential election Dates 2020
Belarusian presidential election Date: August 30, 2020
Presidential elections will be held in Belarus on 30 August 2020. Long-term president Alexander Lukashenko has announced he will run for a sixth term in office, having won every presidential election since independence in 1991.
Belarus presidential election dates and Voting Live 2020
Prior to the vote, six incarcerated opposition figures were pardoned by Lukashenko. The move was welcomed by the OSCE electoral observer mission with the head of the delegation, Kent Härstedt, saying: "The recent release of political prisoners and a welcoming approach to observers were positive developments. However, the hope that this gave us for broader electoral progress was largely unfulfilled." The International Federation for Human Rights reported that it is likely that released political prisoners in Belarus still have many rights curtailed, such as inability to work for the government or run for public office, police visitations, and restriction of travel. Fewer protests occurred during this presidential election than during others, mostly due to unease over the Maidan protests in Ukraine two years prior. The government of Belarus exploited this unease by advocating stability over change, and even opposition leaders opposed protests.
The Electoral system of Belarus
Belarus elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly (Нацыянальны сход, Nacyyanal'ny skhod) has two chambers. The House of Representatives (Палата прадстаўнікоў, Palata Pradstawnikow) has 110 members elected in single-seat constituencies elected for a four-year term. The Council of the Republic (Савет рэспублікі, Saviet Respubliki) has 64 members, 56 members indirectly elected and eight members appointed by the president.
Belarus is a state in which the president, currently Alexander Lukashenko, dominates. Opposition parties are allowed but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. A report by the Electoral Integrity Project, reviewing worldwide elections for 2015 and released in February 2016, evaluated Belarus as a state "failing to meet international standards of electoral integrity.
Belarus election Party and candidate
|
Nominee |
Alexander Lukashenko |
Alena Anisim |
Aleh Gaidukevich |
|
Party |
Independent |
Independent |
LDP
|
Belarus Elections Results
#To Be Announced
Past Belarus Elections Results
|
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
|
|
|
Alexander Lukashenko |
Independent |
5,102,478 |
84.14 |
|
|
Tatsiana Karatkevich |
People's Referendum |
271,426 |
4.48 |
|
|
Sergei Gaidukevich |
Liberal Democratic Party |
201,945 |
3.33 |
|
|
Nikolai Ulakhovich |
Belarusian Patriotic Party |
102,131 |
1.68 |
|
Against all |
386,225 |
6.37 |
||
|
Invalid/blank votes |
48,808 |
– |
||
|
Total |
6,113,013 |
100 |
||
|
Registered voters/turnout |
7,008,682 |
87.22 |
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