2001 Belarusian presidential election
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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Lukashenko was handily reelected with 77.4% of the vote over two minor candidates. Voter turnout was 83.9%.[2] A Senior official for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe noted that the pre-election environment was "not democratic" and wouldn't describe it as "free and fair".[3]
Results
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
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Alexander Lukashenko | Independent | 4,666,680 | 77.4 | ||
Uładzimir Hančaryk | Independent | 965,261 | 16.0 | ||
Sergei Gaidukevich | Liberal Democratic Party | 153,199 | 2.5 | ||
Against all | 245,241 | 4.1 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 138,706 | – | |||
Total | 6,169,087 | 100 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,356,343 | 83.9 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
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References
- 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
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