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.

2001 Belarusian presidential election
9 September 2001
 
Nominee Alexander Lukashenko Uładzimir Hančaryk
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 4,666,680 965,261
Percentage 77.4% 16.0%
President before election

Alexander Lukashenko
Independent

 Elected President

Alexander Lukashenko
Independent

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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 %
Alexander LukashenkoIndependent4,666,68077.4
Uładzimir HančarykIndependent965,26116.0
Sergei GaidukevichLiberal Democratic Party153,1992.5
Against all245,2414.1
Invalid/blank votes138,706–
Total6,169,087100
Registered voters/turnout7,356,34383.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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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. Nohlen & Stöver, p262
  3. Belarus vote 'neither free nor fair' BBC News, 10 September 2001
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