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%.[3]

2000 Belarusian parliamentary election

15 October 2000
All 110 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout	61.08%
Party Communist Agrarian Last election – 33 seats Seats won 6 5 Seat change New 28   Party RPTS BSSP Last election 1 seat 1 seat Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1

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		Round												Total seats	+/–
		First			Second			Third			Fourth
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Communist Party of Belarus			2			4			0			0	6	New
	Agrarian Party			4			1			0			0	5	–28
	Republican Party of Labour and Justice			0			2			0			0	2	+1
	Belarusian Socialist Sporting Party			1			0			0			0	1	0
	Liberal Democratic Party			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
	BSDG-NG			0			0			0			0	0	New
	Republican Party			0			0			0			0	0	0
	Independents			33			48			2			11	94	–1
Invalid/blank votes			–	–		–	–		–	–		–	–	–	–
Total valid votes		4,430,878		41	1,991,530		56	588,595		2	373,366		11	110	–88

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p261
3. Belarus: Elections held in 2000 Inter-Parliamentary Union