1994 Belarusian presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 23 June 1994, with a second round on 10 July.[1] They were the first national elections held in Belarus since the country seceded from the Soviet Union three years earlier. The result was a victory for Alexander Lukashenko, who received 80.6% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 79.0% in the first round and 70.6% in the second.[2]
In 1995, a year after taking office, Lukashenko won a referendum that gave him the power to dissolve the legislature. In 1996, he won another referendum that dramatically increased his power, and also extended his original five-year term to 2001. As a result, the 1994 presidential election is considered, to date, the only free election held in Belarus since it broke away from the Soviet Union.[3][4]
Results[]
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Alexander Lukashenko | Independent | 2,646,140 | 45.8 | 4,241,026 | 80.6 |
Vyacheslav Kebich | Independent | 1,023,174 | 17.7 | 748,329 | 14.2 |
Zianon Pazniak | BPF Party | 757,195 | 13.1 | ||
Stanislav Shushkevich | Independent | 585,143 | 10.1 | ||
Alaksandar Dubko | Belarusian Agrarian Party | 353,119 | 6.1 | ||
Party of Belarusian Communists | 253,009 | 4.4 | |||
Against all | 165,023 | 2.9 | 271,783 | 5.2 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 121,509 | – | 17,193 | – | |
Total | 5,904,312 | 100 | 5,278,331 | 100 | |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Maps[]
First round results
First round votes for Lukashenko
First round votes for Kebich
First round votes for Pazniak
First round votes for Shushkevich
References[]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p262
- ^ Why Does The “Last Dictatorship In Europe” Hold Elections?[permanent dead link] Belarus Digest, 26 March 2012
- ^ Profile: Europe's last dictator? BBC News, 10 September 2001
- Presidential elections in Belarus
- 1994 elections in Belarus