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Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 17 October 2004, with a second round of voting in two constituencies on 27 October, and a third round in one on 20 March 2005. The vast majority of successful candidates, 98 of 110, were independents. Voter turnout was reported to be 90% in the first round.
A total of 359 candidates contested the election, with opposing parties claiming that around 40% of their candidates were not registered. The OCSE delegation noted that although all candidates were given a set amount of free television and radio airtime and a free statement in the national press, over 80% of television news time was dedicated to President Alexander Lukashenko in the five weeks before the election. They also noted concerns about the independence of the Electoral Commission and a lack of transparency during the voting and counting process. The government also closed down nine independent newspapers in the lead-up to the elections.
Results
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| Party or alliance | First round | Second round | Third round | Total seats | +/– | |||||||||
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||
| People's Coalition 5 Plus | United Civic Party | 207,664 | 3.41 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||||
| Party of Communists of Belarus | 151,602 | 2.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly | 59,892 | 0.98 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||||||
| Total | 419,158 | 6.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Communist Party of Belarus | 334,383 | 5.49 | 8 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||
| BPF Party | 205,387 | 3.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||||
| Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) | 176,032 | 2.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Belarusian Agrarian Party | 145,004 | 2.38 | 3 | 3 | –2 | |||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus | 122,605 | 2.01 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Republican Party | 28,179 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord | 22,441 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | –1 | |||||||||
| Independents | 4,642,949 | 76.16 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 4 | |||||||
| Total | 6,096,138 | 100.00 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 110 | 0 | |||||||
| Valid votes | 6,096,138 | 96.80 | ||||||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 201,462 | 3.20 | ||||||||||||
| Total votes | 6,297,600 | 100.00 | ||||||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,986,163 | 90.14 | ||||||||||||
| Source: Nohlen, IPU, CEC | ||||||||||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Belarus: Elections held in 2004 Inter-Parliamentary Union
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