2004 Belarus Referendum
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A referendum on allowing President Lukashenko
to stand in further elections was held in Belarus
on 17 October 2004, alongside parliamentary elections
. Lukashenko was nearing the end of his constitutionally-limited two terms, and the change would allow him to run for a third term. The result was 88.9% in favour, with a turnout of 90.3%.
Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko has been serving as the President of Belarus since 20 July 1994. Before his career as a politician, Lukashenko worked as director of a state-owned agricultural farm. Under Lukashenko's rule, Belarus has come to be viewed as a state whose conduct is out of line...
to stand in further elections was held in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
on 17 October 2004, alongside parliamentary elections
Belarusian parliamentary election, 2004
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, 97 of 109, were independents...
. Lukashenko was nearing the end of his constitutionally-limited two terms, and the change would allow him to run for a third term. The result was 88.9% in favour, with a turnout of 90.3%.
Results
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| For | 5,548,477 | 88.9 |
| Against | 691,917 | 11.1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 67,001 | – |
| Total | 6,307,395 | 100 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||