Belarusian parliamentary election, 1995
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Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus
on 14 May 1995 alongside a multi-question referendum, with further rounds on 28 May, 29 November and 10 December. The majority of candidates elected were independents, although 62 seats remained unfilled due to insufficient voter turnout. A total of 2,348 candidates and 22 parties contested the election, around a thousand of which were independents. After the planned two rounds, only 119 seats had been filled, well short of the 174 needed for a quorum. By the fourth round of voting a quorum was reached, and although further rounds of voting were planned for 1996 to fill the remaining seats, following the constitutional amendments made following the referendum and the subsequent formation of a new National Assembly, they were not held.
Foreign observers noted that the elections were not free and fair.
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 14 May 1995 alongside a multi-question referendum, with further rounds on 28 May, 29 November and 10 December. The majority of candidates elected were independents, although 62 seats remained unfilled due to insufficient voter turnout. A total of 2,348 candidates and 22 parties contested the election, around a thousand of which were independents. After the planned two rounds, only 119 seats had been filled, well short of the 174 needed for a quorum. By the fourth round of voting a quorum was reached, and although further rounds of voting were planned for 1996 to fill the remaining seats, following the constitutional amendments made following the referendum and the subsequent formation of a new National Assembly, they were not held.
Foreign observers noted that the elections were not free and fair.
Results
Party | Round | Total seats |
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First | Second | Third | Fourth | ||||||||||
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
Belarusian Party of Communists | 3 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 42 | ||||||||
Agrarian Party | 5 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||
People's Accord Party | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
United Civil Party of Belarus United Civil Party of Belarus The United Civil Party of Belarus is a centre-right, liberal-conservative party in Belarus. The party opposes the government of Alexander Lukashenko, generally participates in the country's elections, but doesn't have a single member in parliament... |
0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
All-Belarusian Unity and Accord Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly is a Belarusian political party. The leader of the party is Stanislav Shushkevich.-History:*1991 - Creation of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly, with Michael Tkachow as a chairman.... |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Belarusian Ecological Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Belarusian Peasant Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Belarusian Popular Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Belarusian Party "The Greens" | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Belarusian Socialist Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |1 | ||||||||
Belarusian Socialist Sporting Party Belarusian Socialist Sporting Party The Belarusian Socialist Sporting Party is a political party in Belarus, that supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.It was created in 1994. Leader of the party is Vladimir Alexandrovich.... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Republican Party of Labour and Justice | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Belarusian Patriotic Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Belarusian Labour Party Belarusian Labour Party The Belarusian Labour Party is a political party in Belarus, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The leader of the party is Alexander Buchvostau.... |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |1 | ||||||||
Civic Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Partyja BPF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |0 | ||||||||
Belarusian Christian Democratic Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Slavic Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Beer Lovers Party Beer Lovers Party (Belarus) Beer Lovers Party of Belarus, or BLP was one of several Beer Lovers Parties created in some post-Soviet states, including Belarus. It was officially registered on December 30, 1993.According to its statute,... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Belarusian National Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Liberal Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Belarusian Women's Party "Nadzieja" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
National Democratic Party of Belarus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Belarusian Scientific-Industrian Congress | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Common Sense Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Republican Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Independents | 9 | 44 | 10 | 32 | 95 | ||||||||
Vacant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 62 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
Total valid votes | 4,821,199 | 18 | 3,471,635 | 101 | 2,550,608 | 20 | 1,856,738 | 59 | 260 |