2024 Belarusian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Belarus on 25 February 2024.[1][2][3]
Background[edit]
The 2020–2021 Belarusian protests were a series of mass political demonstrations and protests against the Belarusian government and authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.[4]
Electoral system[edit]
The 110 members of the House of Representatives were elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.[5]
Participating parties[edit]
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In late 2023, a large amount of Parties were either banned or were dissolved.
- Pro-government Belarusian Social Sporting Party, Belarusian Agrarian Party, Republican Party (Belarus), Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord and Belarusian Patriotic Party were dissolved or banned.
- While Opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly, Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly), Belarusian Left Party "A Just World", BPF Party, Belarusian Green Party and United Civic Party were banned.
| Party | Leader | Ideology | Stance toward President Lukashenko[citation needed] | 2019 result[needs update] | ||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) | Aleksey Sokol | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
Pro-government | 10.62% | 11 / 110
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| Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus (LDPB) | Oleg Gaidukevich | Russian-Belarusian unionism Right-wing populism |
Constructive opposition (self-proclaimed) Pro-government (de facto) |
5.33% | 1 / 110
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| Republican Party of Labour and Justice (RPTS) | Alexander Khizhnyak | Democratic socialism Social democracy |
Pro-government | 6.75% | 6 / 110
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| Belaya Rus (BR) | Oleg Romanov | Russophilia Euroscepticism Agrarianism |
Pro-government | Did not exist | ||
Results[edit]
| Party | |
|---|---|
| Belaya Rus | |
| Communist Party of Belarus | |
| Republican Party of Labour and Justice | |
| Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus | |
| Independents | |
| Against all | |
| Total | |
References[edit]
- ^ "Single Voting Day in Belarus to take place on February 25, 2024". Белтелерадиокомпания. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "Lukashenko meets with CEC head to discuss 2024 election campaign". eng.belta.by. 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ "Belarus' CEC head: Work to prepare for 2024 election campaign on schedule". eng.belta.by. 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ Shkliarov, Vitali (4 June 2020). "Belarus Is Having an Anti-'Cockroach' Revolution". Foreign Policy.
- ^ "Belarus | International IDEA". www.idea.int. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
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