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1995 Belarusian parliamentary election

 1990
14 May 1995
2000 

All 260 seats in the Supreme Council
131 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Seats +/–
PCB Sergey Kalyakin 43 New
BAP Syamyon Sharetski 33 New
PAP Hienadź Karpienka 8 New
UCP Stanislaŭ Bahdankievič [be] 5 New
BSDH Aleh Trusaŭ 2 New
PVES 2 New
BSP Jaŭhien Luhin 1 New
BPM Anatoly Barankevich 1 New
RPTS Anatol Niatylkin 1 New
BLP Alexander Bukhvostov [ru] 1 New
BEP Mikhail Frydliand 1 New
BPP Victor Tereshchenko [be] 1 New
BSSP Vladimir Alexandrovich [pl] 1 New
BPGP Oleg Gromyko 1 New
BSP Michail Padhajny [be] 1 New
CP Jaroslav Romanchuk 1 New
Independents 95 +63
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairmen of the Supreme Council before Chairmen of the Supreme Council after
Myechyslaw Hryb
Independent
Syamyon Sharetski
BAP

Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 14 May 1995 to elect the thirteenth Supreme Council. The elections took place alongside a multi-question referendum, although several further rounds of voting were required on 28 May, 29 November and 10 December.[1] 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.[2] After the planned two rounds, only 119 of the 260 seats had been filled due to turnouts being too low in some areas. As this was well short of the 174 needed for a quorum, an additional two rounds were necessary. By the fourth round 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.[3]

Foreign observers noted that the elections were not free and fair, while others claimed it to be free but not fair due to Lukashenko's sabotage.[2]

Results

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Party First round Second round Third round Fourth round Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Belarusian Party of Communists32461043
Belarusian Agrarian Party5253033
People's Accord Party12058
United Civic Party00145
All-Belarusian Unity and Accord Party00022
Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly01012
Belarusian Ecological Party00011
Belarusian Peasant Party01001
Belarusian Popular Party00011
Belarusian Party "The Greens"01001
Belarusian Socialist Party01001
Belarusian Social Sporting Party00011
Republican Party of Labour and Justice01001
Belarusian Patriotic Movement01001
Belarusian Labour Party00011
Civic Party00011
Belarusian Popular Front00000
Belarusian Christian Democratic Union00000
Slavic Council00000
Beer Lovers Party00000
Belarusian National Party00000
Liberal Democratic Party00000
Belarusian Women's Party "Nadzieja"0000
Belarusian Scientific-Industrian Congress00000
Common Sense Party00000
Republican Party00000
Independents944103295
Vacant62
Total181012059260
Valid votes4,821,1993,471,6352,550,6081,856,738
Registered voters/turnout7,445,8206,138,0464,154,5893,545,077
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Aftermath

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Following the elections, the MPs from the Belarusian Socialist Party, the Belarusian Labour Party and the Civic Party joined the United Civic Party of Belarus, together with one MP who defected from the Belarusian Party of Communists.[4]

References

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  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 Belarus: Elections held in 1995 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, pp258-259
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p261
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