Parliamentary election in Belarus 2016

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(in %)
 %
70
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
67.01
7.40
4.24
2.87
2.16
2.16
1.72
1.40
1.47
9.57
Independent
Otherwise.
No
Gains and losses
compared to 2012
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-7.20
+4.71
-0.52
+1.36
+2.16
+2.16
+1.67
-0.47
-0.16
-2.20
Independent
Otherwise.
No
Distribution of seats
       
A total of 110 seats

The parliamentary elections in Belarus in 2016 took place on September 11th. The 110 members of the House of Representatives were elected. At the same time, the Council of the Republic was elected. Around seven million people were eligible to vote.

Candidates

In contrast to the 2012 parliamentary election , the 2016 election was not boycotted by the opposition. Various opposition parties and organizations joined the Prawa Wybora (“The Right to Vote ”) campaign , to which the Partyja BNF , the Belarusian Christian Democracy , the Social Democratic Party , the Movement For Freedom , the United Citizens' Party of Belarus , the Belarusian Green Party , the party for Freedom and Progress as well as the Belarusian Radio-Electric Industry Union .

The parties considered loyal to the government - Communists , Liberal Democrats , Belarusian Patriotic Party , Labor and Justice, and Agrarian Party - and the opposition United Left Party “Just World” also stood for election.

Electoral process

The results are only valid in constituencies in which the turnout is over 50% in the first round or 25% in the second round.

Result

Constituency results (the party colors were partially varied to make it easier to distinguish):
Government supporters (108): Non-party supporters of President Lukashenka (93) Communist Party of Belarus (8) Belarusian Patriotic Party (3) Republican Party for Labor and Justice (RPTS), Republican Party (3) Liberal Democrats (1) Opposition (2): United Citizens' Party of Belarus (1) Non-party oppositionists (1)









The result was as follows:

Political party Number of MPs
Candidates Number of MPs
Liberal Democratic Party 90 1
United Citizens' Party of Belarus 67 1
Party yes BNF 60 0
Communist Party of Belarus 52 8th
Belarusian United Left Party "Just World" 46 0
Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) 29 0
Republican Party for Labor and Justice 20th 3
Belarusian Patriotic Party 18th 3
Belarusian Green Party 5 0

Thus, the Communist Party of Belarus got 8 seats, Labor and Justice 3 seats, the Belarusian Patriotic Party 3 seats, the United Citizens' Party of Belarus one seat and the Liberal Democratic Party one seat. The remaining 94 seats are held by non-party candidates.

For the first time in 20 years, the opposition won two seats. The candidate of the United Citizens' Party Anna Konopazkaja and the independent Jelena Anisim, who is close to the opposition, were able to enter parliament.

criticism

Despite the fact that the United Citizens' Party was able to claim a parliamentary mandate for itself for the first time, party leader Anatol Ljabedska was critical of the results: “The victory of our party comrade Kanopazkaja does not mean that we will change the assessment of the entire campaign. There are no free and fair elections in Belarus that meet the standards of the OSCE . ”Various violations were reported by independent Belarusian media. In several cases, for example, journalists were asked to leave the polling station while the vote was being counted. The human rights organizations Vyasna and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee also said the elections did not meet the international standards of free and democratic elections. Cases have been documented in which students and employees of state-owned companies were forced to vote. In addition, massive violations were registered during the five-day preliminary vote.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elections to the Chamber of Representatives and the Council of the Republic in Belarus on kas.de
  2. ↑ Election in authoritarian ex-Soviet republic has begun
  3. ↑ Official website of the campaign Das Wahlrecht ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pvby.org
  4. ↑ tut.by (Russian)
  5. ↑ voting system on ipu.org (English)
  6. ↑ [1]
  7. ↑ Revised data: Turnout in Belarusian parliamentary elections at 74.8% on eng.belta.by
  8. ↑ Opposition in Belarus surprisingly wins parliamentary seat
  9. ↑ Belarus turns to the West on welt.de