Belarusian parliamentary election, 2004

Belarusian parliamentary election, 2004

On 17 October 2004, elections were held for the 110-member House of Representatives (Palata Predstaviteley), at the same time as a referendum to decide whether the Constitution should be changed to allow President Alexander Lukashenko to serve a third term. 359 candidates were registered for the parliamentary election by the district election commissions.

Following the invitation from the Belarus Central Election and Republican Referenda Commission, 734 international observers representing 32 countries and eight international organizations - including the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) - monitored the elections, together with 24,000 national observers.

Deputies were elected from 110 single-mandate constituencies, on the basis of a majoritarian system, for a four-year term of office. Candidates securing more than 50per cent of the vote in a valid first round (defined as having a turnout exceeding 50 per cent) were elected.In constituencies where there was no outright winner in a valid first round, the two highest placed candidates went forward to a second round to be held within two weeks

The Central Election Commission also announced that 108 of the 110 members were elected in the first round, none of whom were from the opposition coalition. Thirty-one women were elected, representing nearly 29 percent of the lower house's membership.

electiontable|Belarus legislative election, 2004"'Summary of the 13 and 17 October 2004 Belarus House of Representative election results
-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats
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align=left|Communist Party of Belarus ("Kamunistyčnaja partyja Biełarusi")
align="right" |
align="right" |.
align="right" |8
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align=left|Agrarian Party of Belarus ("Ahrarnaja partyja Bełarusi")
align="right" |
align="right" |.
align="right" |3
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align=left|Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus ("Liberalna-demakratyčnaja partyja Biełarusi")
align="right" |
align="right" |.
align="right" |1
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align=left|Non-partisans
align="right" |
align="right" |.
align="right" |98
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align=left|People's Coalition 5 Plus ("Narodnaja kaalicyja "Piaciorka plus")
*Belarusian Labour Party ("Biełaruskaja partyja pracy")
*Belarusian Popular Front ("Narodny front Biełarusi")
*Belarusian Social Democratic Party-Assembly ("Sacyjał-demakratyčnaja partyja Biełarusi "Hramada")
*Party of Communists of Belarus ("Partyja kamunistov Biełarusi")
*United Civil Party of Belarus ("Abjadnanaja hramadzianskaja partyja Biełarusi")
align="right" valign=top|
align="right" valign=top|.
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align=left|Democratic Centrist Coalition ("Kaalicyja demakratyčnych centrystaŭ")
*Republic ("Respublika")
*Young Belarus ("Maładaja Biełaruś")
*European Coalition Free Belarus ("Eŭrapiejskaja kaalicyja "Svabodnaja Biełaruś")
*Belarusian Social Democratic Party - People's Assembly ("Sacyjal-demokratyčnaja partyja Biełarusi – "Nardonaja hramada")
*Belarusian Women's Party Hope ("Biełaruskaja partyja žančyn "Nadzieja")
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align=left|Conservative Christian Party ("Kansiervatyŭnaja chryścijanskaja partyja")
align="right" valign=top|
align="right" valign=top|.
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align=left|Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord ("Sacyjal-demokratyčnaja partyja "Narodnaja zhoda")
align="right" valign=top|
align="right" valign=top|.
align="right" valign=top|-
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align=left|Belarusian Socialist Sporting Party ("Biełaruskaja sacyjalistyčnaja spartyŭnaja partyja")
align="right" valign=top|
align="right" valign=top|.
align="right" valign=top|-
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align=left|Republican Party of Labour and Juctice ("Respublikanskaja partyja pracy i spraviadlivasci")
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align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 90.1 %)
width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|6,096,138
width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|110
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align=left|Registered electors
align="right" valign=top|6,986,163||
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align=left|Blank or invalid ballot papers
align="right" valign=top|201,462||
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align=left colspan=4|Source: [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2027.htm IPU Parline] .


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