2001 Belarusian presidential election
9 September 2001
Turnout83.86%
 
Nominee Alexander Lukashenko Uładzimir Hančaryk
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 4,666,680 965,261
Percentage 77.39% 16.01%
Results by region
Lukashenko:      55–60%      75–80%      80–85%      85–90%
President before election

Alexander Lukashenko
Independent

 Elected President

Alexander Lukashenko
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 9 September 2001.[1] The election should have been held in 1999, but a revised constitution adopted in 1996 extended incumbent Alexander Lukashenko's term for another two years.

Lukashenko was re-elected with 77.4% of the vote over two minor candidates. Voter turnout was 84%.[2] A senior official for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe noted that the pre-election environment was "not democratic" and would not describe it as "free and fair".[3]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Alexander LukashenkoIndependent4,666,68077.39
Uładzimir HančarykIndependent965,26116.01
Sergei GaidukevichLiberal Democratic Party153,1992.54
Against all245,2414.07
Total6,030,381100.00
Valid votes6,030,38197.75
Invalid/blank votes138,7062.25
Total votes6,169,087100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,356,34383.86
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p262
  3. ↑ Belarus vote 'neither free nor fair' BBC News, 10 September 2001
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