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Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Belarus on 25 February 2024.[1][2][3]
Background
The 2020–2021 Belarusian protests were a series of mass political demonstrations and protests against the Belarusian government and President Alexander Lukashenko.[4]
Electoral system
The 110 members of the House of Representatives were elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.[5]
Participating parties
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) and Belarusian Patriotic Party were dissolved.
- 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 | Number of participating constituencies |
2019 result | ||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
| Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) | Aleksey Sokol | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
Pro-government | 54 | 10.62% | 11 / 110 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus (LDPB) | Oleg Gaidukevich | Russian-Belarusian unionism Right-wing populism |
Constructive opposition (self-proclaimed) Pro-government (de facto) |
107 | 5.33% | 1 / 110 | |
| Republican Party of Labour and Justice (RPTS) | Alexander Khizhnyak | Democratic socialism Social democracy |
Pro-government | 43 | 6.75% | 6 / 110 | |
References
- ↑ "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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