2004 Belarusian parliamentary election

none Belarus 1995 2000 2008 All 110 seats in the House of Representatives 56 90.14% 17 October 2004 (first round)27 October 2004 (second round)20 March 2005 (third round) Tatsyana Holubeva be Таццяна Генадзеўна Голубева Communist Party of Belarus 5.49 6 8 Mikhail Shimansky Belarusian Agrarian Party 2.38 5 3 Sergei Gaidukevich Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus 2.01 1 1 – Independents 76.16 94 98 Speaker of the House of Representatives Vadim Popov Independent (politician) Vladimir Konoplev Independent (politician) Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 17 October 2004, with a second round of voting in two constituencies on 27 October, and a third round in one on 20 March 2005.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 978-3-8329-5609-7 The vast majority of successful candidates, 98 of 110, were independents. Voter turnout was reported to be 90% in the first round.Belarus: Elections held in 2004 Inter-Parliamentary Union A total of 359 candidates contested the election, with opposing parties claiming that around 40% of their candidates were not registered. The OCSE delegation noted that although all candidates were given a set amount of free television and radio airtime and a free statement in the national press, over 80% of television news time was dedicated to President Alexander Lukashenko in the five weeks before the election. They also noted concerns about the independence of the Electoral Commission and a lack of transparency during the voting and counting process. The government also closed down nine independent newspapers in the lead-up to the elections. Results File:Belarus House of Representatives 2004.svg People'sCoalition5 Plus 4 United Civic Party 207664 0 0 New Party of Communists of Belarus 151602 0 0 0 Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly 59892 0 0 New 419158 0 0 0 Communist Party of Belarus 334383 8 8 +2 BPF Party 205387 0 0 0 New Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) 176032 0 0 0 0 Belarusian Agrarian Party 145004 3 3 –2 Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus 122605 1 1 0 Republican Party 28179 0 0 0 Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord 22441 0 0 –1 Independents 4642949 96 1 1 98 +4 0 201462 6986163 Nohlen, IPU, CEC References Category:Parliamentary elections in Belarus Belarus Parliament Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Belarus