2008 Belarusian parliamentary election

none 2008 Belarusian parliamentary election Belarus 1995 no 2004 2012 All 110 seats in the House of Representatives 56 76.74% 28 September 2008 Tatsyana Holubeva be Таццяна Генадзеўна Голубева Communist Party of Belarus 8 4.36 6 Mikhail Rusy be Міхаіл Іванавіч Русы Belarusian Agrarian Party 0.61 3 1 – Independents 76.59 98 103 2008 Belarusian Parliamentary election result map.svg Results by constituency Speaker of the House of Representatives Vadim Popov Independent politician Vladimir Andreichenko Communist Party of Belarus Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 28 September 2008.http://law.by/work/EnglPortal.nsf/0/7D8EBB293D28CA2CC22574BE004E3248?OpenDocument 282 contenders registered for Belarus’ parliamentary elections 2008-08-09 2008-10-12 National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080929181751/http://law.by/work/EnglPortal.nsf/0/7D8EBB293D28CA2CC22574BE004E3248?OpenDocument September 29, 2008 All 110 seats in the House of Representatives were at stake.http://law.by/work/EnglPortal.nsf/0/F944D00B0205AA4EC22574B400429894?OpenDocument 276 candidates for House of Representatives registered in Belarus 2008-08-29 2008-10-12 National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080929181758/http://law.by/work/EnglPortal.nsf/0/F944D00B0205AA4EC22574B400429894?OpenDocument September 29, 2008 Lidia Yermoshina, the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission, announced on 29 August that 276 candidates were registered for the election; 365 people initially sought to run, but five withdrew and candidate registration for 84 others was rejected. Just prior to the election, the number of the registered candidates was reduced to 263;http://www.regnum.ru/news/1060871.html ru:В белорусский парламент баллотируется 263 кандидата REGNUM News Agency 2008-09-26 2008-09-28 Russian 82 of the candidates were members of political parties, the others were non-partisans loyal to the government. They included chief executives of local authorities and medical institutions, and top managers of large enterprises.http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6508695.html Belarusian opposition wins no seat in parliamentary poll 2008-09-30 2008-10-12 People's Daily The election was attempted to be monitored by 925 international and more than 17,000 local observers,925 международных и более 17 000 национальных наблюдателей будут контролировать ход выборов в Белоруссии REGNUM News Agency 2008-09-27 http://www.regnum.ru/news/1061121.html 2008-09-28 Russian including an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) mission consisting of some 450 members from 43 countries.OSCE election observers to present findings at press conference in Minsk on Monday Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 2008-09-26 http://www.osce.org/item/33229.html 2008-09-28 Belarusian citizens abroad were able to cast their votes at 40 polling stations located in 31 countries.ru:За пределами Белоруссии образованы 40 участков для голосования на парламентских выборах REGNUM News Agency 2008-09-26 http://www.regnum.ru/news/1060984.html 2008-09-28 Russian Advance voting occurred on September 23 through September 26 and was characterized by active participation: more than 26% of registered voters cast their ballots.ru:ЦИК Белоруссии: Более 26% избирателей проголосовали досрочно REGNUM News Agency 2008-09-28 http://www.regnum.ru/news/1061207.html 2008-09-28 Russian Voter turnout was reported to be 76.7%.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p260 978-3-8329-5609-7 According to the OSCE, the elections were undemocratic and the work of international observers was seriously hindered as the observers were refused access to the facilities where the votes were counted.OSZE-Beobachter kritisieren Ablauf der Parlamentswahl Der Spiegel 2008-09-29 http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,581151,00.html 2008-09-30 German But according to a CIS election observation mission, the elections in Belarus conformed to international standards.http://law.by/work/EnglPortal.nsf/0/89452FE328F40067C22574D3003DECEE?OpenDocument CIS observers: Belarus’ elections meet international standards 2008-09-29 2008-10-12 National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090617025030/http://law.by/work/EnglPortal.nsf/0/89452FE328F40067C22574D3003DECEE?OpenDocument June 17, 2009 Results According to the official results the oppositional parties failed to gain any of the 110 available seats, all of which were given to parties and non-partisan candidates loyal to president Alexander Lukashenko. The Central Election Commission declared this to be due to the overwhelming popular fear of mass demonstrations and of the "radical political changes" demanded by the opposition. This declaration was met with immediate anti-governmental demonstrations in the centre of Minsk protesting against electoral fraud. President Lukashenko commented that the opposition in Belarus is financed by foreign countries and is not needed.Opposition gewinnt keinen einzigen Sitz - Proteste in Weißrussland Der Spiegel 2008-09-29 http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,581019,00.html 2008-09-30 German File:Belarus House of Representatives 2008.svg Communist Party of Belarus 229986 6 –2 United Civic Party 131931 0 New Belarusian Party of Communists 127429 0 0 BPF Party 72770 0 0 Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) 59010 0 0 Liberal Democratic Party 43752 0 –1 Belarusian Agrarian Party 32230 1 –2 Republican Party of Labour and Justice 22763 0 New Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly 693 0 0 Independents 4035567 103 +5 Against all 513008 0 5269139 115508 7016711 Nohlen & Stöver, , CEC References External links Belarus' election paradox by Natalia Leshchenko First report of OSCE (Atmosphere before elections) Parliamentary Election in Belarus 2008 on Google Maps Belarus Parliament Category:Parliamentary elections in Belarus Belarus