2004 Belarusian constitutional referendum

Do you allow the first President of the Republic of Belarus Lukashenko A.G. to participate as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus in the presidential elections and do you accept the first part of Article 81 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus as follows:"The President is elected for five years directly by the people of the Republic of Belarus on the basis of universal, free, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot." ? Belarus 1995 2004 10 17 y 5,548,477 691,917 67,001 6,986,163 A referendum on allowing President Lukashenko to stand in further elections was held in Belarus on 17 October 2004, alongside parliamentary elections.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 978-3-8329-5609-7 Lukashenko was nearing the end of his constitutionally-limited two terms, and the change would allow him to run for a third term. In accordance with article 140 of the constitution, a majority of valid votes as well as a majority of registered voters in favor of the constitutional changes were required for the result to be deemed validhttps://sudd.ch/event.php?lang=fr&id=by012004 Weissrussland (Belarus), 17. Oktober 2004 : Alexander Lukaschenka als Kandidat für das Präsidentenamt und unbegrenzte Wiederwahl des Präsidenten -- [en allemand] The result was 88.91% of valid votes and 79.42% of registered voters in favor, with a turnout of 90.28%.Nohlen & Stöver, p257 Results Do you permit the first President of the Republic of Belarus Lukashenko A.G. to participate as a candidate for Presidency of the Republic of Belarus during the President elections and do you adopt the Part I of Article 81 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus in the following wording: President is elected for the term of 5 years directly by the people of the Republic of Belarus by means of the universal, free, equal and direct suffrage under the voting by secret ballot? ChoiceVotes%For5,548,47788.9Against691,91711.1Invalid/blank votes67,001–Total6,307,395100Registered voters/turnout6,986,16390.3Source: Nohlen & Stöver Controversy Paragraph 112 of Belarusian Electoral Code lists "questions connected with election and dismissal of the President of the Republic of Belarus" among questions prohibited from being brought out to the Republican referendum.http://ncpi.gov.by/elections/eng/legal/code.htm Electoral Code of the Republic of Belarus The National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus 2012-01-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20110823020556/http://ncpi.gov.by/elections/eng/legal/code.htm 2011-08-23 dead There were several arrests of protesters against the result and reports of oppositional leaders being beaten by police.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3758032.stm Dozens arrested at Belarus rally BBC News 2004-10-19 2010-12-20 References External links Official 2004 Belarus Rederendum data Category:Constitutional amendments Category:Referendums in Belarus Category:2004 referendums Category:2004 in Belarus Category:Constitutional referendums in Belarus Category:October 2004 in Europe Category:Term limit abolition referendums