Parliamentary elections were held in
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
on 14 May 1995 to elect the
thirteenth Supreme Council. The elections took place alongside a
multi-question referendum, although several further rounds of voting were required on 28 May, 29 November and 10 December. The majority of candidates elected were independents, although 62 seats remained unfilled due to insufficient voter turnout. A total of 2,348 candidates and 22 parties contested the election, around a thousand of which were independents.
[Belarus: Elections held in 1995]
Inter-Parliamentary Union After the planned two rounds, only 119 of the 260 seats had been filled due to turnouts being too low in some areas. As this was well short of the 174 needed for a quorum, an additional two rounds were necessary. By the fourth round a quorum was reached, and although further rounds of voting were planned for 1996 to fill the remaining seats, following the constitutional amendments made following the
referendum
A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative. This may result in the adoption of a ...
and the subsequent formation of a new National Assembly, they were not held.
Foreign observers noted that the elections were not free and fair.
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Results
Aftermath
Following the elections, the MPs from the Belarusian Socialist Party
The Belarusian Socialist Party ( be, Беларуская сацыялістычная партыя, ''Belorusskaia socialisticheskaia partiia'', BSP) was a political party in Belarus.
History
The party contested the 1995 parliamentary elections ...
, the Belarusian Labour Party
The Belarusian Labour Party ( be, Беларуская партыя працы, ''Biełaruskaja Partyja Pracy'') is a social-democratic political party in Belarus, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The leader of the ...
and the Civic Party
The Civic Party (CP) is a pro-democracy liberal political party in Hong Kong. It is currently chaired by barrister Alan Leong.
The party was formed in 2006 on the basis of the Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group, which was derived from the ...
joined the United Civic Party of Belarus
The United Civic Party (UCP; be, Аб'яднаная грамадзянская партыя; АГП, Abjadnanaja hramadzianskaja partyja; AHP; russian: Объединённая гражданская партия; ОГП, Obyedinonnaya grazhdans ...
, together with one MP who defected from the Belarusian Party of Communists.[Nohlen & Stöver, p261]
References
External links
Report on parliamentary elections in Belarus - 14 and 28 may 1995
{{Belarusian Elections
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
Parliament
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13th Belarusian Supreme Council
Parliamentary elections in Belarus