Presidential elections were held in

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on 23 June 1994, with a second round on 10 July. They were the first national elections held in Belarus since the country seceded from the

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three years earlier. The result was a victory for

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Luk ...

, who received 80.6% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 79.0% in the first round and 70.6% in the second. In 1995, a year after taking office, Lukashenko won a

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that gave him the power to dissolve the legislature. In 1996, he won another referendum that dramatically increased his power, and also extended his original five-year term to

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. As a result, the 1994 presidential election is considered, to date, the only free election held in Belarus since it broke away from the Soviet Union.Profile: Europe's last dictator?
BBC News, 10 September 2001

Results

Maps

File:Выбары Прэзыдэнта Беларусі 1994. Пераможцы па раёнах.png, First round results File:Прэзідэнцкія выбары ў Беларусі (1994). Першы тур. Аляксандр Лукашэнка.svg, First round votes for Lukashenko File:Прэзідэнцкія выбары ў Беларусі (1994). Першы тур. Вячаслаў Кебіч.svg, First round votes for Kebich File:Прэзідэнцкія выбары ў Беларусі (1994). Першы тур. Зянон Пазняк.svg, First round votes for Pazniak File:Прэзідэнцкія выбары ў Беларусі (1994). Першы тур. Станіслаў Шушкевіч.svg, First round votes for Shushkevich

References

{{Belarusian elections Presidential elections in Belarus

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