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2024 Belarusian parliamentary election

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2024 Belarusian parliamentary election
Belarus
← 2019 25 February 2024
All 110 seats in the House of Representatives
56 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Current seats
Belaya Rus Oleg Romanov 68
CPB Aleksey Sokol 11
RPTS Vasil Zadnyaprany 6
LDPB Oleg Gaidukevich 1
BPP Nikolai Ulakhovich 2
BAP Mikhail Rusy 1
Independents – 21
Incumbent Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vladimir Andreichenko
CPB
Politics of Belarus

Commonwealth of Independent States CIS Member State

Constitution
Presidency
President
Alexander Lukashenko
Executive
Prime Minister
Roman Golovchenko
National Assembly
National Assembly
All-Belarusian People's Assembly
All-Belarusian People's Assembly
Judiciary
Administrative divisions
Elections
Presidential elections

Parliamentary elections

Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Sergei Aleinik
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Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Belarus on 25 February 2024.[1][2]

Background

See also: 2020–2021 Belarusian protests

The 2020–2021 Belarusian protests were a series of mass political demonstrations and protests against the Belarusian government and President Alexander Lukashenko.[3]

Electoral system

The 110 members of the House of Representatives were elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.[4]

Participating parties

Party Leader Ideology Stance toward President Lukashenko[citation needed] Number of participating
constituencies 		2016 result
Votes (%) Seats
Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) Aleksey Sokol Communism
Marxism–Leninism 		Pro-government 54 7.4%
8 / 110
Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus (LDPB) Oleg Gaidukevich Russian-Belarusian unionism
Right-wing populism 		Constructive opposition (self-proclaimed)
Pro-government (de facto) 		107 4.2%
1 / 110
Republican Party of Labour and Justice (RPTS) Vasil Zadnyaprany Democratic socialism
Social democracy 		Pro-government 43 2.9%
3 / 110
United Civic Party (UCP) Mikalaj Kazloŭ Liberal conservatism
Social liberalism 		Opposition 56 2.2%
1 / 110
Belarusian Patriotic Party (BPP) Nikolai Ulakhovich Socialism
Social conservatism 		Pro-government 16 2.2%
3 / 110
BPF Party (BPF) Ryhor Kastusioŭ Belarusian nationalism
Christian democracy 		Opposition 38 1.7%
0 / 110
Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" Sergey Kalyakin Democratic socialism
Left-wing nationalism 		Opposition 33 1.4%
0 / 110
Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) (BSDP) Ihar Barysaŭ Social democracy
Liberal democracy 		Opposition 43 1.3%
0 / 110
Belarusian Party "The Greens" (BPZ) Nastassya Darafeyeva Green politics
Eco-socialism 		Opposition 7 0.2%
0 / 110
Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly (BSDH) Siarhei Cherachen Social democracy
National democracy 		Opposition 20 —
Republican Party (RP) Uladzimir Belazor Eurasianism
Economic nationalism 		Pro-government 6
Belarusian Agrarian Party (AP) Mikhail Rusy Agrarian socialism
Democratic socialism 		Pro-Government 1
Belarusian Social Sporting Party (BSSP) Vladimir Alexandrovich Social democracy
Sports politics 		Pro-government 1

References

  1. ^ "Lukashenko meets with CEC head to discuss 2024 election campaign". eng.belta.by. 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  2. ^ "Belarus' CEC head: Work to prepare for 2024 election campaign on schedule". eng.belta.by. 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  3. ^ Shkliarov, Vitali (4 June 2020). "Belarus Is Having an Anti-'Cockroach' Revolution". Foreign Policy.
  4. ^ "Belarus | International IDEA". www.idea.int. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
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