Belarusian presidential election, 1994

Belarusian presidential election, 1994
Belarus
23 June & 10 July 1994

 
Nominee Alexander Lukashenko Vyachaslau Kebich
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 4,241,026 748,329
Percentage 80.6% 14.2%

Elected President

Alexander Lukashenko

First round results; Lukashenko in blue/green, Kebich in pink, Paznyak in red/yellow and Shushkevich in brown
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Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 23 June 1994, with a second round on 10 July.[1] The result was a victory for Alexander Lukashenko, 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.[2]

To date, this is the only free national election held in Belarus since the country seceded from the Soviet Union. Over the next two years, Lukashenko increased his power step by step, to the point that by 1996 he effectively held all governing power in the nation.

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Alexander LukashenkoIndependent2,646,14045.84,241,02680.6
Vyachaslau KebichIndependent1,023,17417.7748,32914.2
Zyanon PaznyakPartyja BPF757,19513.1
Stanislau ShushkevichIndependent585,14310.1
Alaksandar DubkoAgrarian Party353,1196.1
Vasil NovikauParty of Belarusian Communists253,0094.4
Against all165,0232.9271,7835.2
Invalid/blank votes121,50917,193
Total5,904,3121005,278,331100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Election maps

Lukashenko
Kebich
Paznyak
Shushkevich

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p262