Belarus parliament elections

SCO mission calls Belarus’ parliamentary elections as transparent, democratic
The campaign complied with the national legislation and international obligations of Belarus, Xie Xiaoyong said. “The mission recognizes the elections as transparent, credible and democratic," he said...

Elections in Belarus hailed as competitive, open
Sergei Lebedev informed the media on the main conclusions. “According to the CIS observers, the Belarusian government bodies and election commissions of all levels ensures a high organizational level of the elections,” he said...

Party members make up 19.1% of Belarus’ new parliament
110 people were elected to the 110-seat House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Belarusian parliament. “19.1% of them or 21 people are members of political parties,” Lidia Yermoshina said...

CEC: 1,029 international observers accredited at Belarus’ parliamentary elections
The largest observation missions have been deployed by the CIS and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights – 475 and 346 observers respectively. The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has deployed 83 experts, PACE – 28, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization – 17...

Two chambers of Belarus new parliament to hold session on 6 December
The House of Representatives of the seventh convocation will commence the first session at 10:00 on 6 December, while the Council of the Republic will open its session at 14:00 the same day, Lidia Yermoshina informed...

Preliminary voter turnover during parliamentary elections in Belarus at 77.22%
The elections have been recognized as valid in all the 110 constituencies. The polling stations closed their doors at 20:00. Vote count is now in progress...

At least 25 written, 52 verbal queries submitted to Belarus’ CEC on 17 November
“Roughly half of the calls were placed when citizens were trying to find out at what polling station they could cast their votes. There were complaints about errors in the registry of voters, in how invitations to participate in elections were sent,” the CEC head said...

Observers’ interest in Belarus attributed to country’s growing international prominence
The expert said: “Why have so many observers come to the country? Why is interest in Belarus on the rise? Because our country now plays a more prominent role. We have the same election system, the same values. We haven’t changed the Constitution. The rest of the world now views us differently”...

Belarus’ CEC in favor of changing election system taking into account national development strategy
Lidia Yermoshina believes that the government will be the one to take the decision to move from the majority-based voting system to the mixed one or a proportional one. “Voters will never agree to the change and will not support it at a referendum,” the head of the Belarusian election organization agency believes...

CIS observer praises good organization of parliamentary elections in Belarus
“The elections are very well-organized. Since morning my colleague and I have been to 15 polling stations. We saw no signs of election campaigning. All the conditions for casting votes were available at the polling stations. We’ve seen no violations. I would like to mention the festive mood at all the polling stations. It means a lot to me”...