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1995 Belarusian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Belarus
flag_year	1991
previous_election	[1990](1990-belarusian-supreme-soviet-election)
next_election	[2000](2000-belarusian-parliamentary-election)
seats_for_election	All 260 seats in the Supreme Council
majority_seats	131
election_date	14 May 1995
nopercentage	yes
leader1	Sergey Kalyakin
party1	PCB
last_election1	New
seats1	43
leader2	Syamyon Sharetski
party2	Belarusian Agrarian Party
last_election2	New
seats2	33
leader3	Hienadź Karpienka
party3	PAP
color3	#FFA500
last_election3	New
seats3	8
leader4
party4	United Civic Party
last_election4	New
seats4	5
leader5	Aleh Trusaŭ
party5	Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly
last_election5	New
seats5	2
party6	PVES
color6	#FFD700
last_election6	New
seats6	2
leader7	Jaŭhien Luhin
party7	BSP
color7	#009240
last_election7	New
seats7	1
leader8	Anatoly Barankevich
party8	BPM
last_election8	New
seats8	1
leader9	Anatol Niatylkin
party9	Republican Party of Labour and Justice
last_election9	New
seats9	1
leader10
party10	BLP
color10	red
last_election10	New
seats10	1
leader12	Mikhail Frydliand
party12	BEP
color12	#279D3D
last_election12	New
seats12	1
leader13
party13	BPP
color13	red
last_election13	New
seats13	1
leader14
party14	Belarusian Social Sporting Party
last_election14	New
seats14	1
leader15	Oleg Gromyko
party15	BPGP
last_election15	New
seats15	1
leader16
party16	BSP
color16	#EC0000
last_election16	New
seats16	1
leader17	Jaroslav Romanchuk
party17	CP
color17	#33499B
last_election17	New
seats17	1
leader18	–
party18	Independents
last_election18	32
seats18	95
title	Chairmen of the Supreme Council
before_election	Myechyslaw Hryb
before_party	Independent (politician)
after_election	Syamyon Sharetski
after_party	BAP

Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus 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. 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 and the subsequent formation of a new National Assembly, they were not held.

Foreign observers noted that the elections were not free and fair.

Results

[[File:Belarus Supreme Council 1995.svg]]	Party	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Total
seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Belarusian Left Party "A Just World"}}		Belarusian Party of Communists			3			24			6			10	43
Belarusian Agrarian Party}}		Belarusian Agrarian Party			5			25			3			0	33
	People's Accord Party			1			2			0			5	8
United Civic Party}}		United Civic Party			0			0			1			4	5
	All-Belarusian Unity and Accord Party			0			0			0			2	2
Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly}}		Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly			0			1			0			1	2
	Belarusian Ecological Party			0			0			0			1	1
	Belarusian Peasant Party			0			1			0			0	1
	Belarusian Popular Party			0			0			0			1	1
Belarusian Green Party}}		Belarusian Party "The Greens"			0			1			0			0	1
	Belarusian Socialist Party			0			1			0			0		1
Belarusian Social Sporting Party}}		Belarusian Social Sporting Party			0			0			0			1	1
Republican Party of Labour and Justice}}		Republican Party of Labour and Justice			0			1			0			0	1
Belarusian Patriotic Party}}		Belarusian Patriotic Movement			0			1			0			0	1
	Belarusian Labour Party			0			0			0			1		1
	Civic Party			0			0			0			1	1
BPF Party}}		Belarusian Popular Front			0			0			0			0		0
Belarusian Christian Democratic Union}}		Belarusian Christian Democratic Union			0			0			0			0	0
Slavic Council}}		Slavic Council			0			0			0			0	0
Beer Lovers Party (Belarus)}}		Beer Lovers Party			0			0			0			0	0
Belarusian National Party}}		Belarusian National Party			0			0			0			0	0
Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus}}		Liberal Democratic Party			0			0			0			0	0
Belarusian Women's Party "Nadzieja"}}		Belarusian Women's Party "Nadzieja"			0			0			0			0	0
National Democratic Party of Belarus}}		National Democratic Party of Belarus			0			0			0			0	0
Belarusian Scientific-Industrian Congress}}		Belarusian Scientific-Industrian Congress			0			0			0			0	0
Common Sense Party}}		Common Sense Party			0			0			0			0	0
Republican Party (Belarus)}}		Republican Party			0			0			0			0	0
Independent politician}}		Independents			9			44			10			32	95
Vacant					62
Total			18			101			20			59	260
Valid votes	4,821,199	–		3,471,635	–		2,550,608	–		1,856,738	–
Registered voters/turnout	7,445,820		6,138,046		4,154,589		3,545,077
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Aftermath

Following the elections, the MPs from the Belarusian Socialist Party, the Belarusian Labour Party and the Civic Party joined the United Civic Party of Belarus, together with one MP who defected from the Belarusian Party of Communists.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p252 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2027b_95.htm Belarus: Elections held in 1995] Inter-Parliamentary Union
Nohlen & Stöver, pp258-259
Nohlen & Stöver, p261

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