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2004 Belarusian constitutional referendum

Field	Value
title	Do you allow the first President of the Republic of Belarus Lukashenko A.G. to participate as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus in the presidential elections and do you accept the first part of Article 81 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus as follows:
"The President is elected for five years directly by the people of the Republic of Belarus on the basis of universal, free, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot." ?
country	Belarus
flag_year	1995
date
yes	5,548,477
no	691,917
invalid	67,001
electorate	6,986,163

"The President is elected for five years directly by the people of the Republic of Belarus on the basis of universal, free, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot." ?

A referendum on allowing President Lukashenko to stand in further elections was held in Belarus on 17 October 2004, alongside parliamentary elections. Lukashenko was nearing the end of his constitutionally-limited two terms, and the change would allow him to run for a third term.

In accordance with article 140 of the constitution, a majority of valid votes as well as a majority of registered voters in favor of the constitutional changes were required for the result to be deemed valid

The result was 88.91% of valid votes and 79.42% of registered voters in favor, with a turnout of 90.28%.

Results

:President is elected for the term of 5 years directly by the people of the Republic of Belarus by means of the universal, free, equal and direct suffrage under the voting by secret ballot?}}

Choice	Votes	%
For	5,548,477	88.9
Against	691,917	11.1
Invalid/blank votes	67,001	–
Total	6,307,395	100
Registered voters/turnout	6,986,163	90.3
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Controversy

Paragraph 112 of Belarusian Electoral Code lists "questions connected with election and dismissal of the President of the Republic of Belarus" among questions prohibited from being brought out to the Republican referendum. There were several arrests of protesters against the result and reports of oppositional leaders being beaten by police.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p252 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
"Weissrussland (Belarus), 17. Oktober 2004 : Alexander Lukaschenka als Kandidat für das Präsidentenamt und unbegrenzte Wiederwahl des Präsidenten -- [en allemand]".
Nohlen & Stöver, p257
"Electoral Code of the Republic of Belarus". The National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus.
(2004-10-19). "Dozens arrested at Belarus rally". [[BBC News]].

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