2024 Belarusian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Belarus on 25 February 2024.[1]

2024 Belarusian parliamentary election
Belarus
25 February 2024
All 110 seats in the House of Representatives
56 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader 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
Head of state
President
Alexander Lukashenko
(Disputed since 23 September 2020)
Executive
Prime Minister
Roman Golovchenko
National Assembly
National Assembly
Judiciary
Administrative divisions
Elections
Presidential elections

Parliamentary elections
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Vladimir Makei
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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.[2]

Electoral system

The 110 members of the House of Representatives were elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.[3]

Participating parties
Party Leader Ideology Stance toward President Lukashenko 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
Communism		 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. Meeting with Chairman of House of Representatives of National Assembly Vladimir Andreichenko
  2. Shkliarov, Vitali (4 June 2020). "Belarus Is Having an Anti-'Cockroach' Revolution". Foreign Policy.
  3. "Belarus | International IDEA". www.idea.int. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
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