{"iso":"BY","name":"Belarus","flag":"\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddfe","vote":"Presidential \u00b7 official result, not competitive","model":"noncomp","updated":"2025-01-26","source":"2025 presidential election, official count, no genuine opposition","credit":"Presidential results as published by the Central Election Commission. The vote offered no genuine opposition, international monitors have judged no Belarusian presidential election free or fair since 1994, and the exiled opposition dismissed the count as a sham","shares":{"LUK":87.5,"AA":3.6,"KPB":3.2,"LDPB":2.0,"KAN":1.9,"RPTS":1.8},"polls":[],"parties":{"LUK":{"name":"\u0410\u043b\u044f\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u041b\u0443\u043a\u0430\u0448\u044d\u043d\u043a\u0430 (\u043d\u0435\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0436\u043d\u044b)","color":"#555555","name_en":"Alexander Lukashenko, independent"},"AA":{"name":"\u0421\u0443\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0446\u044c \u0443\u0441\u0456\u0445","color":"#BBBBBB","name_en":"Against all"},"KPB":{"name":"\u041a\u0430\u043c\u0443\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u044b\u044f \u0411\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0456 (\u0421\u044f\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0439 \u0421\u044b\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043a\u043e\u045e)","color":"#D30400","name_en":"Sergei Syrankov, Communist Party"},"LDPB":{"name":"\u041b\u0456\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430-\u0434\u044d\u043c\u0430\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0442\u044b\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u044b\u044f (\u0410\u043b\u0435\u0433 \u0413\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0443\u043a\u0435\u0432\u0456\u0447)","color":"#011E41","name_en":"Oleg Gaidukevich, Liberal Democratic Party"},"KAN":{"name":"\u0413\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u041a\u0430\u043d\u0430\u043f\u0430\u0446\u043a\u0430\u044f (\u043d\u0435\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0436\u043d\u0430\u044f)","color":"#909090","name_en":"Hanna Kanapatskaya, independent"},"RPTS":{"name":"\u0420\u044d\u0441\u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0456\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u044b\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0446\u044b \u0456 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u044f\u0434\u043b\u0456\u0432\u0430\u0441\u0446\u0456 (\u0410\u043b\u044f\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u0425\u0456\u0436\u043d\u044f\u043a)","color":"#DE7673","name_en":"Alexander Khizhnyak, Republican Party of Labour and Justice"}},"primer":{"system":"Authoritarian presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Alexander Lukashenko, who also chairs the supra-constitutional All-Belarusian People's Assembly","legislature":"National Assembly \u00b7 a 110-seat House of Representatives and a Council of the Republic, with no opposition members","electoral_system":"The president is formally elected by two-round majority vote, but no election since 1994 has been judged free or fair by international monitors.","government_now":"Lukashenko, in power since 1994, was credited with 87.5 percent of valid votes for a seventh term in January 2025. The token challengers on the ballot all endorsed his rule, and the exiled opposition under Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya operates from abroad.","context":"Belarus is closely bound to Russia, hosted Russian forces during the invasion of Ukraine and now hosts Russian tactical nuclear weapons. Periodic prisoner releases have not changed the systematic repression documented by the UN.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders and official election results \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"LUK":["\u0410\u043b\u044f\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u041b\u0443\u043a\u0430\u0448\u044d\u043d\u043a\u0430 (\u043d\u0435\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0436\u043d\u044b)","Alexander Lukashenko (independent)","Authoritarian president since 1994; runs as an independent and controls all state institutions, credited with 87.5% in a 2025 vote no monitors judged free."],"AA":["\u0421\u0443\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0446\u044c \u0443\u0441\u0456\u0445","Against all","Not a party but the 'against all' ballot option available in Belarusian elections."],"KPB":["\u041a\u0430\u043c\u0443\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u044b\u044f \u0411\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0456 (\u0421\u044f\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0439 \u0421\u044b\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043a\u043e\u045e)","Communist Party of Belarus (Sergei Syrankov)","Pro-government communist party loyal to Lukashenko; its candidate was a token challenger and it holds a few parliament seats."],"LDPB":["\u041b\u0456\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430-\u0434\u044d\u043c\u0430\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0442\u044b\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u044b\u044f (\u0410\u043b\u0435\u0433 \u0413\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0443\u043a\u0435\u0432\u0456\u0447)","Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus (Oleg Gaidukevich)","Nominally an opposition nationalist party but reliably pro-government; holds a handful of parliament seats."],"KAN":["\u0413\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u041a\u0430\u043d\u0430\u043f\u0430\u0446\u043a\u0430\u044f (\u043d\u0435\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0436\u043d\u0430\u044f)","Hanna Kanapatskaya (independent)","A token liberal candidate permitted on the ballot; not represented in parliament."],"RPTS":["\u0420\u044d\u0441\u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0456\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u044b\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0446\u044b \u0456 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u044f\u0434\u043b\u0456\u0432\u0430\u0441\u0446\u0456 (\u0410\u043b\u044f\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u0425\u0456\u0436\u043d\u044f\u043a)","Republican Party of Labour and Justice (Alexander Khizhnyak)","Small pro-government party; its leader was a loyalist challenger and it holds a few parliament seats."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"House of Representatives","as_of":"2024 election","total":110,"seats":{"RPTS":8,"KPB":7,"LDPB":4,"LUK":0,"AA":0,"KAN":0}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2030","title":"Belarusian presidential election","chamber":"President","type":"expected"}}