Country: | Belarus |
Flag Year: | 1995 |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1994 Belarusian presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1994 |
Next Election: | 2006 Belarusian presidential election |
Next Year: | 2006 |
Election Date: | 9 September 2001 |
Turnout: | 83.86% |
Image1: | Alexander Lukashenko 2 April 2001-3.jpg |
Party1: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote1: | 4,666,680 |
Percentage1: | 77.39% |
Nominee2: | Uładzimir Hančaryk |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote2: | 965,261 |
Percentage2: | 16.01% |
President | |
Before Election: | Alexander Lukashenko |
After Election: | Alexander Lukashenko |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Party: | Independent politician |
Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 9 September 2001.[1] The election should have been held in 1999, but a revised constitution adopted in 1996 extended incumbent Alexander Lukashenko's term for another two years.
Lukashenko was re-elected with 77.4% of the vote over two minor candidates. Voter turnout was 84%.[2] A senior official for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe noted that the pre-election environment was "not democratic" and would not describe it as "free and fair".[3]