Belarus parliament elections

Makei meets with Head of OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission
The parties discussed a range of issues related to the OSCE observation of the current parliamentary elections...

Yermoshina against consumer attitude towards MPs
Lidia Yermoshina is convinced that a contender for a parliamentary seat should have an influence in the society and have support from a certain political force...

Ambassador: Parliamentary elections in Belarus in compliance with international standards
The diplomat pointed out that a large number of international observers, including from the CIS, OSCE and PACE are working in Belarus now. He expressed the hope that their assessment of the election campaign will be unbiased...

Seven million Belarusians to vote in 2016 parliamentary elections
The number of voters in Brest Oblast stands at 995,304, in Vitebsk Oblast at 876,960, in Gomel Oblast at 1,100,769, in Grodno Oblast at 777,958, in Minsk Oblast at 1,120,613, and in Mogilev Oblast at 820,275. A total of 1,294,414 Minsk residents will cast their ballots...

Over 40 diplomats accredited to monitor parliamentary elections in Belarus
The CEC has accredited 321 observers from the CIS, including 44 from the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly. A total of 51 observers will represent the OSCE/ODIHR, 15 - PACE and 39 - OSCE PA...

CIS observers to work in every constituency of Belarus
On election day CIS observers will follow the election day procedures, including opening of voting stations, voting, counting and so on. The CIS mission plans to hold a press conference on the day after the elections. The CIS observation mission will provide its assessment and preliminary results of the election campaign...

CIS mission: Candidates to Belarus' parliament enjoy equal rights during pre-election campaigning
"The fact proving that the election campaign is calm, transparent and held within the legislation is that the council has considered only one appeal related to the pre-election campaigning over the time. Currently there are over 500 candidates for the seats in the new parliament,” Yevgeny Sloboda said...

Belarusian parliamentary candidates register over 3,000 authorized representatives
"Parliamentary candidates can have authorized representatives to help the former with pre-election campaigning. Over 3,000 authorized representatives have been registered so far. Some of them help and work as part of teams of many candidates"...

Current election campaign in Belarus is more active than previous one
"Election campaigning in Belarus is taking on new interesting forms. Promotional billboards are one of them. In their election programs, the candidates attempt to address day-to-day problems of their electoral districts", Sergei Musiyenko explained...

Elections to upper house of Belarus Parliament get underway
According to the schedule of the election campaign to the upper house of Parliament, the elections shall be running from 25 August till 13 September, inclusive, i.e. not later than 35 days prior to the expiration of the term of the current Council of the Republic...