Belarus parliament elections

ODIHR to deploy 400 short-term observers for Belarus’ parliamentary elections
The key mission consists of 10 experts working in Minsk and 38 long-term observers who will monitor the election process across the country. Experts and observers will represent 23 countries...

OSCE/ODIHR informed about Belarus’ election campaign progress
Lidia Yermoshina informed the representatives of the mission about the current events of the election campaign, complaints submitted to the Central Election Commission, forthcoming events in the process of preparation for the elections...

Kupchyna: Belarus ready to ensure conditions for international election observation
Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alena Kupchyna met with Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Cayetana De Zulueta Owtram...

Latvian MP: OSCE ODIHR recommendations are important to act upon and benefit from
Member of the Lithuanian parliament, member of the Security, Corruption, and Border Cooperation Commission Zenta Tretjak made the statement in an interview...

Over 730 national observers accredited to monitor Belarus’ parliamentary elections
According to the recent data, 53 persons got accredited as observers by filing the relevant applications. Two have been nominated by labor collectives. 62 will represent political parties. As for other public associations, Belaya Rus has accredited 74 observers, the BRSM Youth Union – 102 and the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus - 90...

Registration of candidates to new parliament kicks off in Belarus
The registration of candidates to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the sixth convocation kicked off on 2 August and will last until 11 August inclusively. For registration district election commissions consider documents submitted by potential candidates...

Over 350 candidates running for parliamentary seats in Belarus
The biggest number of candidates, a total of 80 people, for one parliamentary seat has been registered in Minsk. An estimated 452 sets of documents from potential candidates have been submitted to election commissions. Citizens may be nominated to the parliament through the collection of signatures, and also from political parties and labor collectives...

Yermoshina: Personal qualities were considered when selecting precinct election officials
The CEC head emphasized that the formation of precinct election commissions ended on 27 July. A total of 5,971 commissions have been set up in the country. They include about 66,000 members: representatives of different political parties, public associations, citizens, and labor collectives...

More than two candidates running for one parliamentary seat
The nomination of candidates to the House of Representatives started on 3 July and will run till 1 August. As of 28 July, a total of 263 candidates submitted their documents with the election commissions...

Yermoshina believes voters are well-informed about ongoing election campaign
"The website of the CEC, I think, provides timely updates and feedback on the processes that are running during the current campaign,” Lidia Yermoshina noted...