Presidential elections were held in

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on 9 September 2001. The election should have been held in 1999, but a revised constitution adopted in 1996 extended incumbent

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's term for another two years. Lukashenko was re-elected with 77.4% of the vote over two minor candidates. Voter turnout was 84%. A senior official for the

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noted that the pre-election environment was "not democratic" and would not describe it as "free and fair".Belarus vote 'neither free nor fair'
BBC News, 10 September 2001

Results

References

{{Belarusian elections Presidential elections in Belarus

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