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2020 Belarusian presidential election
← 2015 9 August 2020 2025 →
Turnout 84.17%
  Президент Республики Беларусь Александр Лукашенко.jpg Sviatlana Cichanowskaja Vitebsk 01.jpg
Nominee Alexander Lukashenko Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Party Independent Independent
Alliance Belaya Rus Country for Life
Incumbent President

Alexander Lukashenko
Independent


The Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 9 August 2020.

Candidates

These candidates appeared on the ballot:

Results

It was announced that Lukashenko won the election, marking his 6th term as President of the Republic of Belarus. This was disputed by both national and international sources. The platform "Golos (voice)" created prior to the election allowed Belarusians to upload photographs of their voting papers. From the sample provided – over 1 million voters – it was proven impossible for former President Lukashenko to obtain the number of votes stated.

Opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya declared herself as the national leader of the country and called on Lukashenko to start negotiations. Meanwhile, her campaign team stated that they were ready to hold "long-term protests" against the official results.

Many protests the election results. These events are still ongoing.

Images for kids

  • Elections 2020 banner in Belarus

    Street banner in Minsk with the date of the election. "9 жніўня 2020 ВЫБAPЫ ПРЭЗІДЭНТА РЭСПУБЛІКІ БЕЛАРУСЬ" (Belarusian: 9 August 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN BELARUS)

  • Rally in support of Tsikhanouskaya in Minsk (30 July 2020) - 15

    Rally in support of Tsikhanouskaya in Minsk on 30 July 2020

  • Rally in support of Tsikhanouskaya in Minsk (30 July 2020) - 51

    Rally in support of Tsikhanouskaya in Minsk on 30 July 2020. Tsikhanouskaya is on the left

  • Rally in support of Tsikhanouskaya in Minsk (30 July 2020) - 11

    Rally in support of Tsikhanouskaya in Minsk on 30 July 2020. Security measures (taken after the arrest of 33 alleged Russian mercenaries)

  • Акции солидарности гражданам Беларуси в странах мира

    Map of demonstrations in solidarity with the Belarusian opposition

  • The queue of voters at the embassy of Belarus in Moscow (2020-08-09) 01

    The queue of voters at the embassy of Belarus in Moscow, Russia

  • Official results of the Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in the presidential election 2020 in Belarus

    Map of official results by Tsikhanouskaya's vote share

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Elecciones presidenciales de Bielorrusia de 2020 para niños

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