Editing Elections in Belarus (section)

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{{Politics of Belarus}}
Belarus elects on national level a [[head of state]]—the [[President (government title)|president]]—and a [[legislature]]. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The [[Parliament of Belarus|National Assembly]] (''Нацыянальны сход'', {{transliteration|be|Nacyjanaĺny schod}}) has two [[bicameralism|chambers]]. The [[Chamber of Representatives of Belarus|House of Representatives]] (''Палата прадстаўнікоў'', {{transliteration|be|Palata Pradstaŭnikoŭ}}) has 110 members elected in single-seat [[constituency|constituencies]] elected for a four-year term. The [[Council of the Republic of Belarus|Council of the Republic]] (''Савет рэспублікі'', {{transliteration|be|Saviet Respubliki}}) has 64 members, 56 members indirectly elected and eight members appointed by the [[President of Belarus|president]].

Belarus is a state in which the president, currently [[Alexander Lukashenko]], dominates. Opposition [[political parties|parties]] are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. A report by the [[Electoral integrity|Electoral Integrity Project]], reviewing worldwide elections for 2015 and released in February 2016, evaluated Belarus as a state "failing to meet international standards of electoral integrity."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/electoralintegrityproject4/projects/expert-survey-2/the-year-in-elections-2015|title=The Year in Elections report - The Electoral Integrity Project|website=Sites.google.com|access-date=9 February 2019|archive-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415091339/https://sites.google.com/site/electoralintegrityproject4/projects/expert-survey-2/the-year-in-elections-2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>