The 2024 parliamentary elections in Belarus were nothing more than an illusion

• On 25 February, Belarus held simultaneous parliamentary and local council elections in what was dubbed “Single Voting Day”. Although the government did not invite the OSCE’s international election monitors, there is no doubt their verdict would have been the elections did not comply with OSCE standards – since 1994 no Belarusian election has. Nevertheless, a closer look at these elections reveals they were not just business as usual. In fact, they provide some revealing insights about the political situation in Belarus going from bad to worse.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Political Science (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Belarus

electoral authoritarianism

authoritarian regimes

post-Soviet politics

non-democratic elections

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pop (ämneskategori)

ovr (ämneskategori)