Belarus

Population Statistics

9,589,689

Total Population

1,438,453

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

26
jan

Belarussian Presidency 2025

2025

29 November 2016

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Republic of Belarus (1996, last amended 2004)

Updated: June 2015

Article 38 states:

Citizens of the Republic of Belarus shall have the right to vote freely and to be elected to state bodies on the basis of universal, equal, and direct suffrage by secret ballot.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus (1996, last amended 2004)

Electoral Code to the Republic of Belarus (2000, last amended 2013)

Updated: June 2015

Article 4 states:

Elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, of deputies of the House of Representatives, of deputies of local Councils of Deputies and a referendum are universal: the right to elect, to participate in referendum have the citizens of the Republic of Belarus having reached the age of 18 years…

 

Excerpt from the Electoral Code to the Republic of Belarus (2000, last amended 2013)