2000 Belarusian parliamentary election

{{Short description|none}}

{{Infobox legislative election

| country = Belarus

| type = parliamentary

| flag_year = 1995

| previous_election = 1995

| next_election = 2004

| seats_for_election = All 110 seats in the House of Representatives

| majority_seats = 56

| turnout = 61.08%

| election_date = 15 October 2000

| nopercentage = yes

| leader1 = Viktor Chikin

| party1 = Communist Party of Belarus

| last_election1 = New

| seats1 = 6

| leader2 = Mikhail Shimansky

| party2 = Belarusian Agrarian Party

| last_election2 = 33

| seats2 = 5

| leader3 = Anatol Niatylkin

| party3 = Republican Party of Labour and Justice

| last_election3 = 1

| seats3 = 2

| leader4 = Vladimir Alexandrovich

| party4 = Belarusian Social Sporting Party

| last_election4 = 1

| seats4 = 1

| leader5 = Sergei Gaidukevich

| party5 = Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus

| last_election5 = 1

| seats5 = 1

| leader6 = Leonid Sechka

| party6 = Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord

| last_election6 = New

| seats6 = 1

| leader7 = –

| party7 = Independents

| last_election7 = 95

| seats7 = 94

| title = Speaker of the House of Representatives

| before_election = Anatoly Malofeyev

| before_party = Independent (politician)

| after_election = {{ill|Vadim Popov|be|Вадзім Аляксандравіч Папоў}}

| after_party = Independent (politician)

}}{{Politics of Belarus}}

Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 15 October 2000, with further rounds of voting on 29 October, 18 March and 1 April.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p252 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The vast majority of successful candidates, 94 of 110, were independents.Nohlen & Stöver, p261 Voter turnout was reported to be 61.08% in the first round.

A total of 566 candidates contested the election, only around fifty of which were opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko. Opposition parties called for a boycott, criticising the government's control of the state media. In response, the Department of Justice stated that anyone calling for a boycott could receive a jail sentence of up to two years, and several activists were detained.[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2027_00.htm Belarus: Elections held in 2000] Inter-Parliamentary Union Although a Russian delegation claimed the elections were free and fair, other international observers disagreed, noting concerns about the treatment of opposition candidates, a possible inflation of voter turnout and falsified and destroyed ballot papers.