2006 Belarusian presidential election

2006 Belarusian presidential election
	Results by region; Lukashenko: 60–65% 75–80% 80–85%
President before election; Alexander Lukashenko; Independent	Elected President ; Alexander Lukashenko; Independent

Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 19 March 2006. The result was a victory for incumbent, President Alexander Lukashenko, who received 84.4% of the vote.^[1] However, Western observers deemed the elections rigged. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) declared that the election "failed to meet OSCE commitments for democratic elections".^[2] In contrast, election observers from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) described the vote as open and transparent. ^{[citation needed]}