Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 9 September 2001.^[1] The election should have been held in 1999, but a revised constitution adopted in 1996 extended incumbent Alexander Lukashenko's term for another two years.

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2001 Belarusian presidential election

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Turnout	83.86%
Nominee Alexander Lukashenko Uładzimir Hančaryk Party Independent Independent Popular vote 4,666,680 965,261 Percentage 77.39% 16.01%
Results by region Lukashenko:      55–60%      75–80%      80–85%      85–90%
President before election Alexander Lukashenko Independent Elected President Alexander Lukashenko Independent

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Lukashenko was re-elected with 77.4% of the vote over two minor candidates. Voter turnout was 84%.^[2] A senior official for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe noted that the pre-election environment was "not democratic" and would not describe it as "free and fair".^[3]