Russians on fairness of Belarus presidential election 2020

In August 2020, 48 percent of Russians believed that the presidential election in Belarus that took place on August 9 was held entirely or for the most part fairly. According to official results, the winner of the election was the incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko with approximately 80 percent of votes.

Was the presidential election in Belarus held fairly?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Entirely fairly	23%
Largely fairly	25%
Largely unfairly	18%
Entirely unfairly	18%
Have not heard about that	3%
Difficult to answer	12%

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Release date

August 2020

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

August 20-26, 2020

Number of respondents

1,601 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

The original question was worded by the source as follows: "On August 9, a presidential election was held in Belarus. It was announced that the president Lukashenko received 80% [of votes], the candidate from the opposition Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya - 10%. What do you think, was this election held fairly?"

The survey was conducted in 137 localities in 50 federal subjects of Russia.

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