Article 80 of the Belarusian Constitution states: “A citizen of the Republic of Belarus by birth, no younger than 40 years of age, who has the right to vote, who has permanently resided in the Republic of Belarus for at least 20 years immediately before the elections, who does not have and has not previously had citizenship of a foreign state or a residence permit or other document of a foreign state entitling him to benefits and other advantages, may be elected President.”
This version of the article, along with other amendments, was adopted at the 2022 constitutional referendum. Compared to the previous version, the requirements for candidates have become stricter - previously, the minimum age was 35 years, the required period of permanent residence in Belarus was half as much (10 years), and there was no provision for foreign citizenship.
Moreover, in 2022, the Constitution of Belarus for the first india mobile database time introduced a limitation on the number of presidential terms - no more than two for one person.
The term of office of the head of state remained the same – five years.
List of candidates for the presidential elections of Belarus 2025
1. Alexander Lukashenko
The permanent Belarusian president, as mentioned above, will try to be elected to office for the seventh time. In all elections since 2001, he has invariably won in the first round, gaining over 75% of the vote. However, the previous elections, held in 2020, were marked by a serious domestic political crisis that escalated into mass protests. According to official data from the Belarusian Central Election Commission, Lukashenko defeated his main rival, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, with an eightfold advantage (80.10% of the vote against 10.12%). However, the opposition claimed that Tikhanovskaya had actually won, and the results had been falsified.
2. Oleg Gaidukevich
The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus (the former republican branch of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union, founded in 1989 by Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Vladimir Bogachev) inherited the party from his father, Sergei Gaidukevich. Gaidukevich Sr. ran for president three times, gaining between 2 and 4% of the vote, but this will be his son's first time.
It is noteworthy that on the eve of the 2020 elections, Oleg Gaidukevich refused to participate in them in favor of Lukashenko and even became the latter’s trusted person.