CIS Member State Parliamentary elections Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 15 October 2000, with further rounds of voting on 29 October, 18 March and 1 April.

[3] 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.

[3] 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.