However, in the wake of the March poll monitors Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) condemned it as "severely flawed", whilst a delegation of MEPs were barred from entering Belarus prior to the poll.
EDSO (Eiropas Drošības un Sadarbības organizācija) vēlēšanu novērošanas misija asi kritizēja vēlēšanu norisi, uzsverot, ka netika ievēroti demokrātiskie standarti.