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MINSK (Reuters) -Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was on track to extend his 31-year rule with 87.6% of the vote in a presidential election on Sunday, according to an exit poll broadcast on ...
The EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said the election had been a blatant affront to democracy, while German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock posted on X that "the people of Belarus had ...
The authoritarian leader of Belarus on Tuesday accused the West of trying to foment protests during parliamentary and local elections this month in order to undermine his rule, while the country's ...
A month before the election, the Belarusian KGB launched a series of raids targeting the families of political prisoners. [9] Observers and human rights organizations have noted that since the protests, the regime has thoroughly "cleansed" the political landscape, and that conditions for free elections are "currently practically absent in Belarus."
But according to a CIS election observation mission, the elections in Belarus conformed to international standards. [ 18 ] According to the official results the oppositional parties failed to gain any of the 110 available seats, all of which were given to parties and non-partisan candidates loyal to president Alexander Lukashenko .
Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 26 January 2025. The president is directly elected to serve a five-year term. Incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko has won every presidential election since 1994, with all but the first being deemed by international monitors as neither free nor fair . [ 1 ]
After the vote, Belarus is set to form a new state body in addition to parliament — a 1,200-seat All-Belarus Popular Assembly that will include top officials, local legislators, union members ...
Presidential elections were held in Belarus on Sunday, 9 August 2020. Early voting began on 4 August and ran until 8 August. [1]Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was announced by the Central Election Commission (CEC) to have won a sixth term in office, crediting him with just over 80% of the vote. [2]