The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Belarus: Lukashenko will be the clear winner in the presidential election according to the state forecast

2020-08-09T17:55:21.847Z


In the presidential election in Belarus a clear victory for incumbent Lukashenko is emerging. According to the first results, he is said to have won 79 percent of the vote - critics assume massive election fraud.


Icon: enlarge

Alexander Lukashenko casting his vote

Photo: Sergei Grits / dpa

The presidential election in Belarus, overshadowed by allegations of manipulation, is said to have won the presidential election in Belarus, as expected, according to state post-election surveys. According to the so-called Exit Polls, he is said to have got 79 percent of the votes, as the state agency Belta reported on Sunday evening. The opposition candidate Svetlana Tichanowskaya is said to get only 6.8 percent of the vote.

According to the information, more than 12,000 eligible voters were asked after the polls. 30 percent of them would not have given an answer, it said. According to independent post-election surveys abroad, Tichanovskaya is said to have gained 71 percent, Lukashenko received 10 percent. In Moscow there were spontaneous protests by hundreds of Lukashenko opponents in the evening. They shouted "Get out!"

More soon at SPIEGEL.de

Icon: The mirror

pgo / dpa / AFP

Source: spiegel

All news articles on 2020-08-09

You may like

News/Politics 2024-02-21T19:02:41.242Z
News/Politics 2024-03-01T15:34:47.587Z

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.