CIS IPA group saw no serious violations at the elections in Belarus

Observers from the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member States (IPA CIS) did not see any serious violations at the presidential election in Belarus, coordinator of the monitoring group, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev told "Izvestia" on January 26.

"We have not recorded any serious violations that could affect the course and results of the voting," he said.

The elections were organized according to the highest international standards, all conditions for free expression of will were provided, Kosachev added.

Presidential elections in Belarus were held on January 26. Alexander Lukashenko wins the presidential election in Belarus with 87.6% of votes, according to the exit poll of the Belarusian Committee of International Organizations.

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Earlier in the day, international observers noted the transparency of the presidential election in Belarus. The purity of the voting process was confirmed by more than 4 thousand international observers, who worked at polling stations across the country.

Polling stations for the main voting in the presidential election in Belarus opened throughout the country on January 26 at 8:00. The turnout at 12:00 was 56.64%, so they can be recognized as valid. At 20:00 the voting ended. The CEC noted that over 6.9 million citizens had the opportunity to vote at more than 5.3 thousand polling stations. As of 18:00 Moscow time, voter turnout amounted to 81.5%. Of these, 41.81% voted early in the period from January 21 to 25.