The Belarusian Central Election Commission confirmed the presidential election results on Friday, October 16, the election was held on October 11. Alyaksandr Lukashenka got 83.7% of the vote (5 million 102 thousand 478 people, Tatstsyana Karatkevich – 4.44% (271 131), Syarhei Haidukevich – 3.3% (201 945) and Mikalai Ulahovich – 1.67% (102 131). 386 thousand 200 people voted for none of the above. About 48 800 ballot papers were returned invalid, BELTA reports.
The turnout was 87.22% (6 million 100 thousand people). Over 2.5 million people voted early.
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