Lukashenko claims Belarus election win with 87% of vote
![]() 848 Monday, 27 January, 2025, 10:01 Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has extended his 31-year rule with a massive win in a presidential election that Western governments have rejected as a sham, according to preliminary results. "You can congratulate the Republic of Belarus, we have elected a president," the head of the country's Central Election Commission of the Republic Igor Karpenko told a press conference in the early hours of Monday, according to Russian state media. According to results published on the Central Election Commission's Telegram account, Lukashenko took 86.8% of the vote in Sunday's election. |
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