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PRESS RELEASE
On 2006
Presidential Elections in Belarus
Washington,
D.C., March 20, 2006
On
March 19, 2006 presidential elections took place in Belarus and were
recognized as valid, free, open and transparent.
According to the Central Election Commission, some 92.6 percent of voters
took part in the presidential poll in Belarus.
Some 93 percent of voters took part in the presidential poll in Brest
oblast, 95 percent – in Vitebsk oblast, 95.6 percent – in Gomel oblast, 93.8
percent – in Grodno oblast, 92.6 percent – in Minsk oblast, 95.3 percent –
in Mogilev oblast and 85.1 percent – in the city of Minsk.
According to preliminary results of the vote count, incumbent president
Alexander Lukashenko has had a convincing victory by winning 82.6 per cent
of the vote.
6
percent of the electors voted in favor of Alexander Milinkevich, 2.3 percent
of Alexander Kozulin, 3.5 percent of Sergei Gaidukevich.
According to the Central Election Commission 5,460,000 Belarusians voted for
incumbent President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. Almost
400,000 electors voted in favor of Alexander Milinkevich, 250,000 of Sergei
Gaidukevich, and 154,000 of Alexander Kozulin.
The official results of the elections will be made public seven days after
the count of the vote.
The election was observed quite closely by both the international and
domestic experts. A total of 32,996 domestic and 1,235 international
observers were registered in Belarus. On average there were 4-5 observers
per polling station. |
