Lukashenko Is Re-Elected With 87.60% of the Vote, According To Official Polls
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko atended the final concert of the Marathon of Unity campaign as part of the presidential campaign at Minsk Arena. Photo: President of the Republic of Belarus Press Service
January 26, 2025 Hour: 2:43 pm
The president of Belarus, Alexandr Lukashenko, was re-elected this Sunday for a seventh term at the head of the former Soviet republic with 87.60% of the votes, according to the first official polls at the polls.
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In this way, Lukashenko will remain in power until 2030, while the Vote Against All was the second most supported option by Belarusians at the polls with 5.1% of the votes, as reported by the Youth Organizations Committee on public television.
The Communist Party’s candidate Sergei Sirankov, who openly supported the Belarusian leader’s re-election and won 2.7% of the votes.
Oleg Gadukevich, with 1.8%; lawyer Anna Kanopatskaya, with 1.6%; and Republican Alexandr Jizhniak, with 1.2%.
The Belarusians show appreciation for their leader, Aleksandr Lukashenka, to whom they attribute the credit of protecting the country from the neoliberal policies that affected Central Europe after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, which has contributed to a relatively high standard of living compared with other European nations, despite the Western sanctions, according to the USSR’s correspondent in Belarus, Oleg Yasynsky.
In the most recent elections, turnout was notable in the morning, with a greater influx of older adults, while in the afternoon there was an increase in young voters and families at the polls.
Lukashenko, in relation to the new administration of Donald Trump, does not expect changes in US policy and advises not to pay too much attention to his statements, which he considers more focused on attracting media attention than on generating significant changes.
Autor: ACJ
Fuente: EFE // teleSURtv