Presidential election 2025 in Belarus

All polling stations close in Belarus, vote count in progress
All in all, 5,767 have been set up for the presidential election, including 44 abroad...

Voter turnout at presidential election in Belarus at 79.01% as of 18:00
Lidia Yermoshina noted that voter turnout in many regions was past 80%. Only Minsk Oblast and the city of Minsk were below 80%...

Online platform for alternative vote count identified as linchpin for staging mass riots in Belarus
The official believes that the people, who developed and deployed the online platform, should be prosecuted...

Belarus' CEC blames long queues outside polling stations on provocations
Lidia Yermoshina reminded that polling stations will close at 20:00 in any case...

Voter turnout at presidential election in Belarus at 73.4% as of 16:00
Voting has already ended at some polling stations located in sanatoriums, healthcare institutions, and army units. Those polling stations have started counting votes, Vadim Ipatov said...

Cyberattacks against websites of government agencies expected to have no effect on Belarus’ CEC work
“I don’t think it will affect the commission’s work in any way because we work on a very important task of political nature. We have to make sure that the election proceeds in line with the Belarusian legislation”...

Belarus' CEC gets no information on public order violations
“Information that the Central Election Commission has received is related first of all to the administration of the law, the organization of the election process. We have received no information regarding any serious violations of public order. Some issues arise. This is an electoral campaign and in any country it is always emotional, never mind the presidential election”...

Opinion: Turnout in Belarus’ election might reach 90%
The expert pointed to a tough competition between the candidates, between their teams and groups of people that are behind some candidates...

Voter turnout at presidential election in Belarus at 65.19% as of 14:00
Voter turnout stood at 64.21% in Minsk Oblast, 72.57% in Mogilev Oblast, and 52.3% in the city of Minsk...

Presidential election in Belarus declared valid
According to Lidia Yermoshina, voter turnout has exceeded 50% in all the regions except for Minsk. As of 12:00 voter turnout in Gomel Oblast and Mogilev Oblast exceeded 60%...