Belarus parliament elections

Yermoshina: Belarus’ parliament elections will cost nearly $10m
According to Lidia Yermoshina, more than 50% of eligible votes are needed to be cast in order to consider the elections to the House of Representatives valid. “That is why the turnout is so important,” she added...

Belarus opens 47 polling stations abroad for parliamentary elections
“Just like on the territory of Belarus, the polling stations will be open from 8:00 to 20:00 on 11 September. People can also cast early votes from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00 local time,” Spokesman for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Mironchik said...

Elections 2016. 227 candidates take part in televised debates
Candidates in the Belarusian capital demonstrated the highest activity at this stage of the election campaign. 80 people running for the Belarusian parliament in Minsk took part in the televised debates. In Vitebsk and Mogilev Oblasts these figures stood at 45 and 43 respectively...

Early voting turnout reaches 9.63%
On 6-7 September a total of 7.68 percent of ballots were cast in Brest Oblast, with 10.94 percent cast in Vitebsk Oblast. A total of 10.68% of eligible voters took advantage of early voting in Gomel Oblast, with 9.35%, 8.57% and 10.88% of early votes cast in Grodno, Minsk and Mogilev Oblasts respectively...

Belarusian election agency head refutes inflated voter turnout claims
Speaking about results of the first day of the early voting campaign, Lidia Yermoshina noted that she had expected voters to be traditionally active. About 25-30% of the votes are usually cast early in Belarus, she said...

Almost 4% of votes cast on first day of early voting in Belarus
2.71% of eligible voters took advantage of early voting in Brest Oblast, with 5%, 3.62% and 3.84% of early votes cast in Vitebsk, Gomel and Grodno Oblasts respectively. The turnout in Minsk Oblast reached 3.7%, while the turnout in Mogilev Oblast stood at 4.61%...

Yermoshina, U.S. charge d'affairs discuss elections to Belarusian parliament
During the meeting close attention was paid to the vote count procedure. Early voting to elect members of the lower chamber of the parliament began in Belarus on 6 September...

Early voting in Belarus’ parliament elections kicks off in four Russian cities
“Four polling stations have opened in the Russian cities with large Belarusian presence. These are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, and Rostov-on-Don,” the press release of the press service reads...

Yermoshina: Belarus parliamentary elections are open and transparent
“Over 35,000 national observers have been accredited with the election commissions. Some 800 international observers already hold accreditation with the Central Election Commission, and we expect to welcome another 1,000 international observers"...

CEC: 488 candidates in parliamentary race by start of early voting
Initially 521 people were registered to stand in the parliamentary elections. Later, four more appealed their candidate status (three were registered by court decision and another one by decision of the regional election commission). One candidate had his registration canceled because he did not want to take vacation during the election period, as required by law...