Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 26 January 2025 under the terms of the constitution.The president is directly elected to serve a five-year term.. The elections took place in an authoritarian context where the government of president Alexander Lukashenko has repressed the political opposition, banned opposition candidates from contesting the election, and …

1 day ago · Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

2 days ago · Alexander Lukashenko wins seventh straight term in ‘sham’ Belarus election. Election officials say Lukashenko received 86.8 percent of the vote amid accusations that the vote was neither free ...

3 days ago · “Until 2020, Lukashenko could maneuver and play Russia against the West, but now when Belarus’ status is close to that of Russia’s satellite, this North Korea-style election ties the Belarusian leader to the Kremlin even stronger, shortening the leash,” said Artyom Shraybman, a Belarus expert with the Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Center.

2 days ago · [1/6] Preliminary results of the presidential election are displayed on a screen at the headquarters of Belarus' Central Election Commission during a press conference, in Minsk, Belarus January 27 ...

Presidential elections were held in Belarus on Sunday, 9 August 2020. Early voting began on 4 August and ran until 8 August. [1] Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was announced by the Central Election Commission (CEC) to have won a sixth term in office, crediting him with just over 80% of the vote. [2] .

2 days ago · Belarus’s president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, enters a voting booth at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, on Sunday.