Election campaign 2018 finished in Belarus

25 февраля 2018

The main political campaign of the year has finished. It was well organized. The turnout was more than 77 percent. This was announced at the meeting of the Central Election Commission, where the final results of the electoral campaign were summed up.

Since the start of the electoral race, the CEC received slightly more than 420 appeals. As Lydia Yermoshina notes, most of the complaints turned out to be standard and unreasonable. Observers demanded video surveillance, some voters were dissatisfied with candidates.

International observers submitted no complaints to the CEC.

So, all local councils have been formed. 18 110 deputies' mandates will be distributed. According to the calendar of elections and referendums, in 2020 elections of the President, as well as elections of deputies of the House of Representatives, should be held. It is proposed to hold one of the political campaigns in 2019. This issue will be discussed by the chairman of the CEC with the Head of State.