Lukashenko wins Belarus poll with 80.23%

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko walks after voting at a polling station with a Belarusian national flag on the left, during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. (AP)

• The central electoral commission reported that the strongman’s main challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya won 9.9 percent in Sunday’s vote

MINSK: Long-serving Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko won a sixth term with 80.23 percent of the vote, according to a preliminary count from the presidential election, Belta state news agency reported.
The central electoral commission reported that the strongman’s main challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya won 9.9 percent in Sunday’s vote, which Lukashenko’s opponents say was rigged.