Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — The Central Election Commission of the Republic of Belarus has announced the preliminary results of the presidential election.

According to the commission, Alexander Lukashenko secured 86.82% of the votes, as reported by BELTA.

The other candidates received the following percentages:

Oleg Gaidukevich: 2.02%

Anna Kanopatskaya: 1.86%

Sergey Syrankov: 3.21%

Alexander Khizhnyak: 1.74%

Additionally, 3.60% of voters chose the "against all" option.

The final election results will be officially announced during a press conference by the Central Election Commission of Belarus on 27 January.