Exit polls in Belarus: Lukashenko won 79,7 percent of the vote

The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, won 79,7 percent of the votes in today's presidential elections in Belarus, according to exit polls after the polls closed tonight.

Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya won 6,8 percent of the vote.

Although most polling stations closed at 20.00:XNUMX local time, some remained open due to the influx of voters.

Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, was running for a sixth term.