Lukashenko 'official winner' of Belarus election

Final results from last weekend’s presidential election in Belarus confirm a landslide victory for incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, a top electoral official in the former Soviet republic said today.

Lukashenko won a new five-year term with 83 per cent of the vote, while the main opposition candidate, Alexander Milinkevich, received 6.1 per cent, said Central Election Commission secretary Nikolai Lozovik.