Polling stations for the parliamentary elections in Belarus have closed

September 23, Minsk /BELTA/. Voting at polling stations in the elections of deputies of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the fifth convocation ended at 8:00 PM, reports a BELTA correspondent. All 6,344 polling stations in Belarus have closed, and precinct commissions have begun counting votes. The elections were held in all 110 constituencies. Belarus has a majoritarian electoral system, and for the elections to be considered valid in the first round, more than 50% of citizens included in the voter lists must have come to the polling stations. According to data as of 6:00 PM, voter turnout was 65.9%. A total of 7,078,809 people were included in the voter lists. A candidate for deputy who receives more than half of the votes of the voters in their constituency will be considered the winner in the first round. 110 deputies are elected to the lower house of the Belarusian parliament. 293 candidates are running for seats in the House of Representatives of the fifth convocation of the National Assembly. -0-