In some polling stations in the Gomel and Mogilev regions, voter turnout by 12:00 exceeded 50%

September 23, Minsk /BelTA correspondent/. In some polling stations in the Gomel and Mogilev regions, voter turnout, as of 12:00, exceeded 50%. This was announced at a press conference by the Secretary of the Central Commission of Belarus for Elections and National Referendums, Nikolai Lozovik, BelTA reports. Nikolai Lozovik named these polling stations in two regions of the country and added that in some constituencies, voter turnout has closely approached the 50% threshold (for example, in Shklovsky and Sharkovshchinsky districts). As previously reported by BelTA, as of 12:00, about 40% of voters had voted on average in Belarus. In the Gomel, Vitebsk, and Mogilev regions, voter turnout approached 50%, while in other regions it was around 40%.-0-