Parliamentary elections in Belarus have taken place - CEC

September 23, Minsk /BelTA correspondent/. As of 2:00 PM, 50% of voters have cast their ballots in Belarus' parliamentary elections. This data is posted on the website of the Central Election Commission, BelTA reports. The turnout of half of all registered voters allows the elections to be recognized as valid in the first round. According to Belarusian legislation, for the elections to be recognized as valid in the first round, more than 50% of citizens on the voter lists must participate in the voting. In the Brest region, 45.7% of voters have cast their ballots, in the Vitebsk region - 57.1%, in the Gomel region - 56.5%, in the Grodno region - 47.9%, in the Minsk region - 51.4%, in the Mogilev region - 54.8%, in the city of Minsk - 39.7%, and abroad - 40.1%. -E-