93.1% of voters in the Vitebsk region participated in the elections

December 19, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. 93.1% of voters in the Vitebsk region took part in the elections, Svetlana Stankevich, secretary of the Vitebsk Regional Commission for the Election of the President, told a BELTA correspondent. More than 835,000 voters came to the polling stations. The elections were declared valid throughout the region. Currently, precinct commissions have opened ballot boxes and begun counting ballots. Meanwhile, at closed polling stations in the region, the vote count has already been completed: 91.5% of voters voted for Alexander Lukashenko, the next contender received only 1.47%, and the rest received less than 1%. There are from 6 to 15 observers at each polling station. A total of more than 4.7 thousand observers and 120 deputies of councils of various levels are registered in the region. About a hundred observers are working in territorial commissions. During the work of the regional commission, more than 50 calls were received by the "hotline". Almost all of them were of an informational nature and concerned issues of polling station locations and home voting procedures. The commission received several complaints from local observers. All of them were considered and, according to Svetlana Stankevich, were of a formal nature. For example, one observer complained that he was not allowed to photograph the wax seal on the ballot box for the second time, claiming that the first picture was unsuccessful. According to the Internal Affairs Directorate, a calm situation is maintained on the streets and squares of the regional center, other cities and towns of the region. As of 8:00 PM, only 11 crimes and offenses were recorded, while on ordinary days their number fluctuates around 40. No unauthorized mass events were registered. -0-