3% of Belarus voters participated in early voting on September 18

September 19, Minsk /Corr. BELTA/. 3% of Belarusian voters participated in the early voting for the parliamentary elections on September 18, Secretary of the Central Election Commission Nikolai Lozovik told a BELTA correspondent. The largest number of voters cast their ballots in the Mogilev region - 3.4% of their registered voters. In the Gomel and Vitebsk regions, the figure was 3.3% each. In the Minsk region, 2.6% of voters participated in early voting, in the Brest region - 2.5%, in the Grodno region - 2.4%. In Minsk, voter turnout at polling stations on the first day of early voting was 3.2%. According to the CEC Secretary, Belarusian voters showed good activity, higher than in the 2008 parliamentary elections, when 2.7% of voters came to polling stations on the first day of early voting. Early voting began on September 18 and will continue until September 22 inclusive. Polling stations are open on these days from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00. -0-