Elections in Belarus, turnout 73%

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, FEB 26 - The Belarusian lower house elections have concluded. Tass reported a turnout of 73.09%.
    Igor Karpenko, chairman of the Central Election Commission, announced the winning candidates in all 110 districts during a press conference and stated that all 1,284 local councils had been formed based on preliminary results. Belarus opened nearly 5,500 polling stations for the country's first-ever unified election day. In total, 263 candidates ran for the House of Representatives (lower house of parliament) and 18,802 for local councils. (ANSA).