Director of the Sociology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Igor Kotlyarov announced the results of the exit poll on air of the Belarus 1 TV Channel, Belta reported.
"The results of the exit poll by the Sociology Institute are as such: Alexander Lukashenko is leading with 82.9% of the vote. Percentage of votes cast for the three remaining presidential candidates is within the sociological error," said Igor Kotlyarov. "Thus, Sergei Gaidukevich gained 4.8% of the vote, Tatiana Korotkevich 4.3%, Nikolai Ulakhovich 2.1%. 5.9% of voters voted against all," he informed.
The Sociology Institute exit polls were conducted by approximately 100 sociologists, covering more than 50 polling stations. In an interview with the ONT TV Channel, Director of the Institute for Comparative Social Studies Eurasian Barometer Christian Haerpfer said that they polled 11,896 citizens. The answers were as follows: Alexander Lukashenko is leading with 80.3% of the vote, Tatiana Korotkevich is second with 5.6%, Sergei Gaidukevich is in third scoring 5.1%, and Nikolai Ulakhovich goes fourth with 1.9%. 7.09% of voters voted against all.