Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is leading in the presidential election in the ex-Soviet republic with 72% of the votes while his closest rival Andrei Sannikov is gaining only 6.33%, the results of an exit-poll showed on Sunday, RIA Novosti reported.
Sergei Musiyenko, head of the ECOOM analytical center, said the exit poll results were available as of 13:00 p.m. local time.
The poll was conducted at 100 polling stations and involved 4,431 electors, he said.