Belarus will hold its next presidential election on 26 January, according to the country's Central Election Commission. This will be the first presidential vote since the contested 2020 election, which faced widespread allegations of fraud and sparked mass protests.

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Belarus has scheduled its next presidential election for January 26, 2025, the country’s Central Electoral Commission announced on Oct. 23. Incumbent Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is widely expected to hold on to power following the election's result.

Belarus will hold its next presidential election on Jan. 26, the country's Central Election Commission announced Wednesday. Belarus, a key ally of Russia, has been ruled since 1994 by President Alexander Lukashenko.

Belarusian lawmakers have scheduled the next presidential election for January 26, likely extending Alexander Lukashenko's three-decade rule. Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya denounced it as a 'farce'.

Belarus will hold a presidential election in January 2025 and the incumbent, President Alexander Lukashenko, will seek a seventh term in office, state news Belta reported on Wednesday. The decision to hold the vote on Jan. 26 was made at a meeting of the House of Representatives, the lower house of parliament.

Belarus will hold a presidential election on January 26, four and a half years after widespread allegations of vote rigging in the last ballot led to nationwide mass protests.