<p>Minsk: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was on track to win a seventh five-year term with 87.6 per cent of the vote in Sunday's election, according to an exit poll broadcast on state television.</p><p>Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has led the country since 1994. The United States and the European Union both said in the run-up to the election that it could not be free and fair because independent media are banned in Belarus and all leading opposition figures have been jailed or forced to flee abroad.</p>.West cries foul over Belarus election as Lukashenko eyes seventh term.<p>The electoral commission said turnout was 81.5 per cent in the election, in which 6.9 million people were eligible to vote.</p>
<p>Minsk: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was on track to win a seventh five-year term with 87.6 per cent of the vote in Sunday's election, according to an exit poll broadcast on state television.</p><p>Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has led the country since 1994. The United States and the European Union both said in the run-up to the election that it could not be free and fair because independent media are banned in Belarus and all leading opposition figures have been jailed or forced to flee abroad.</p>.West cries foul over Belarus election as Lukashenko eyes seventh term.<p>The electoral commission said turnout was 81.5 per cent in the election, in which 6.9 million people were eligible to vote.</p>