{"id":117991,"date":"2024-12-12T20:37:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T17:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117991\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-sets-up-5325-polling-stations-for-presidential-vote","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117991\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus sets up 5,325 polling stations for presidential vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 12, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Authorities have set up 5,325 polling stations in the run-up to January&#8217;s presidential election, Belarus&#8217; central election commission said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of them are located in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number has decreased by 7.7 percent compared with the 2020 poll. The government closed down all polling stations abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hizhniak_cik_dokumenty_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hizhniak_cik_dokumenty_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hizhniak_cik_dokumenty_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hizhniak_cik_dokumenty_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hizhniak_cik_dokumenty_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hizhniak_cik_dokumenty_screen_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Elections<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Elections, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Two pro-government party leaders apply for registration as presidential candidates<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 11, Pozirk. Alaksandar Chi\u017eniak, leader of the pro-government Republican Party of Labor and Justice, and Aleh Hajdukievi\u010d, of the Liberal Democratic Party, have applied for the registration as presidential candidates, the central election commission said. Siarhiej Syranko\u016d, chairman of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/117702\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 12, Pozirk. Authorities have set up 5,325 polling stations in the run-up to January&#8217;s presidential election, Belarus&#8217; central election commission said. All of them are located in the country. The number has decreased by 7.7 percent compared with the 2020 poll. 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