MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was on track to win a seventh five-year term with 87.6% of the vote in Sunday's election, according to an exit poll broadcast on state television.
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.
