(11 Sep 2016) Voting stations across Belarus closed on Sunday evening as the country awaited the results of its parliamentary elections.
There are 448 candidates for the 110 lower-house seats that are being contested on Sunday, but opposition leaders hold little hope of establishing a substantial presence in the legislature.
The current lower house has no opposition members.
Critics say that tight restrictions on campaigning and state control of the news media inhibit a genuinely free election.
Hardline President Alexander Lukashenko has led the country since 1994.
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