{"id":122737,"date":"2025-01-21T23:25:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T20:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122737\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"early-voting-turnout-at-7-8-percent-on-the-first-day","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122737\/","title":{"rendered":"Early voting turnout at 7.8 percent on first day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Some 7.8 percent of voters have cast their ballots in the first day of early voting, which started on Tuesday, the Central Election Commission (CEC) reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a record first-day turnout for Belarusian elections, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s analysis of the CEC&#8217;s historical data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CEC reported a turnout of 8.95 percent for the Brest region, 7.45 percent for the Viciebsk region, 7.01 percent for the Homiel region, 6.08 percent for the Hrodna region, 8.52 percent for the Minsk region, 7.25 percent for the Mahilo\u016d region and 8.54 percent for Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials recorded the previous record of 5.94 percent in the elections for parliament and local councils in 2024.<\/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\/11\/podpisi-vybory-mlyn-by-28-11-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/podpisi-vybory-mlyn-by-28-11-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/podpisi-vybory-mlyn-by-28-11-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/podpisi-vybory-mlyn-by-28-11-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/podpisi-vybory-mlyn-by-28-11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/podpisi-vybory-mlyn-by-28-11.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u0412\u044b\u0431\u043e\u0440\u044b<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u0412\u044b\u0431\u043e\u0440\u044b, \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian voter turnout expected to plummet<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 17, Pozirk. The number of Belarusians planning to vote in a presidential election has decreased by 52 percent since 2020, according to Ryhor Astapienia, director of the Chatham House&#039;s Belarus Initiative. His team polled over 800 people online, by &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/122229\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 21, Pozirk. Some 7.8 percent of voters have cast their ballots in the first day of early voting, which started on Tuesday, the Central Election Commission (CEC) reported. This is a record first-day turnout for Belarusian elections, according to Pozirk&#8216;s analysis of the CEC&#8217;s historical data. The CEC reported a turnout of 8.95 percent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":122722,"template":"","rubric":[36,14],"class_list":["post-122737","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-elections","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Early voting turnout at 7.8 percent on first day | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 21, Pozirk. 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