Longtime Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has been declared winner of a disputed presidential election, securing a seventh straight term, according to the country’s electoral body.

The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.

Exit polls have Alexander Lukashenko on track to extend his 31 ... NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images Opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who left Belarus under government ...

Officially, there are five candidates, but 70-year-old Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the country for more than three decades, will almost certainly retain his seat.

Alexander Lukashenko is expected to extend his 31 ... a response to the opposition's call in 2020 for voters to take pictures to make it more difficult for authorities to rig the vote.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot ... (Konstantin Zavrazhin/AFP/Getty Images) Lukashenko's iron-fisted rule since 1994 — he took office two years after the demise ...

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

Longtime Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko won a “sham” presidential election ... honoring our heroes who gave their lives for freedom,” she posted on X, alongside photos from the ...

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign ... arguing he has saved Belarus from being drawn into war. PHOTOS: Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an ...

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was on track to extend his 31-year rule with a massive win in a presidential election on Sunday that Western governments rejected as a sham. An exit poll ...

Belarus held an orchestrated election over the weekend that the opposition and the EU rejected as a farce, extending authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko's more than three decades in power.