Large majority for Lukashenko

The Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday, according to the exit polls with 80 percent of the vote won the presidential election.

The 61 -year-old Lukashenko has been in power since 1994 in Belarus , loyal ally of Russia. Saturday hundreds of people protested against his re-election. They demanded that the president resign indient.

During dropped the last election in 2010, Lukashenko precipitate a protest against his victory by force. Hundreds of opponents of the president were then arrested.