A total of 2,113 people took part in the elections to the fourth convocation of the Coordination Council. Nearly 7 million people were eligible to participate.
Voting in the elections to the fourth convocation of the Coordination Council ended at noon on May 19. According to the voting website, 2,113 voters cast their ballots.
The exact number of people eligible to vote is unknown. However, during Belarus’s 2025 presidential election, the Central Election Commission reported 6,903,994 eligible voters. Based on that figure, turnout in the Coordination Council election amounted to just 0.03%.
In the previous Coordination Council elections, held in 2024, turnout reached 6,723 voters — more than three times higher than this year.
The Election Commission held a press conference to present the results, which was streamed live on YouTube.
Technical provider Pavel Liber confirmed that voting ended at 12:00 p.m. Minsk time. All transactions were processed successfully, and the voting page displayed the current election results.
Chair of the Election Commission Yelena Prikhodko announced the preliminary distribution of 80 seats among nine electoral lists, taking into account the 3% electoral threshold:
No. 1. “Your Voice” (led by Andrei Kolas) — 4 seats
No. 2. “European Choice” (led by Valer Matskevich) — 11 seats
No. 3. “Enough Fear” (led by Tatsiana Martynava) — 5 seats
No. 4. “Volya” (led by Mikita Zabuha) — 8 seats
No. 5. “United Civic Platform” (led by Mikalai Kazlou) — 6 seats
No. 6. “Nastup” (led by Lizaveta Prakopchyk) — 8 seats
No. 7. “Law and Order” (led by Siarhei Makar) — 0 seats
No. 8. “Belarusians of Action” (led by Yury Ziankovich) — 4 seats
No. 9. Coalition of Pavel Latushka and the For Freedom Movement (led by Pavel Latushka and Yury Hubarevich) — 34 seats
The elections were originally planned to last for one week, but voting was delayed and temporarily suspended because of cyberattacks and additional checks of the technical voting platform, which led to an extension.
According to Pavel Liber, the platform was available for 95.2% of the time over the seven-day voting period. Only 73 people were definitively unable to vote due to technical issues. Technical support received 37 requests, and 21 of those users were eventually able to cast their ballots. Another 27 people contacted support via Telegram, and 15 of them successfully voted after receiving assistance.
Liber said that so-called DDoS attacks generated more than 24 billion requests and 68 terabytes of traffic against the voting system. The Google container used at the initial stage received as much as 450 terabytes of traffic.
“Thus far, the Election Commission has announced only preliminary results,” Prikhodko emphasized. “Taking into account the technical issues described by Pavel Liber, as well as possible complaints, objections, and appeals regarding the voting results that may be submitted to the Commission over the next few days, the Commission will later make a final decision and announce the official results.”
Appeals may be submitted until the end of Thursday, May 21. If no substantial complaints are received, the final results are expected to be announced on May 22.
Ales Navaborski / jangra Belsat.eu
