A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Minsk, Belarus, Nov. 17, 2019. Belarus kicked off voting to choose members of the lower house of parliament on Sunday. (Belarusian Telegraph Agency via Xinhua)
MINSK, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Belarus kicked off voting to choose members of the lower house of parliament on Sunday.
The elections will elect 110 deputies out of the 513 candidates for the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the 7th Convocation.
A total of 5,785 polling stations operate across the country, while 46 are set up outside the republic for the elections. There are some 6.88 million eligible voters, according to the country's electoral authority.
The polling stations opened at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) throughout the country and will run until 20:00 p.m.(1700 GMT)
Some 35.77 percent of voters already participated in early voting from Tuesday to Saturday, the Belarusian Central Election Commission said.
