Police stopped crowds trying to reach the central election commission's office.

National turnout was 67 percent, according to the central election commission.

The central election commission played down these concerns.

The central election commission has rejected all criticism, saying it had no evidence of large scale violations.

The central election commission said Lukashenko won 80% of the vote, a result the opposition rejected.

Russia's central election commission said on Monday morning that it had not registered any serious complaints of violations.

The remaining seats will be contested in an election run-off in two weeks, the central election commission said.

Kyrgyzstan's central election commission annulled the vote two days later and is due to call a new one within weeks.

Armenia's central election commission said last month there were no legal violations during the vote that could have influenced results.

Armenia's central election commission said last month there were no legal violations during the vote that could have impacted results.

KYRGYZSTAN: Kyrgyzstan's acting President Kurmanbek Bakiyev won yesterday's presidential elections by a landslide, a broadcast from the central election commission said.

Russia's central election commission accepted documents from Vladimir Putin needed to register him as a candidate in next March's presidential ballot.

According to the central election commission, 44.6% of voters had already cast their ballots by noon.

Akylbek Sariyev, chairman of the central election commission, told Reuters that all six were eventually released but warned there could be more attacks.

Minsk - Belarus's central election commission said yesterday that official preliminary results showed the President, Mr Alexander Lukashenko, was ahead in the presidential election.

Moscow - Russia's central election commission yesterday rejected the flamboyant nationalist Mr Vladimir Zhirinovsky's registration for next month's presidential election, a commission spokesman said.