'According to an exit poll conducted at 21 Belarusian diplomatic posts, Tsikhanouskaya garnered 81.5 percent of the vote compared to about 6 percent for Lukashenka.
Several voters told RFE/RL that they had never taken part in anelection in the country before but had turned out to cast a ballot on August 9 because they want and expect change.
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The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) announced in July that it would not send observers because they had not received a formal invitation. It is the first time the OSCE is not monitoring a nationwide vote in Belarus since 2001.
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a Russian-led grouping of former Soviet republics, had observers at the polls. In the past, CIS observers have largely approved votes in Belarus, unlike Western and international observers who have never deemed any election under Lukashenka as free or fair.'
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Police Crack Down On Protests In Belarus After Exit Poll Shows Lukashenka Winning In Landslide, August 9, 2020
Context'The Belarusian opposition's main presidential candidate has held two mass rallies..'