The Belarus electoral commission announced on Sunday that the referendum had approved the lifting of the constitutional ban on a third consecutive term for President Lukashenko.
This report from Steve Rosenberg:
He's already established one of the most authoritarian regimes in Europe. Now Alexander Lukashenko is set to tighten his grip on power. According to preliminary results in Belarus's national referendum, President Lukashenko has won enough support to allow him to change the constitution and to run again for president.
This has been a controversial vote, accompanied by widespread allegations of electoral fraud. The BBC has been shown what appears to be evidence of ballot papers which had been ticked in support of the President before being handed out to voters.
Later today election monitors from the OSCE are due to reveal their concerns about the poll. President Lukashenko though is unlikely to care. He's denounced western criticism before as interference in his country's internal affairs and he's called on his people to pay no attention.
Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Minsk
está por afirmarse aún más en el poder
run again for
presentarse nuevamente como candidato
unlikely to care
no le prestará atención
to pay no attention
no prestar atención