Aleksandr Lukasjenko gets 87.6 percent of the votes in Belarus' election, according to an exit poll that several news agencies have taken part in.
The result is not surprising since several of the 70-year-old's political opponents have been imprisoned.
The official result may be delayed for several days, but is unlikely to change the outcome significantly. Thus, the Russia-allied president will retain the power he has held since 1994.
The EU has already condemned the election as a "farce" and on Sunday, Foreign Minister Kaja Kallas says in a statement that the union "will maintain sanctions and targeted measures against the regime".
"Democracy requires free, fair, and transparent elections. That is not the case in Belarus", she continues.
But Lukasjenko "doesn't care" about what the EU thinks, he says at a press conference according to the AFP news agency.
"One choice" to flee
According to the human rights group Viasna, 1,245 political prisoners are currently imprisoned in the country. Tens of thousands have fled abroad, mainly to Poland and Lithuania.
They all made "one choice", says the president on election day.
Some chose prison, others exile. We have never kicked anyone out.
If they are in prison, they opened their mouths too wide.
No job for a woman
About his own future, he said nothing, but instead wanted to quell rumors that power would be transferred to his sons. The next president should instead be someone who is currently a governor or sits in parliament.
As long as it's not a woman.
This is not a job for a woman. I am completely against women holding this post. A woman cannot be a dictator, but we have a lot of men who could become leaders, he said according to AFP.
