The CIS election observation mission has called the Belarusian parliamentary election democratic and compliant with national laws.

"We deem the Belarusian parliamentary election to be free, democratic and compliant with national laws," CIS election observation mission head, CIS Executive Committee Chairman - Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev told a Monday press conference in Minsk.

"I have all grounds to say that we have drawn an objective conclusion about the Belarusian situation, and this conclusion is generally satisfactory and positive. The election was rather calm, and the campaign was calm and positive," Lebedev said.

The election was a sign of the maturity of Belarusian society, he said. "I saw the election was calm and people were voting rather actively. These two things are interrelated: they are a proof of the high maturity of civil society in this country," he noted.

Election monitors spoke to people on the streets of Belarusian cities on the day of the ballot, he said. "People answered our questions; they cared who would be the winner and linked their participation in the election with a better life. This shows that people have a clear civil position and they have expressed it in the election," he said.

CIS monitors were watching every stage of the election campaign and the ballot, including the count of votes at polling stations, Lebedev said.

"We saw the same as the OSCE observers, but we share one space, feel what is happening here and look at these events through the eyes of a friend," he said. Lebedev added that the election had certain shortcomings but they were mostly technical.

The mission drafted a final report, which would be published after the official election results were summed up, he said.

The OSCE mission said its final report would be released in a month, Lebedev said.

It was reported earlier that a total of 109 deputies out of 110 were elected to the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Belarus' parliament. One deputy from a Gomel region constituency was not elected.

The turnout stood at 74.3%, Yermoshina said.

Speaking about electoral violations, she said that the CEC received 110 complaints on September 16-23. Some 36 complaints dealt with conflicts between observers and members of election commissions, six with improper sealing of ballot boxes, seven with violations of pre-election propaganda, 10 with inaccurate voting lists and 11 dealt with issues not linked to the organization of the election.