MINSK -- Belarus' presidential election will be held on Jan 26 next year, the House of Representatives of the National Assembly announced on Wednesday.

According to the law, Belarus' president is chosen through direct elections and a candidate winning more than 50 percent of the vote will be elected. If no candidate achieves this majority, the two leading candidates will enter a second round, in which the candidate who receives a simple majority wins.

Presidential elections take place every five years. In the last election on Aug 9, 2020, Alexander Lukashenko was reelected president for the sixth time with 80.1 percent of the vote.