Vladimir Putin has secured victory in the first round of the Russian presidential election. TASS reports this with reference to data MSK.
Putin’s victory in the first round of the presidential election was determined after 59.17% of the protocols were processed. At that time, the current president had 87.26 percent of the votes, or 50.06 percent, or more than half. This situation eliminates the possibility of a second round of elections.
A candidate must receive more than 50 percent of the votes to win in the first round. If none of the campaign participants achieve this goal, a second round of elections will be held 21 days later.
Previously, Russian presidential candidates Nikolai Kharitonov (from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation) and Leonid Slutsky (from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia) followed Vladislav Davankov (“New People”). recognized victory Vladimir Putin in the elections.
Votes are being counted now. With According to CECPutin received 87.16% of the votes, calculated after 72.88% of the protocols had been processed. In second place is Nikolai Kharitonov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (4.20%), followed by Vladislav Davankov of the New People party (4.07%) and LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky (3.15%).
Putin before voiced The main task after the elections.