The registration phase of the elections has been completed, and more than 80 thousand candidates will participate. It has been reported telegram channel Russian Central Election Commission.
“Some are vying for deputy positions of legislatures and local self-government bodies in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions,” the message reads.
It is stated that in the Donetsk People’s Republic, all five parties in the parliament nominated candidates. Thus, about 600 candidates are competing for the DPR People’s Council, and about 2.5 thousand candidates for the councils of 11 city districts and 10 municipal districts, including Donetsk and Mariupol.
In contrast, 336 candidates from the five political parties participate in the elections for the deputies of the LPR People’s Council at the first meeting. In the local council parliamentary elections in 28 municipalities of the LPR – 3241 candidates
“Many places for the placement of political parties on the ballots in the election commissions of the Zaporozhye region were held on August 19 and 20. Basically, representatives of four parties participate in the elections: the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, United Russia, Just Russia and the Liberal Democratic Party. MSK stated that the city of Energodar, where the New People party will also be included in the vote, is an exception.
It was also reported that 191 candidates will apply for 36 deputies of the Kherson Regional Duma: 48 from United Russia, 49 from the Communist Party, 46 from the Liberal Democratic Party and 48 from the SRZP.
Ella Pamfilova, Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia statedHe announced that more than 440,000 people living in the Russian regions where the elections will be held have applied to participate in remote electronic voting (DEV).
Source: Gazeta
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