Vladimir Putin, Russian President won the presidential elections, receiving 87.17% of the votes based on the result of processing 70% of the electoral protocols.
Nikolai Kharitonov, The Communist Party of the Russian Federation secured the second spot with 4.1% of the votes while New People Party candidate Vladislav Davankov stood third with 4.8% votes.
Candidate Leonid Slutsky, the Liberal DEmocratic Party received a mere 3.15% of the votes counted. ‘The voter turnout in the presidential elections, which for the first time took place over three days from March 15-17, stood at 74.22%. Voter turnout for the elections held in 2018 was 67.54 %’, according to the preliminary data as of 6 pm (Moscow time) on Sunday.
Vladimir Putin received more votes in comparison to the 2018 elections where he bagged 76.69% of the total votes counted. As per the reports, ‘the performance of the other candidates was lower than that of the previous competitors of Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018’.
In 2018, Pavel Grudinin, who was the candidate for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, received 11.77% of the votes while LDPR candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR) bagged 5.65% votes.
All three parties that nominated candidates for the 2024 elections can count on receiving funds from the federal budget. All parties have the right to funding even if their candidate vying for the post of head of state overcomes the 3% barrier. As per the report for each vote, the party will receive 152 Roubles.
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