Over half of voters cast ballots in Russian presidential election
More than half of Russian voters had cast their ballots at polling stations or online in the presidential election as of Saturday evening, according to data released by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation on the day.
Without counting early remote voting, the turnout for the presidential election had reached 58.1 percent among over 114 million eligible voters as of 21:00 local time on Saturday, said the commission.
Russia's eighth presidential election began on Friday and will continue until Sunday.
Four candidates are registered for the election, namely incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Leonid Slutsky, Vladislav Davankov from Russia's New People Party, and Nikolai Kharitonov, the Russian Communist Party's candidate.
Early voting for the presidential election began on Feb. 25 when voters in remote, hard-to-reach areas, polar regions, overseas vessels, and border outposts cast their votes. Russian citizens living abroad started their early voting on March 1.
The election introduced remote online voting in several regions for the first time.
Under Russia's presidential election law, the president, who serves as the head of state, is elected directly by the populace for a six-year term. Eligible presidential candidates must be Russian Federation citizens who are at least 35 years old, have resided in Russia for more than 25 years, and have never held citizenship of another country.
The counting of votes will begin once the election concludes and will continue until the results are finalized. The final results will be confirmed no later than March 28 by Russia's Central Election Commission and will be announced within three days of confirmation.
(Source: AFP)
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