Turnout at Tatarstan parliamentary election made up 78.44 per cent of voters
3 March 2009, Tuesday
Processing of voting ballots of the election to the IV convocation Tatarstan State Council has almost been finished this morning. Chairman of Tatarstan Central Election Commission, Anatoly Fomin has informed about it at a session organized by the Russian Federation Central Election Commission.
99.83 per cent out of 2895 protocols of polling stations have been processed so far. The turnout at Tatarstan parliamentary election made up 78.44 per cent of registered voters.
The most number of votes went to the United Russia party – 79.51 per cent. The Communist Party collected 11.1 per cent votes; LDPR – 3.05 per cent, “Spravedlivaya Rossiya” – 4.73 per cent.
According to Anatoly Fomin’s words, that means that 2 parties have been elected to the republican parliament – the United Russia and the Communist Party. Preliminary information states they receive 44 and 6 mandates correspondingly.
Anatoly Fomin informed that the election in Tatarstan had been held in accordance with the legislation. 13 thousand observers, some of them international, worked at the election.
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