RT State Council considers results of State Duma elections

XX plenary session of the RT State Council continued its work on December 15. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev partook in the work of the session.

In Tatarstan, 2.8 people (77.13%) made their choice. The chairman of the CEC marked that it was for the first time when parties had played the main role in a political campaign. The first three leaders in the republic are United Russia (59.53%), KPRF (8.91%), and LDPR (6.1%). 4.4% of population voted against all.

Analoly Fomin emphasised that Tatarstan’s political culture allowed holding the complex election campaign with dignity and confidence.

Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev expressed regret that the right forces did not enter the Duma. In his opinion, it is connected with the fact that they either had not prepared for the elections, or prepared as before. “If it keeps going this way, they will be even more heavily defeated. They have to draw serious conclusions of this campaign,” Mintimer Shaimiev declared.