Vladimir Putin is headed towards being re-elected President with huge votes: Russian Election Commission – Dainik Savera Times

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin is on course to be elected as the country’s head for a fifth time with nearly 90 percent of the vote, the country’s Central Election Commission has said. According to the Election Commission, till 9 pm Moscow time on Sunday, he was leading with 87.9 percent votes. The Communist Party candidate, Nikolay Kharitonov, is in second place. He got about 4.7 percent votes. He is followed by Vladislav Davankov of New People Party in third place with 3.6 percent and Leonid Slutsky of Liberal Democrats is in fourth place with 2.5 percent.

It is noteworthy that in the exit poll also Putin was said to get 87.8 percent. This is the first election after the 2020 constitutional amendment. In this, a limit of two terms has been fixed for the post of President. But it will not be retrospective, that is, it will not be applicable in advance. According to the country’s Election Commission, this year historically there was more than 74 percent voting.

The highest turnout was in Chechnya (96 percent), Tuva (over 94 percent), Kemerovo Region (94 percent) and the Donetsk People’s Republic (88.17 percent). There was low turnout in the Tomsk and Altai regions, as well as the Republic of Karelia. Here about 51 percent people exercised their franchise.