PNN – The third and last day of voting for the Russian presidential election has ended in all regions of the country except Kaliningrad. And according to the announcement of the Central Election Commission of this country, Vladimir Putin, the current president and the candidate of this election, received 87.46% of the votes out of 35.73% of the votes of the participants in this election.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network from Moscow, polling stations completed their work in all regions of the country except Kaliningrad region by 20:00 Moscow time.
According to official sources, until the moment of publication of this news, the voting in Kaliningrad, which is about 600 kilometers from the western borders of Russia, between Poland and Lithuania in the Baltic Sea and is completely separated from the mainland, has not ended.
The result of counting 35% of ballot boxes
According to the results of the counting of 35.73% of the votes of the eighth presidential term of Russia, Vladimir Putin has won 87.46% of the votes.
After him, Nikolai Kharitonov, the candidate of the Communist Party of Russia, is in second place with 4.05% of votes.
The third place is reserved for Vladislav Davankov, the candidate of the New People’s Party. He has gained the trust of 3.89 percent of the voters so far.
According to the official authorities of Russia, 114 million 212 thousand 734 people were eligible to participate in the presidential elections of this country, of which 112 million 309 thousand 947 people live in Russia. The number of Russian citizens eligible to participate in this election abroad was also reported as 1,890,863. 11,924 Russian citizens stationed at the Baikonur space base could also participate in this election.
93 thousand and 920 polling stations were expected to collect the votes of Russian citizens, of which 93 thousand and 644 branches were active inside the country and 269 branches were active abroad. Seven polling stations were also active in Baikonur.
Will the record of Russian electoral participation be broken?
The Central Electoral Commission of Russia has announced 74.22% of eligible voters’ participation in the elections until 18:00 on Sunday.
Previously, the record of participation in the presidential elections of Russia belongs to the first period of these elections after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in which 74.7 percent of eligible voters voted. In that election in 1991, Boris Yeltsin was elected president.
Counting of votes continues in 53 regions of Russia
The head of the Central Election Commission of Russia said: Counting of votes continues throughout the country, including 53 regions, with the presence of party observers, candidates, observers and international experts, and this process is completely filmed.
The Federation Council or the Upper House of the Russian Parliament first announced March 17, 2024 as the date of the presidential election. The Central Election Commission of Russia later set the time of the voting process in three days, from March 15 to 17.
The third and last day of the Russian elections was also accompanied by the continuation of Ukrainian attacks on parts of the country, which were evaluated by senior Russian officials with the aim of scaring the people and influencing the results of the elections.
The mayor of Moscow also announced: Russian air defense forces repelled a drone attack flying towards Moscow in the area of ​​the city of Damadova near the capital.
According to Sergey Sabyanin, the Russian air defense destroyed another drone over the Moscow region at 10:15 on Sunday.
Putin on the verge of his fifth presidential term
The fourth (current) term of Putin’s presidency will end on May 7, 2024. Putin has been nominated for the fifth time in the presidential elections of Russia, and if he wins this round of elections, his presidency will be extended for another 6 years, i.e. 2030.
In his four previous victories in the presidential elections of Russia, respectively, 53.4% ​​(in 2000), 71.9% (in 2004), 64.4% (in 2012) and 77.5% (in 2018). He had allocated the votes of the participants in the elections.
In 2000, Putin became the president of the Russian Federation for the first time and for four years. After the resignation of Boris Yeltsin, the former president of Russia, on December 31, 1999, Vladimir Putin succeeded him. On January 12, 2000, a group of politicians suggested to Putin to participate in the presidential elections, and a day later, he announced his readiness to participate in the elections at the State University of Saint Petersburg.
Putin also announced his intention to participate in the 2004 elections when he answered telephone questions from Russian citizens at the end of 2003. After the end of the eight-year presidential term, Putin stepped down because according to the Russian constitution, he could not rule the country for more than two consecutive terms. Dmitry Medvedev succeeded him as Russia’s new president, while Putin continued as prime minister.
In September 2011, Medvedev suggested to the members of the “United Russia” party to support Putin to participate in the 2012 elections. In this period, Putin succeeded in winning the elections and this time, according to the new constitution, he was in charge of leading the country for a period of 6 years. In 2018, Putin refused to announce his candidacy early, because he believed that early announcement would divert the attention of the country’s officials from the main work and focus on the pre-election atmosphere. However, in December of the same year, in a meeting with Russian veterans, he announced his intention to participate in the elections.