ANNUNCIATION, 17 SEP. Polling stations opened at 08.00 local time (02.00 Moscow time) in the Amur Region, the Trans-Baikal Territory and Yakutia, in Buryatia, voting will begin in an hour. Voting in the Duma and other elections will be held from 17 to 19 September. The State Duma is elected for five years by a mixed electoral system: 225 deputies — according to party lists, another 225 — in single-mandate constituencies in one round. Earlier, voting has already started in Sakhalin, Magadan Region, Khabarovsk Territory, Primorye and the Jewish Autonomous Region.
Residents of Vladivostok actively go to the polls, despite the rain and early morning 14 parties have registered federal lists of candidates for the State Duma. According to the draw, in the ballot they will be arranged in the following order: Communist Party of the Russian Federation, «Greens», LDPR, «New People», «United Russia», «Fair Russia — For Truth», «Yabloko», Party of Growth, Russian Party of Freedom and Justice , «Communists of Russia», «Civic Platform», «Green Alternative», «Rodina» and the Party of Pensioners. 750 polling stations were opened in the Amur Region, including 17 temporary ones: at the airport, in the pre-trial detention center, in hospitals and in shift workers' camps … In addition to the Duma in the Amur region, elections of deputies of the legislative assembly and 67 more municipal campaigns will be held. Early in the elections to the State Duma in the Amur region, according to the local election commission, 2,075 people voted — these are those who live and work in remote settlements. In Yakutia, 822 polling stations were opened, including 28 temporary ones, in the republic there are more than 646 thousand voters. In addition to the Duma elections, additional elections to the regional parliament (Il Tumen), as well as municipal elections will be held here.
The governor of Kolyma was the first among the heads of Russian regions to come to the polls Nearly six thousand people voted ahead of time, including reindeer herders in Bulunsky district, experts of the election commission traveled to remote areas by helicopter.All three days of voting, it will be possible to observe the elections in a special public center, which opened in Yakutsk, anyone can come here. The center will work from Friday until the last ballot is processed. Residents of the Trans-Baikal Territory on September 17-19 at 917 polling stations, in addition to the State Duma deputies, will elect a new composition of the regional parliament, and elections to local self-government bodies will also be held here. Early voting in hard-to-reach areas started on September 3, more than 780.6 thousand voters were registered in the region, of which more than 243 thousand were in Chita. For the first time, the election observation headquarters will work in Chita, and videos from the largest polling stations will be broadcast online. where more than 75% of voters will vote. Also, at the headquarters, you can review the video from the cameras at the precincts to track possible violations. Anyone can come to the headquarters on voting days, according to the authorities.
A public observation center for elections has opened in Kamchatka 899 polling stations will open in Buryatia at 03.00 Moscow time, here, in addition to elections to the State Duma, by-elections to the People's Khural (the highest legislative body of the region) will be held, as well as voting for deputies and heads of municipal representative bodies of power. In total, in Buryatia, as of July 1, 2021, there are 702,485 voters. Voting in the Duma and other elections takes place this year from September 17 to September 19. The lower house is elected for five years according to a mixed system: 225 deputies — according to party lists, another 225 — in single-mandate constituencies in one round. 14 parties have registered federal lists of candidates for the State Duma. According to the draw, in the ballot they will be arranged in the following order: Communist Party of the Russian Federation, «Greens», LDPR, «New People», «United Russia», «Fair Russia — For Truth», «Yabloko», Party of Growth, Russian Party of Freedom and Justice , «Communists of Russia», «Civil Platform», «Green Alternative», «Motherland» and the Party of Pensioners.
Campaigning for the State Duma elections has ended
