SAMARA, March 15 Turnout in the presidential elections Russia in the Samara region, as of 15.00 local time (14.00 Moscow time), amounted to 23.6%, the regional election commission told reporters.
«Today, since the very morning, voters have been actively voting at polling stations. Small queues have formed at a number of polling stations. But voting, even with them, does not take more than five minutes. According to the regional fragment of the State Automated System of Elections at 15.00, 561,866 voters voted in the Samara region, Thus, the turnout is 23.6%,” the election commission said in a statement.
Residents of Pokhvistnevsky, Isaklinsky and Shigonsky districts vote most actively. In Samara the turnout is 18.7%, in Togliatti — 17.6%.
The Federation Council has scheduled presidential elections for March 17, 2024. The main voting will last three days: March 15, 16 and 17. Four candidates registered by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation are vying for the post of head of state: Leonid Slutsky, Nikolai Kharitonov, Vladislav Davankov and Vladimir Putin.
In the Samara region in 2018, voter turnout for the presidential elections in the Russian Federation was 66.91%, then voting was carried out within one day — March 18.