Go to media bankMOSCOW, Oct 24There were more female candidates, including elected heads and deputies in the last elections, at the same time, the vast majority of employees of the Russian electoral system (80.75%) are also the fair sex, such data was shared with RIA Novosti in the press service of the Central election commission of Russia. Elections were held in Russia from 9 to 11 September. About 4.7 thousand election campaigns covered 82 regions, 44 million Russians could take part in them. Direct voting elected 14 governors, deputies of six legislative assemblies and the City Duma of 12 administrative centers. Remote electronic voting (DEG) took place on a single voting day on September 11, 2022 in 7 regions of the Russian Federation — Kaliningrad, Novgorod, Tomsk, Yaroslavl, Kaluga, Kursk and Pskov regions, as well as in Moscow on the metropolitan platform.
October 11, 08:41A woman candidate for the post of President of Kazakhstan began collecting signatures»In the elections on the single voting day of 2022, more than 31,000 women nominated from political parties and in the order of self-nomination for various elective positions. In total, about 31,000 deputies were elected and heads, of which about 16,000 (51.5%) are women,» the Central Election Commission reported. For comparison, the CEC cited data that 29,688 women were nominated in 2021, of which 12,992 (43.8%) were elected «As of October 19, 2022, 714,417 women work in the electoral system of the Russian Federation, which is 80.75% of the total number of employees in the system,» the press service said. Most of the fair sex works in precinct election commissions — 695,763 women, which is 81.3% of the total number of employees of PECs. There are 18,193 (65%) women in the territorial election commissions, 461 (40%) women work in the election commissions of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, shared the data with the CEC. There are still more chairmen of the electoral commissions of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation among men than women. 28 subjects have women chairmen, in 57 this post is still occupied by men. only women work in election commissions,» the press service specified. Also, 23 TECs work in 17 constituent entities of Russia, where all members are women, and a man became the chairman. There are 2424 such PECs in all 89 regions, and the opposite situation, when a men's commission is headed by a woman, there are 39 in 19 subjects. :52REC: the role of women in social and economic development will be discussed at the forum «Made in Russia»
