According to Exit-Polls, Matvienko won the election of the governor of St. Petersburg

According to a survey of the voters of St. Petersburg, which was held today by the 'Agency for Social Information', Valentina Matvienko won the governor's election. The survey was conducted at 184 polling stations in all areas of the city, Rosbalt reports.

According to data obtained at 18:00 Moscow time, the voting leader - Valentina Matvienko - gained 50.59% of the votes of Petersburgers. In second place Anna Markova (13.69%), in the third - a candidate 'against all' with 12% of the vote.

Further in the list Sergey Belyaev (8.9%), Mikhail Amosov (7.10%), Konstantin Sukhenko (4.67%). Candidates Vadim Voitanovsky, Victor Efimov, Alexey Timofeev and Oleg Titov gained about one percent along Exit-Polls. In total, 5 thousand 224 people were interviewed.

The elections of the Governor of St. Petersburg were called up by 17:00 Moscow time, the chairman of the city election commission Alexander Gnetov told reporters. By this time, 20.12% of voters (more than 540 thousand) took part in the elections. In order for the elections to be recognized as held, a minimum of 20% of voters is necessary.

Voting in the extraordinary elections of the Governor of St. Petersburg began today at 8:00 Moscow time. 1709 polling stations opened in the city. The voting lists include 3 million 700 thousand Petersburgers.

The elections will be held on one tour if any of the candidates gains more than 50 percent of the vote.

Otherwise, re -voting will take place after 2 weeks. If the “candidate against all” comes to the first position, repeated elections will be scheduled after 4 months.

9 candidates claim the highest post of St. Petersburg’s official post: Mikhail Amosov, Sergey Belyaev, Vadim Voitanovsky, Victor Efimov, Anna Markova, Valentina Matvienko, Konstantin Sukhenko, Alexey Timofeev and Oleg Titov.

The electoral process is observed by 10 representatives of the Central Election Commission, the heads of election commissions of 6 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and international observers.

The election of the governor is also recognized as held in the Leningrad and Tomsk regions.

The police began to detain sociologists from polling stations

In St. Petersburg, police officers began to detain people conducting sociological surveys at the exit from polling stations, the so-called Exit-Polls. This was reported to Rosbalt correspondent by Roman Mogilevsky, the supervisor of the Social Information Agency.

Such sociological surveys on elections day are officially permitted by law. Asi conducts polls in most plots for voting on the election by the governors of St. Petersburg.