The Russian presidential elections ended at 20.00 local time (12.00 Moscow time) on March 4 in four regions of the Far Eastern Federal District - Primorsky and Khabarovsk territories, Sakhalin region and Jewish Autonomous Region; an hour earlier, elections ended in Chukotka, Kamchatka and Kolyma, representatives of regional election commissions told RIA Novosti . In these regions, polling stations were closed and vote counting began under the control of observers. According to a representative of the Primorye Election Commission, voter turnout in the region, as of 18.00 local time (11.00 Moscow time), amounted to 876 thousand 518 people, which is 56.95% of the total number of voters. “This is almost 5% more than in the presidential elections in 2008,” the agency’s interlocutor noted. According to him, the elections in Primorye were held in a calm atmosphere, and no serious violations of the law were recorded. In total, more than 1.5 million voters are included in the lists in Primorye. According to a representative of the election commission of the Khabarovsk Territory, according to the latest data at 18.00 local time (11.00 Moscow time), more than 56% of voters in the region took part in the elections, this is more than 591.34 thousand voters, or 56.11% of the total number included in the lists for secret voting. “The turnout is slightly lower than in the presidential elections in 2008. Then, according to data at 19.00 local time (12.00 Moscow time), 70.71% of voters in the region voted,” the agency’s interlocutor said. He added that no serious violations were registered during the voting in the region. In the Khabarovsk Territory, 839 polling stations have been created, 56 of which are on commercial and fishing vessels at sea. More than 1.5 million voters are included in the secret ballot lists. Just over 3 thousand people voted early.

Polling stations closed in the Far East