More than 40% of residents of Khakassia came to the polls

More than 40% of voters voted in the second round of elections for the head of Khakassia. There is an hour and a half left before the polling stations close.

Turnout, according to GAS.Vybory at 18:00 (14:00 Moscow time), reached 40.9%. Residents of Abaza voted more actively than others. In the first round at the same time, 35.18% came to the polling stations.

The turnout in the capital of the region - Abakan - is significantly higher than in the first round: 39.32% against 30.16%. Polling stations will close at 20:00.

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Valentin Konovalov (KPRF) won the first round of elections for the head of Khakassia against United Russia party Viktor Zimin, gaining 44.8% of the vote against 32.4%. Later, Zimin refused to participate in the second round, followed by the Socialist-Revolutionary Andrei Filyagin withdrew from the elections. The next opponent in the second round was Alexander Myakhar from the Growth Party, who received 6.6% in the first round, but he also refused to fight. Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Mikhail Razvozhaev, Deputy Minister for the North Caucasus Affairs, acting governor, who promised to return to Moscow after the elections. Razvozhaev also worked as a press secretary for the Krasnoyarsk governors.

The ballot contains only the name of Konovalov, who needs to receive more than 50% of the votes of the voters who came to the polling stations. Pro-government organizations and members of United Russia organized the People's Head movement. They are trying to disrupt the second round of elections in order to re-vote in February 2019. , is ready to take part in it . wants to support Putin-appointed Razvozhaev, whom United Russia

Observers announced a massive counter-gitation against the candidate of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which was carried out at polling stations in the form of polls by people with the symbols of the "People's Head". In addition, Golos reported that in Chernogorsk, three girls were able to vote at three polling stations at once “according to additional lists”: PECs No. 166, No. 148 and No. 135. In Sorsk, at polling station No. 122, the voter was given a ballot without presenting any documents, noted Golos . The observer noticed this and managed to stop the resident before the form was lowered into the urn. The voter was taken to the police station, and the commission member who issued the ballot was suspended from work.

Member of the CEC R F Valery Galchenko believes that there are few violations. “In this sense, when there are several observers from different candidates, then the assessment is objective, when there is only one, it is a little subjective. But even despite this feature, I would not say that there are many complaints about some kind of violations, ” he told RIA Novosti.

Complaints, according to Galchenko, relate to "surveys" that are carried out in buildings where PECs are located. But they allegedly are not made in the polling stations.