Valentin Konovalov: “There is a feeling that there is a lot of work ahead”

Communist Valentin Konovalov is gaining more than 57% of the vote in the election of the head of Khakassia after processing 60% of the protocols. He gave the first comments.

“It has been a very hard road. I don’t feel euphoric, I have a feeling that there is a lot of work ahead,” Konovalov told reporters (the press conference was broadcast on the candidate’s VKontakte page). “I think that with the support of the population, and we have it, we will cope with it [with work].”

The communist said that during the campaign his headquarters was under "pressure".

After processing 60% of the protocols, Konovalov is gaining 57.35% of the vote.

In case of victory in the elections, Valentin Konovalov is ready to continue cooperation with the governor of the Irkutsk region, Sergei Levchenko, and the mayor of Novosibirsk, Anatoly Lokt, who also represent the Communist Party.

Yury Afonin, secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, believes that a repetition of the "seaside" scenario in Khakassia is unlikely. Recall that United Russia could not win in the first round against the communist Andrey Ishchenko, and the results of the second were declared invalid due to numerous violations. The Communist Party believes that they have taken away the victory.

“There are no violations that can be considered as violations that could somehow affect the result,” said Valery Galchenko, a member of the CEC R F (quoted by RIA Novosti).

Konovalov won the first round against the head of the republic, Viktor Zimin (ER), 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. Against this background, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Mikhail Razvozhaev, Acting Governor, Deputy Minister for the North Caucasus Affairs, who promised to return to Moscow after the elections. Razvozhaev also worked as a press secretary for the Krasnoyarsk governors.

To win in the second round, Konovalov needs to get more than 50% of the votes. 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