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| Putin's United Russia coalition weakened in Transbaikal |
| 2018-09-10 |
| Russian president Vladimir Putin's political coalition retained a weakened hold on their seats in the legislative assemply in elections in Transbaikal Sunday, according to data supplied by regnum.ru. Transbaikal is a territory in far eastern Russian, near Lake Bailkal. Its southern borders are adjacent to Mongolia and China. While the results still are preliminary, United Russia managed to hold on to a weakened plurality of 28 percent. Their closest rivals, the communist associated Liberal Democratic Party of Russia gained 24 percent of the vote, winning seven seats. The results give United Russia an eight seat plurality. Other political parties including "Fair Russia " (8.94%), " Party of Pensioners " (6.05%) and " Patriots of Russia" (3.38%), wound up with a total of nine seats. The news article goes on to note that turnout was lighter at 20 percent versus 28 percent in the last election. Says regnum.ru: In accordance with the Charter of the Trans-Baikal Territory, the Legislative Assembly of the Trans-Baikal Territory includes 50 deputies, they are elected for a period of five years. One half will be determined by a single regional electoral district, the other will be elected in single-mandate electoral districts. A total of 806,800 voters were registered on the territory of the Trans-Baikal Territory, and five years ago there were 824,900 people. In other Russian election news, United Russia deputy elections in Irkutsk were defeated by Communist Party candidates 34 percent to 27 percent. Runoffs for governors were scheduled in Khabarovsk, Samara and Primorsky Krai, in United Russia versus Communist Party or communist part coalitions, when United Russia failed to win a majority of votes. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 Personally, I find Russia confusing. I like almost all of the Russians I have met, I am saddened by the terrible things visited upon the Russian people over the ages, and yet it is if Russia has multiple personalities. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2018-09-10 17:49 |
| #1 But weren't we told that Putin is an autocrat who only pretends to democratic process? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-09-10 02:34 |