MOSCOW: Russian voters began casting their ballots for the 2024 presidential election in the Far East, including Kamchatka, Chukotka, and other regions.
Four candidates will compete for the post of president, including Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party, Nikolai Kharetonov of the Russian Communist Party, Vladislav Davankov of the New People’s Party, and incumbent president and independent candidate Vladimir Putin.
Russia has set up more than 90,000 polling stations between March 15 and 17 from 8 am to 8 pm local time. Given Russia’s widespread across multiple time zones, Kamchatka and Chukotka in the Far East region are the first regions to start quoting. Polling stations in Kaliningrad, on Russia’s western tip, will be the last areas to start voting.
According to data released by the Central Election Commission of Russia, about 110 million Russian citizens are eligible to vote, of which more than 1.8 million live abroad.
Under Russian presidential election rules, the candidate who receives more than 50 percent of the vote will win. In cases where there are more than two candidates and no one gets 50% of the votes, the Central Election Commission will announce a second round of voting for the top two candidates.
In the second phase, the candidate with the highest number of votes will be elected as the President.
The Central Election Commission of Russia will confirm the election results after March 28 and will announce the results within three days after the confirmation.
According to reports from Russia, the enthusiasm of the Russian people seems to be that people might re-elect the current president.
