Moscow/Prensa Latina
The turnout rate for Russia’s presidential election exceeded 70 percent around 4:00 p.m. Moscow time during the final day of a three-day vote, the electoral authority reported today.
In the 2018 presidential elections, when voting was limited to one day, electoral participation was close to 35 percent at noon, rose to 51.9 by 5:00 p.m., and exceeded 67 percent at the closing of the polls.
In the western part of Russia, voting ends at 8:00 p.m. (Moscow time), except in the Kaliningrad region where polls close an hour later.
The 2024 presidential election is the first that Russia will hold over three days, from March 15 to 17. They are also the first to stipulate the option of telematic voting in thirty regions.
The ballots include four candidates: Leonid Slutski, for the Liberal Democratic Party; Nikolai Kharitonov, for the Federation Communist Party; Vladislav Davankov, for New People; as well as the current president, Vladimir Putin, who is running as an independent.
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