Issue ballot. Second round for governors and other surprises from single voting day September regional elections

Based on the results of processing 99% of the protocols of precinct election commissions, the current mayor of Moscow, self-nominated Sergei Sobyanin is gaining 70.02% of the vote, according to the Moscow City Electoral Commission.

Second place - candidate for mayor from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Vadim Kumin - 11.44% of the vote;
The third place was taken by the candidate from "Fair Russia" Ilya Sviridov - 7.06%;
Fourth place - Mikhail Degtyarev - 6.76% of the votes;
Fifth place belongs to the candidate from the "Union of Citizens" party Mikhail Balakin - 1.87%.

The turnout in the last Sunday elections for the mayor of Moscow was 30.36% of voters.

Earlier, the chairman of the Moscow City Electoral Commission, Valentin Gorbunov, told reporters that the voting took place in a calm atmosphere, there was not a single removal of observers or members of election commissions with the right of an advisory vote.

Unaccounted for so far are data from 38 polling stations out of 3808.

What were the results of the last mayoral elections? In the last mayoral elections in 2013, 51.37% of voters voted for Sobyanin with a turnout of 32.03%.

Acting Governor of the Oryol Region Andrei Klychkov (KPRF), according to preliminary data, wins the elections for the head of the region with 83.55% of the vote after processing 100% of the protocols, a representative of the regional election commission told RIA Novosti.

Ruslan Perelygin from Fair Russia - 4.84% of the vote;
Evgeny Alekhin from the Rodina party - 3.99%;
Elena Krachnakova candidate from Patriots of Russia - 2.78%,
Andrei Kutsyn is the candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia - 2.91%.

The chairman of the electoral commission of the Voronezh region, Sergei Kanishchev, informed that the acting head of the region, Alexander Gusev, after processing 100% of the ballots, received 72.52% of the votes in the governor's elections. This was reported by RIA Novosti. It is noted that Gusev was a candidate from “ United Russia».

“The turnout was 44.83%. Gusev won 72.52% of the vote, ”Kanishchev said. He added that the second place was taken by the candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Nikolai Voronin (13.68%), and the third was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Oleg Burtsev (6.25%). Earlier it was reported that the acting head of Primorye, the candidate from United Russia, Andrei Tarasenko, won 46.57% of the votes in the governor's elections.

Acting Acting Governor Altai Territory Viktor Tomenko, representative of the party " United Russia", after processing 100% of the protocols, he wins the election of the head of the region, 53.6% of voters voted for him, the election commission reported on Monday.

According to the election commission, the second place, according to preliminary data, is taken by Vladimir Semyonov from the Liberal Democratic Party with 16.20%, the third - the candidate from "Fair Russia" Lyudmila Suslova with 14.14%, the fourth - Andrey Krylov from the Growth Party with 13.46% ...

Acting head of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin is gaining 68.45% of the vote after processing 80.22% of the protocols in the election of the region's governor. The candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Vladislav Yegorov comes second (16.25%), Alexander Kurdyumov from the Liberal Democratic Party - the third (6.24%). The fourth result is shown by Galina Klochkova from the "Fair Russia" (4.23%), the fifth - the representative of the "Party of Pensioners" Alexander Bykov (3.24%).

According to the press service of the government of the Magadan region, Sergei Nosov from the party “ United Russia»Won the election of the Governor of the region. More than 80% of all voters gave him their vote.

Sergei Nosov won an unconditional victory. More than 30 thousand voters voted for a member of the United Russia party, which is 81.51% of the total.

It should be noted that voter turnout in 2018 differs significantly from previous elections. This time about 40% took part in the voting, last time - 32%.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the first data of the counting of votes in the elections of the governor and by-elections to the Legislative Assembly of the region were announced. It is noted that since 2003 Alexander Uss has been a member of the party " United Russia".

According to the Election Commission of the Territory, according to the processing of 100 percent of the ballots, the Acting Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Alexander Uss, is in the lead in the elections for the head of the region, he won 60.1 percent of the votes. In second place is the candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party Yegor Bondarenko, 23.3 percent of voters voted for him. In total, 568 thousand people came to the polling stations on election day, the final turnout was 28.94 percent.

Aleksey Podushkin, Chairman of the Territory Election Commission, noted that there were no serious complaints during the elections, the campaign was conducted correctly.

Acting Governor of the Pskov Region Mikhail Vedernikov, representative of the party " United Russia", became the leader in voting for the post of the first person in the region. Over 70 percent of voters who came to the polls cast their votes for him.

According to the government of the Pskov region, the turnout in the gubernatorial elections was 35 percent. In total, over 528 thousand people were included in the voter lists.

The second place in the gubernatorial elections was taken by Arkady Murylev. As a result of processing 67 percent of the protocols of precinct election commissions, 14.52 percent of citizens who came to the polls cast their votes for it. In third place is Anton Minakov. His score is 5.21 percent.

Acting Governor of the Tyumen Region Alexander Moor, after processing 100% of the ballots, received 65.86% of the votes in the elections for the head of the region. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the election commission. Alexander Moor is a representative of the party " United Russia».

The second place in the elections in the region was taken by the candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Artem Zaitsev (12.99%), and the third was the representative of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Ivan Levchenko (12.83%).

Earlier it was reported that the acting head of the Voronezh region won the elections with 72.52%.

In which regions of the Russian Federation will the second round of elections for the post of governor take place?

Primorsky Krai... After counting 100% of the protocols of precinct commissions, the acting head of the region Andrei Tarasenko (United Russia) gained 46.57%, and the candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Andrei Ishchenko, 24.64%.

Khabarovsk region... All ballots were counted, the candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Sergei Furgal gained 35.81%, and the current head of the region Vyacheslav Shport (United Russia) - 35.62%.

Vladimir region... Governor of the Vladimir Region Svetlana Orlova (United Russia) leads the election of the head of the region with a score of 36.46%. The second place with 31.28% is taken by the candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Vladimir Sipyagin. In the Vladimir region, 98.78% of the protocols were processed.

Khakassia... After processing 62.63%, the candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Valentin Konovalov (Communist Party of the Russian Federation), had 43.48% of the votes, and the incumbent head of the republic, Viktor Zimin (United Russia), had 36.09%.

The second round will take place in several regions for the first time since the return of direct gubernatorial elections in 2012. The unsuccessful performance of several incumbent governors is superimposed on the difficulties faced by United Russia in a number of regions in the elections to local parliaments, according to kommersant.ru.

"United Russia" lost parliamentary elections to the Communist Party of the Russian Federation only in three regions of Russia

United Russia lost parliamentary elections in three regions of the country. United Russia was unable to win in Khakassia, Irkutsk and Ulyanovsk regions, according to data from the Central Election Commission (CEC).

In the parliament of Khakassia, the majority of mandates went to the communists (the Communist Party of the Russian Federation won 31% of the votes). United Russia came in second with 25.46% of the vote.
In the Irkutsk region, 34% of voters voted for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. United Russia got 27.7%.
In the Ulyanovsk region, the communists won with 37.02% of the vote. 32.11% of voters voted for United Russia.

I was in Russia on September 9, 2018. More than 4.7 thousand elections of various levels were held in the regions of the country, about 65 million people were included in the voter lists.

The single voting day is traditionally held in Russia on the second Sunday of September. This time elections of various levels will cover 82 regions, only Ingushetia, Magadan Oblast and St. Petersburg will not have them. 46 million Russians will be able to come to polling stations and vote for a party or a specific candidate next Sunday.

The largest elections - for governors and members of regional parliaments - will be held in 20 regions. Moreover, in two of them - Udmurtia and the Saratov region - residents will simultaneously elect both the head and the deputies.

All in all, on September 10, about six thousand elections of various levels and local referendums will take place.

Residents of 16 regions will have to elect governors - these are Buryatia, Karelia, Mari El, Mordovia, Udmurtia, Perm Territory, Belgorod, Kaliningrad, Kirov, Novgorod, Ryazan, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk, Yaroslavl regions and Sevastopol (in the hero-city, the gubernatorial elections will be held for the first time).

In all 16 regions, incumbent heads and interim heads nominated by United Russia are running for leadership. And their rivals are candidates nominated by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Fair Russia, the Liberal Democratic Party and a number of other parties. On average, 4-5 people apply for one governor's post.

Elections of regional parliaments will be held in North Ossetia - Alania, Udmurtia, Krasnodar Territory, Penza, Saratov and Sakhalin regions. The struggle for mandates is waged by both parties and single-mandate candidates (with the exception of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, where parliamentary elections are held only by party lists). In terms of the number of participants in this race, the Penza and Sakhalin regions are in the lead - 10 parties are included in the ballots.

In addition, two new deputies are to be elected. The State Duma... By-elections to the State Duma are held in two single-member constituencies: Kingisepp Leningrad region(Sergei Naryshkin, who won there last fall, soon after the elections headed the Foreign Intelligence Service) and in Bryansk, Bryansk Region (Vladimir Zhutenkov, who was elected there, surrendered his mandate ahead of schedule).

More than 1500 will be chosen in Moscow municipal deputies... Elections to local councils of deputies will be held in the 124th out of 125 municipal districts of the capital (except for Shchukino, where elections were held in 2016), as well as in the Troitsk city district. Both parliamentary and non-parliamentary political forces take part in the elections in the capital. Competition is on average 5 people per seat. According to the Civil Society Development Fund, the elections in the capital will be the most competitive municipal elections in the last 5 years.

We add that you can quickly determine your polling station, as well as get other useful information about the elections, at the CEC Information Center by calling 8-800-301-12-09 (calls within Russia are free). "You can contact here on all issues related to the electoral process," says the head of the CEC Ella Pamfilova. "This is one of those innovations that we are testing during the autumn election campaign on the eve of the presidential elections."

First person

The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, promised to harshly cancel the election results at those polling stations where violations will be recorded on election day. "Do not rush to sum up the results, at the appointed time, please consider all the complaints received, if necessary, recount, if necessary, cancel," Pamfilova addressed the regional election commissions. "We will be very tough to cancel where there are violations," she said. At the same time, the head of the CEC noted that there were fewer complaints about the use of administrative resources. "As for preventing the use of administrative resources, now we see that there are much fewer such complaints - already in this campaign, and I hope that we will keep this situation under tight control in the future," Pamfilova noted.

On September 9, more than 4.5 thousand referendums and elections will be held throughout Russia, including the heads of 26 constituent entities of the Federation. Political scientists do not expect intrigue on the most significant of them. The most important thing about the upcoming voting is in the material of RBC

A polling station in one of the horticultural non-profit partnerships (Photo: Anton Novoderezhkin / TASS)

1. Where will the elections be held this Sunday?

On a single voting day in 2018 year will pass more than 4.5 thousand elections and referendums of various levels, said on September 4 at a meeting of the Federation Council commission, a member of the Central Election Commission, Alexander Klyukin. In 22 regions, residents will elect heads of constituent entities - in Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Orel, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Ivanovsk, Pskov, Voronezh, Kemerovo, Amur, Tyumen, Magadan and Vladimir regions, Primorsky, Altai, Khabarovsk and Krasnoyarsk territories, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, the republics of Yakutia and Khakassia, in Moscow and the Moscow region. In four more subjects - in the Yamalo-Nenets and Nenets autonomous okrugs, Ingushetia and Dagestan - local parliaments will elect the heads of the regions. Additional elections of deputies of the State Duma will be held in seven single-mandate constituencies, in 16 regions - deputies legislative assemblies... Mayors will be elected in four cities, and city council deputies in 12.

First of all - at 23:00 Moscow time on September 8 - polling stations will open in Chukotka, the last - at 22:00 Moscow time on September 9 - will be closed in the capital.

A single voting day appeared in Russian legislation in 2004. Previously, elections at different levels were not synchronized and were held almost every Sunday. In 2012, a law came into force, according to which the second Sunday in September is voting day in elections at all levels, except for the presidential one.

There are no major technical differences between these elections and those of previous years. Among the innovations - the emergence of "summer cottage" polling stations in the regions closest to Moscow, where Muscovites will be able to vote in the elections for the mayor of the capital. There are 209 of them: 183 in the Moscow region, 16 in the Kaluga region, five each in the Tula and Vladimir regions. The head of the Moscow City Electoral Commission, Valentin Gorbunov, said that this measure would help increase the voter turnout by 3%. By September 3, 66,000 applications had been submitted for voting at "summer cottages", said CEC member Alexander Klyukin.

Another technical innovation this year is the regional and municipal elections of observers from public chambers. Previously, public chambers could only send observers to federal elections.

3. Are there other non-technical differences?

Most of the experts interviewed by RBC believe that there are no serious differences between these and last year's elections. According to political analyst Dmitry Fetisov, the campaign demonstrated weaker actions of the opposition in the regions than last year. Despite the drop in the rating of United Russia against the background of the pension reform, none of the opponents of the ruling party was able to write the protest against it in their election campaigns.

Nevertheless, there are topics that the opposition was able to take advantage of during the campaign. For example, these are local environmental issues - primarily protests against landfills, says political analyst Alexander Pozhalov.

Another difference is in a more heterogeneous composition of the elected interim heads of regions than a year ago, says regional expert Rostislav Turovsky. The previous cast of candidates generally fell under the definition of "young technocrats", now this cannot be said.

This election also became a record for last years by the number of withdrawn party lists, experts of the "Liberal Mission". The number of removed lists reached eight by September 2, and in the future may grow to ten. At the elections of regional parliaments, Yabloko's lists were withdrawn Yaroslavl region, "Motherland" in the Trans-Baikal Territory, "Communists of Russia" in Kalmykia, the party "For Justice!" in Yakutia and the Great Fatherland party in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Also removed two lists for elections in regional centers - "Patriots of Russia" in Krasnoyarsk and RPPSS in Yekaterinburg. Registration of the list of "Civil Platform" in Yekaterinburg canceled due to retirement a large number candidates.

4. How much will the elections cost?

The regional authorities allocate the budget for elections in the constituent entities, so there is no complete data on the cost. However, there is information about the cost of individual elections: for example, it is planned to spend more than 572 million rubles on voting day in Moscow. - 1.3 times more than five years ago.

5. Where is intrigue possible? What to watch out for?

Gubernatorial elections in 2018 - Acting appointed by the president must win, respondents say RBK experts... The second round will not be in any of the 22 regions, they are sure. It is in the pro-Kremlin FORGO fund that competitive elections of heads of regions are “doomed to be the exceptions to the rule” due to the lack of interest from business and regional elites, the authority of the president who appointed the interim president, and the access of government appointees to administrative resources.

However, intrigue can be expected when voting on party lists in legislative assemblies and city councils. According to political analysts, elections with the highest risks for United Russia will be held in the Irkutsk, Ulyanovsk and Vladimir regions, the Trans-Baikal Territory and Yekaterinburg, where City Duma deputies are elected.

One of the main reasons for the decline in the rating of "United Russia" in these initially protest regions is the unpopularity of the pension reform, against the background of which the elections will be held. The voters associate the party with the government that proposed this initiative. Earlier, sources close to the Kremlin, RBC, that in the elections in the subjects with the most difficult situation, the ruling parties were allowed to use the slogan "United Russia" - the party of the president. " This is supposed to boost the ratings of United Russia ahead of voting day.

6. Why won't there be intrigue in significant campaigns?

In many regions where elections could be competitive, strong candidates voluntarily dropped out of the race. So, in the election of the chapter Novosibirsk region the popular in the region mayor of Novosibirsk, the communist Anatoly Lokot, did not compete with the acting head of the region, Andrei Travnikov. Travnikova sources RBC as a "Varyag" for the Novosibirsk region and stated that Lokot's participation in the elections would lead at least to a second round. For the withdrawal of the candidacy, the Kremlin promised Lokt to keep direct elections in Novosibirsk and not to interfere with his re-election for a new term.

There is another strong Communist candidate in the Moscow region - runner-up on presidential elections Director of the State Farm named after Lenin Pavel Grudinin. He said that a candidate not coordinated with the presidential administration would still not be able to pass the regional municipal filter.

In Moscow, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation nominated a not very well-known candidate - businessman Vadim Kumin. Unlike the 2013 elections, when the second place was taken by Alexey Navalny with 27.2% of the vote, the current one will not have a strong liberal candidate either: Ilya Yashin and Dmitry Gudkov could not pass the municipal filter, and Yabloko's attempt to choose its candidate for mayor ended in an internal party scandal and a refusal to be nominated.

Due to the lack of strong competitors for the incumbent mayor Sergei Sobyanin, elections in Moscow will be "referendum", political analyst Dmitry Fetisov told RBC. Previously, sources of RBC that in the spring, with the help of VTsIOM, the mayor's office decided to make the image of the mayor more lively and "human". Sociologists recommended that the mayor "to optimize the image" to build his campaign on love for Moscow.

7. What violations were recorded during the election campaign?

Violations of this kind are monitored by the movement in defense of the rights of voters "Golos" - using the "Map of electoral violations". The most tense, according to experts, was the situation with pressure on members of election commissions in the Moscow region. According to Golos, officials in several cities of the Moscow region held meetings with members of local election commissions, where they urged them to ensure a high level of votes cast for the current governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov.

Vorobiev to prevent possible abuse of administrative resources. “I myself called the governor of the Moscow region, he promised that he would take strict control in order to suppress the indefatigable efforts of some leaders at one level or another,” said the head of the CEC Ella Pamfilova.

According to Golos, in Moscow, Novosibirsk, Pskov, Ivanovsk, Yaroslavl and Samara regions, state employees have complained of pressure from their bosses to vote in elections.

Photo: Izvestia

On Sunday, September 9, elections to federal, regional and municipal authorities were held in the regions. Already from the preliminary results of the vote, it became clear that the situation in the constituent entities of the federation is different, and in some places the ruling party simply could not defend the positions of its candidates.

On the second round

A second round of governor elections is expected in four regions - Primorsky, Khabarovsk Territory, Khakassia and Vladimir region... It can be said unequivocally that the United Russia party has lost these regions.

V Khabarovsk Territory current head of the region, candidate from "United Russia" Vyacheslav Shport according to the results of processing all ballots, he also became the second, gaining 35.62% of the votes. He was bypassed by a State Duma deputy, a candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party Sergey Furgal, for which 35.81% voted. Let this victory be at the level of statistical error, but it clearly shows the result of the protest vote. For the candidate from the Communist Party Anastasia Salamakha in the Khabarovsk Territory gave 15.74% of the vote. Thus, with the help of the two parties of the parliamentary opposition, it was possible to divide the electorate of the “party in power” and enter the second round of elections. The election commission has already calculated that another round of voting will cost the regional budget 97 million rubles (!).

The victory of the candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation was unexpected Valentina Konovalova v Khakassia... According to the republican election commission, the 30-year-old communist received 44.8% of the vote. In parallel, on the same day, the communists managed to win the elections to the Supreme Council ( regional parliament), gaining 31.01% of the vote. Even the "Communists of Russia" pulled themselves up, securing their seats in the republican parliament from 8.01%.

The current head of the region, candidate from "United Russia" Victor Zimin collected only 32.4% of the votes. For a Republican head with a continuous 10-year experience, who scored 63.4% in the previous gubernatorial elections in 2013, this is a fiasco. The third was the candidate from "Fair Russia" Andrey Filyagin with a result of 11.2%. There is even a candidate for the non-parliamentary "Party of Growth" Alexander Myakhar managed to gain 6.6%, which was practically unrealistic for a small party.

In the other two regions, the incumbent leaders failed to gain the necessary support from half of all voters, so elections in the second round are expected at the end of September.

V Primorye acting governor Andrey Tarasenko, who was appointed by the president in October 2017, did not cope with the elections. At least the first time. He received only 46.57% of the vote. Part of his electorate, apparently, was selected by the candidate from the Communist Party Andrey Ischenko. The 37-year-old communist won 24.64% of the electorate. He broke away from the results of the other candidates by more than 10% of the vote.

The governor Vladimir region, candidate from United Russia Svetlana Orlova won only 36.34% of the vote in the gubernatorial elections. Slightly less for the deputy of the Vladimir ZakSO, the candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Sipyagin- 31.4% of the votes. The third according to the results was the candidate from "Fair Russia" Sergey Biryukov: gained 17.38%. It can be said unambiguously that this is the result of a protest vote, where the regional authorities have lost confidence. In the last election Orlova gained 74.7% of support.

The fight for the turnout

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In a number of regions Of Russia the turnout was lost. The gubernatorial elections almost ended in a scandal. Novosibirsk region... As of 15:00 local time, the turnout was 18.77%. By the end of the day, it managed to reach the final level of 29.5%. The entire single voting day, the turnout schedule here lagged behind the results of the previous early elections for the governor, held on September 14, 2014. However, the Kremlin's appointee is the current acting interim. governor Andrey Travnikov managed to defend their position and gain more than half of the votes to prevent a second round. Travnikov won 64.52% of the votes.

Acting Governor managed to save himself from the second round of elections Altai TerritoryViktor Tomenko... won 53.60% of voters with a rather sluggish turnout in the region of 37.29%. In the last gubernatorial elections, the turnout here was 34.38% and went down in history as the lowest. This is the most protest region in Siberia. In this year's elections, they predicted a turnout of 25% and talked about the possibility of a second round. After the elections Travnikov told reporters that he considered the turnout good.

It turned out that she is good at Altai, bad in Voronezh region... The regional electoral commission had to make excuses for a turnout of 42.6%, this is lower than in the gubernatorial elections four years ago, when 53.73% came to the polls. In Voronezh, only 19.4% of citizens came to vote, which is lower even by metropolitan standards. The civic passivity was explained by the good weather. But that did not stop the acting governor Alexander Gusev gain 74.02%.

In general, the turnout in the last elections in the country was about 35%. This can be called a normal indicator for regional and municipal elections, which are usually not as popular among Russians as federal ones.

“Sagged”Turnout in Moscow. In the capital, the turnout was 30.86%. Five years ago, a little more Muscovites came to elect the mayor - 32.07%. Then the oppositionist was nominated Alexey Navalny, who got 27.24% of the votes at the mayor's office. This time, the first after Sergei Sobyanin became a candidate from the Communist Party Vadim Kumin.

The Moscow region voted more actively. The turnout in the elections for the governor of the Moscow region was higher than in Moscow. As of 18:00 Moscow time, 31.56% of voters came to the polling stations, of which 62.52% supported the candidacy of the current governor Andrey Vorobyov... This result is more modest than the results of the mayoral elections in Moscow, at which the current mayor Sergei Sobyanin received 70.02% of the votes. The pattern turned out to be interesting: the closer to the Kremlin, the more stable and reliable the result of the government.

On the contrary, in regions with protest voting, voters were active. V Khakassia, where the protest electorate became more active and the party in power lost its share of support, half an hour before the closure of polling stations, the turnout was 39.1% of voters. Five years ago, only 31.71% came to similar elections.

Outcomes

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These elections were the most difficult for United Russia. Of course, against the backdrop of the unfolding agenda with the pension reform, no one expected this election campaign to be easy. Political analysts emphasize that the ruling party was saved by maintaining its own agenda and responding to information attacks. Political points were brought by the initiative of the Secretary of the General Council "United Russia" Andrey Turchak who proposed to abolish pension preferences for parliamentarians. Without this, the situation in the regions with elections would have turned out to be even more sad for the ruling party.

The opposition made a key stake during the election campaigns of its candidates precisely on raising the retirement age, which turned many previously loyal Russians away from United Russia. With this agenda, rallies and protests were held throughout the country, which also intensified protest moods in a number of regions.

The opposition (primarily the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, "Fair Russia", "Yabloko") made a serious stake on criticism of the pension reform during most of the election campaigns throughout the country. But the highest results were obtained primarily in places where a serious anti-rating of regional authorities (Khakassia) was recorded for a long time, influential representatives of regional elites (Irkutsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg) are behind the opposition forces, or long-standing socio-economic problems are observed (Zabaikalsky Krai). In such territories, the level of protest voting has traditionally been above the national average.

- Dmitry Orlov, political scientist, general director of the Agency for Political and Economic Communications (APEC)

Political scientist Dmitry Orlov also saw fatigue from old governors in regions with protest voting. On his Facebook page, he wrote that skepticism towards the "Varangian" in Primorye worked on the result of an experienced player in regional politics Sergey Furgal, earlier passed to the State Duma. General fatigue and dissatisfaction with the current government also affected the result of a very young representative of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Valentina Konovalov and in Khakassia.

A protest vote is characterized by voting not for, but in spite of, i.e. often in Russian political reality, the voter ticks off a candidate that he is not particularly aware of. To make a choice, it is enough to resist the political monopoly of the ruling party and the current federal agenda of the party that nominates its stranger. Something like this happened in Vladimir region, where the federal leadership of the LDPR party did not even expect that their candidate for governor would be able to show a good result.

And here is another wonderful variant of a purely protest vote - the Vladimir region. There, a second round is planned, in which Vladimir Sipyagin, a candidate from the loyal regional government, the Liberal Democratic Party, may come out with a very good result. It would seem that everyone was taken into account, there is no communist in the elections, the candidates are absolutely predictable. And what happened was a massive protest vote for an unmotivated (yet?) Candidate. Zhirinovsky even confused his name when he came to campaign.

- Alexey Makarkin, First Vice President of the Center for Political Technologies, specialist in the field of political analysts and contemporary history

The verdict for the elections is the same - the ruling party has lost. Doctor of Political Science, Communist Sergey Obukhov has already compared the relative loss of United Russia in terms of the scale of the disaster of the United Russia party in 2011, when only with the help of falsifications, United Russia was able to get a majority in the State Duma, the political scientist believes. But today the protest is not only metropolitan, but ubiquitous and regional. This is the difference between the failure of United Russia in 2018. The general background of the deterioration of the socio-economic situation, plus the alarming state into which the society was driven - played a cruel joke with the interim and United Russia. And the results of last Sunday showed that the Communist Party became the greatest beneficiary of the negativity around the pension reform.

Ksenia Shiryaeva