Russian election tallies summarized in Azerbaijan
About 2,212 voters, or 34.5 percent of 6,358 Russian citizens registered at the consular department of the Russian embassy in Azerbaijan, took part in Russia’s presidential elections held on Sunday, the diplomatic mission said on its website.
It said there were no complaints over the voting process. Representatives of Azerbaijani media and observers from a CIS inter-parliamentary assembly, as well as the Communist Party monitored the voting at the polling station opened at the consular section of the Russian embassy.
According to the registered tallies, incumbent Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of the United Russia gained 1,634 votes (73.87 percent). Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party gained 54 votes (2.44 percent), while Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov - 244 votes (11.03 percent), Just Russia’s Sergei Mironov - 52 (2.35 percent), and independent candidate, businessman Mikhail Prokhorov - 205 (9.27 percent).
According to preliminary election tallies, Vladimir Putin won the election with 63.82 percent of the vote.
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