After processing 93.16 percent of protocols in the Irkutsk governor election, no candidate has over 50 percent. Sergei Eroshchenko leads with 49.09 percent, followed by Sergei Levchenko with 37.26 percent, and the runoff decision will be clear after all votes are counted. The election commission says voting passed calmly, without serious violations.
93.16% of precinct election commission protocols have already been processed, and none of the candidates is receiving 50% of the votes. Sergey Eroshchenko has 49.09% of the vote, while his main opponent, State Duma deputy Sergey Levchenko, has 37.26%. This was reported by the Regional Election Commission.The third place is held by the representative of A Just Russia, Larisa Egorova (6.7%), and in fourth place is the LDPR candidate Oleg Kuznetsov (4.16%).
A second round in the Irkutsk Region gubernatorial election will be scheduled if none of the candidates receives more than 50% of the votes plus one vote.
As a reminder, voter turnout in the regional gubernatorial election as of 7:30 p.m. was 27.33%. The most active were the Banyadaevsky, Cheremkhovsky, and Balagansky districts. In the opinion of the chairman of the Irkutsk Region Election Commission, the day passed calmly, and no serious violations were recorded. A similar opinion was expressed by the head of the Irkutsk branch of the Golos movement, Alexey Petrov. He noted the calm nature of voting day in Irkutsk, adding that the main violations were recorded in those municipalities where local elections were held simultaneously with the gubernatorial election.