In Irkutsk Region, after 99.43 percent of protocols were processed, Sergei Eroshchenko leads with 49.59 percent of the vote, and Sergei Levchenko has 36.63 percent. Since no candidate passed 50 percent, the runoff is set for September 27, with Eroshchenko and Levchenko meeting there. The election commission also said voting day passed calmly, without serious violations, with turnout at 27.33 percent.
As reported by election commission representative Anna Vazhenina, 99.43% of the protocols have been processed so far. Sergei Eroshchenko is receiving 49.59% of the vote, while his closest rival, Sergei Levchenko from the Communist Party, has 36.63%.From A Just Russia, candidate Larisa Egorova is getting 6.76%, and the LDPR representative Oleg Kuznetsov has 4.15%.
As reported by the Election Commission, the second round will be scheduled for September 27. Two candidates who received the largest number of votes, i.e. Sergei Eroshchenko and Sergei Levchenko, will take part in the voting on September 27.
As a reminder, voter turnout in the region’s 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 went calmly, and no serious violations were recorded. A similar opinion was expressed by the head of the Irkutsk branch of the Golos movement, Alexei 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 alongside the gubernatorial election.