Sergey Georgievich Levchenko wins the gubernatorial election in Irkutsk Oblast

KPRF candidate Sergei Levchenko won the second round of the Irkutsk region governor election with 56.41 percent of the vote. His rival, acting governor Sergei Eroshchenko, got 41.44 percent, and turnout was 37.38 percent.

The candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Sergei Levchenko, won the gubernatorial election in the Irkutsk Region with 56.41% of the vote. Sergei Eroshchenko received 41.44% of the vote.
The voter turnout in the early gubernatorial election in the Irkutsk Region was 37.38% by the time the precinct election commissions closed.
The second round of the gubernatorial election was held on Sunday, September 27. It was contested by the candidates who received the highest number of votes in the first round. These were the acting governor of the Angara Region, Sergei Eroshchenko, nominated by United Russia and who received 49.64% of the vote, and State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Sergei Levchenko, who received 36.6% of the vote. The precinct election commissions closed at 8:00 p.m.