Sergey Levchenko will take office as governor of Irkutsk Region in early October after the official election results are announced. The regional election commission will sign the final protocol on September 30, and the results will be published on October 2. In the second round Levchenko won 56.39 percent of the vote, ahead of Sergey Eroshchenko, with turnout above 37 percent.
The new governor of the Irkutsk Region will take office after the official announcement of the election results.Communist Party leader Sergei Levchenko will assume the office of governor in early October, after the election results are officially tallied, the head of the regional election commission, Eduard Devitsky, said on Monday.
According to him, the final protocol with the results of the gubernatorial election will be signed on September 30. They will be published on October 2 in the official printed organ of the regional authorities.
After that, the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected head of the Irkutsk Region will take place.
As a reminder, in the second round of the gubernatorial election in the Angara region, Sergei Levchenko won 56.39% of the vote. Sergei Yeroshenko received 41.46% support. Voter turnout exceeded 37%.