More than 2.2 million people have already voted in the Moscow mayoral elections

Currently, 2.24 million people have already taken part in the Moscow mayoral elections. stated Head of the Public Headquarters for Observing Elections in the capital Vadim Kovalev.

“Currently, 2.24 people have already taken part in the mayoral elections. At the same time, most of them voted online, because this is the fastest and most convenient way existing today to make their choice and fulfill their civic duty,” he said.

A single voting day in Russia is set for September 10. Elections from September 8 to 10 are being held for the first time in new regions – the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. CEC Chairman Ella Pamfilova previously reported that 4,270 election campaigns of various levels are taking place in 85 regions. Elections of regional heads will be held in 21 regions. More than 33,000 seats will be filled.

In Moscow, on September 8, elections began for the mayor and deputies of 13 municipal deputies in the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky districts. You can take part in the elections until September 10 (polling stations are open from 08:00 to 20:00 Moscow time). You can vote both at polling stations and online.

Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin voted remotely in the Moscow mayoral elections, saying that electronic voting is gaining popularity every year, appearing in new regions, and more and more voters are using it. He also called on residents of regions of the country where elections are being held these days to take part in the vote.

Participating in the election of the head of the capital are the current mayor Sergei Sobyanin (from United Russia), vice-speakers of the State Duma Vladislav Davankov (from New People) and Boris Chernyshov (from the LDPR), State Duma deputy, head of the Moscow branch of A Just Russia – For Truth » Dmitry Gusev and Moscow City Duma deputy, grandson of the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Leonid Zyuganov.