‘The results of the elections in Tatarstan are important to determine trends of Russia’s political development’
Russian and Tatarstan political experts about a record turnout in the republic and the region’s tasks on the threshold of elections to the State Duma
Tatarstan’s social well-being amid other Russian regions, plus the authorities’ high popularity at federal level secured it a high turnout in the election, many of political experts surveyed by Realnoe Vremya stated. Moscow pays a lot of attention to Kazan as one of the Russian capitals. Moreover, this electoral campaign is kind of a final rehearsal before the responsible elections to the State Duma in 2021, and the measurement of moods in such a region as Tatarstan is especially important.
Four electoral campaigns took place in Tatarstan in September. The republic chose a president, additional elections of a Russian State Duma deputy were held in the Nizhnekamsk Electoral District, the Yelabuga Electoral District had additional elections of the Tatarstan State Duma deputy and deputies of local governments were held everyone. Early voting was on 11 and 12 September, while the only voting day was on 13 September.
Five candidates participated in the Tatarstan presidential election. Oleg Korobchenko from Growth Party, current head of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov (United Russia), Almir Mikheyev (Fair Russia), Aldred Valiyev (Russia’s Communists) and Vladimir Surchilov (LDPR).
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