Russia Election September 2020
Russia s united russia party has claimed victory in scores of regional elections that were held this weekend.
Russia election september 2020. 18 regions will elect governors and 11 more will elect deputies of local parliaments as well as 22 city council elections. 5 54 am july 24 2020. In tomsk the united russia party lost its majority in the city council.
Voting in russia s upcoming elections will take place over the course of three days from september 11 to 13 announced the head of the central election commission ella pamfilova according to tass. Russia holds regional elections amidst growing political crisis. Polls opened on election day the kremlin s leading news agency published an interview with sergei naryshkin the head of russia s foreign intelligence.
Afp moscow monday 09 november 2020 text size a a a russian president vladimir putin is waiting for official results from the us presidential election before congratulating a winner the kremlin. Russian central elections committee announces regional elections results in moscow russia on september 14 2020. Russia s election system has never been a paragon of competition.
Regional elections began friday in russia with early. A bout an hour before the first u s. The vote comes several weeks after the suspected poisoning of opposition politician.
Gubernatorial elections are held yearly and are to be called upon by the president. Elected were 18 directly elected governors 2 indirectly elected governors and 11 regional parliaments. These happen in september by default on the second sunday of the month but can timing is not always exact.
Campaigning starts 28 days prior to the election. On september russia will hold regional elections. The 2020 russian regional elections took place across three days from 11 to 13 september 2020 in 28 out of the 85 federal subjects of russia.