With 95% of Russian election votes counted, Putin is leading with 87%

The Central Election Commission of Russia announced that with 95% of the votes counted in the presidential election of this country, the current president Vladimir Putin is leading the election with 87.32% of the votes.

The other three candidates each got less than five percent of the votes. Nikolai Kharitonov from the Communist Party won 4.28% of the votes, Vladislav Davankov from the New People’s Party won 3.85%, and Leonid Salotsky, the candidate of the Liberal Democracy Party, won 3.15% of the votes. Putin said that he is going to meet with his electoral rivals on Monday.

Vladimir Putin in his speech, which resembled a victory speech, thanked all the Russian people and emphasized that we are all a team and are building a common will of the people of the Russian Federation.

4 candidates will compete in the presidential elections of Russia. Vlady Davankov from the New People’s Party, current President Vladimir Putin, Leonid Slansky and Nikolai Kharitonov from the Communist Party of Russia.

Vladimir Putin, after announcing the initial results of the vote count and a decisive lead in the presidential elections of this country, added to the journalists: “We are like a single family and this is a very important issue.” The election results show the nation’s trust in its leadership, and I hope the election results will lead to building a stronger country.

Source: Fars