In the election of the governor of Irkutsk wins communist – BBC Russian

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Image caption Irkutsk tycoon Sergei Eroschenko (right), who supported the party in power, is loses gubernatorial elections Communist

In the second round of gubernatorial elections in the Irkutsk region, the results of counting nearly two-thirds of the protocols from the polling stations, communist Sergey Levchenko with great margin bypasses the candidate of the “United Russia”, the current head of the region.

The electoral commission of the Irkutsk region reported that the results of processing 62% of protocols from polling stations the KPRF Duma deputy Sergei Levchenko, gaining 57.36% of votes.

The acting head of the regional administration Sergei Eroschenko yet received 40.54% of the vote.

When the president three years ago appointed a businessman Eroschenko governor, he headed the Irkutsk branch of the party “just cause”. In these elections, 54-year-old Eroschenko supported the “United Russia”.

Sergei Levchenko, who in November will turn 52 years old, headed the local branch of the Communist Party and was elected three times to the State Duma.

Irkutsk region proved the only region in Russia, where in a single day of voting on September 13 incumbent governor could not win in the first round. Gubernatorial elections were held that day in 21 constituent entities.

Sergey Eroschenko quite a bit not enough to win, he scored in the first round 49.6% of the vote. Levchenko was 36,61%.

The movement of “The Voice”, observed the voting process in Irkutsk region, according to a fairly large number of violations of the law and procedures.

“It was noted a large number of messages of buying votes in support of one of the candidates of Irkutsk everywhere (in all counties) recorded busing of voters [...] amount for which you can “buy” the voice of Irkutsk, ranges from 500 to 1,500 rubles [...] given enough a large number of absentee ballots [...] Only in the last 12 days they were given nearly 16 thousand units that can certainly affect the overall results of the elections, “- says the” Voice “.

In April 2014 Mayor the third largest city in Russia, Novosibirsk, has become a State Duma deputy from the Communist Party Anatoly Lokot.

Governors-communists in Russia has not been since 2008, when the last of them, the head of the Vladimir region Nikolai Vinogradov, left the party “in the to avoid political conflicts “.