Voting on presidential elections in Embassy of Russia in Azerbaijan started

Azerbaijan, Baku, March 4 / Trend E.Tariverdiyeva/ There are voting on the candidacy for president of Russia in Embassy of Russia in Azerbaijan. The turnout reaches 439 people as of 10:00, the embassy told Trend. There are 5 candidates for the presidency. Four of them are nominated by the parliamentary parties: Vladimir Zhirinovsky is nominated by the Liberal Democratic Party, Gennady Zyuganov - by the Communist Party, Sergei Mironov - the "Fair Russia", Vladimir Putin - the "United Russia", and an independent candidate Michael Prokhorov. Their names are arranged in the alphabetical order in the ballots. A candidate must gain more that 50 percent of votes in order to win the first round of the election. Otherwise, a second round of voting is appointed, in which the two candidates with the highest number of votes participate. If none of the candidates overcome the threshold of 50 percent, then the second round of elections will be held on March 25, 2012. The threshold of voter turnout in the presidential election is not provided. Russian missions abroad organize the voting of citizens of the Russian Federation, in those countries in accordance with the law "On elections of President of the Russian Federation". Accordingly, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Azerbaijan provides the polling stations in the building of the consular department of the Embassy and in the residential town of the information and analytical center "Daryal" in Gabala for the Russian citizens living in Azerbaijan. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az