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Chukotka opens Russia's united voting day
ANADYR, March 13 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's Chukotka will be the first territory to open voting stations on the united voting day.
Here 49 candidates will aspire for 12 seats in the parliament.
Roman Abramovich, the current chairman of Chukotka's Duma takes part in the elections now.
Candidates from four parties will fight for seats in the Duma - the United Russia Party, the Just Russia Party, the Liberal-Democratic Party and the Communist Party, which takes part in elections in Chukotka for the first time ever.
Chukotka has 57 voting stations, where 36,241 citizens have rights to vote.
Regional parliament elections will be organized in Russia's twelve
territories: in republics of Adygeya, Dagestan and Komi, in the
Kaliningrad, Kirov, Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg, Tambov and Tver
regions, and in Khanty-Mansi and Chukotka autonomous districts. The
elections are for 547 seats in parliaments, where 320 are to be elected by parties' lists from registered 4,712 candidates, which means that the rate per a seat is 8.6 - the highest over past four years.
Here 49 candidates will aspire for 12 seats in the parliament.
Roman Abramovich, the current chairman of Chukotka's Duma takes part in the elections now.
Candidates from four parties will fight for seats in the Duma - the United Russia Party, the Just Russia Party, the Liberal-Democratic Party and the Communist Party, which takes part in elections in Chukotka for the first time ever.
Chukotka has 57 voting stations, where 36,241 citizens have rights to vote.
Regional parliament elections will be organized in Russia's twelve
territories: in republics of Adygeya, Dagestan and Komi, in the
Kaliningrad, Kirov, Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg, Tambov and Tver
regions, and in Khanty-Mansi and Chukotka autonomous districts. The
elections are for 547 seats in parliaments, where 320 are to be elected by parties' lists from registered 4,712 candidates, which means that the rate per a seat is 8.6 - the highest over past four years.
