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Monday, 28 November 2005

UNITED RUSSIA LEADING IN CHECHEN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

Published in News Digest

By empty (11/28/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

United Russia is leading in Chechen parliamentary elections. \"United Russia ranks first and is almost unreachable for other regional organizations of parties that took part in the Chechen parliament elections,\" Chechen Elections Commission Chairman Ismail Baikhanov told a Monday press conference in Grozny. Official tallies from 237 of 430 polling stations had been processed by noon, and gave United Russia 61.
United Russia is leading in Chechen parliamentary elections. \"United Russia ranks first and is almost unreachable for other regional organizations of parties that took part in the Chechen parliament elections,\" Chechen Elections Commission Chairman Ismail Baikhanov told a Monday press conference in Grozny. Official tallies from 237 of 430 polling stations had been processed by noon, and gave United Russia 61.45% of votes, he said. The Communist Party is second with 11.99% of votes. The Union of Right Forces ranks third with 10.93%, followed by the Eurasian Union with 4.17% of votes, Baikhanov said. Yabloko has 3.31%, and People\'s Will has the smallest rating at just over 1%. Baikhanov said that the information is preliminary, and they will have to wait for information from other polling stations. The election commission must post official results within two weeks of the voting, he said. (Interfax)
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