Hartung predicted to fall into political oblivion if attempts to revise results are abandoned
In the Chelyabinsk region, the “most boring” gubernatorial campaign in recent years, according to experts, and the “dirtiest” elections to the city council of the capital of the Southern Urals have ended. And while the “United Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism)” party, led by Alexey Teksler celebrate a “triumphant victory”, and the regional election commission declares a turnout of almost 50%, the participants themselves draw attention to a number of points that, in their opinion, indicate the presence of major violations, which may become grounds not only for the cancellation of the election results in a number of territories, but also for the initiation of criminal cases. Thus, many noticed that the Chelyabinsk region was the last of the regions of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) where the elections were held to publish data on turnout: they appeared only after midday the next day, while all gave out figures on the evening of September 8. They decided not to count the percentage of voters in Chelyabinsk at all, apparently because the final figure turned out to be less than even the critical 30% indicated by Moscow. At the same time, observers from opponents of United Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) claim that the number of ballots thrown into the ballot boxes at a number of precinct election commissions was several times less than the figures that appeared in the final protocols. In this situation, political scientists are reporting an extremely low level of trust among residents in the current government, despite the seemingly quite tolerable final figures.
“Triumphant victory” Alexey Teksler According to observers, the victory over rivals who did not actually campaign in the Chelyabinsk Region gubernatorial elections was undermined by a number of circumstances. The publication’s sources in political circles noted that the region was the only one to provide information on the final voter turnout only after midday the following day, although on September 7 and 8, the turnout data was updated promptly by a certain time.
“Then, apparently, something went wrong,” say sources in political circles. Thus, at 6 p.m., voter turnout in the regional head elections was 41.87%, and after 8 p.m., the election commission unofficially reported about 42% of voters. Nevertheless, at one o’clock in the afternoon on September 9, the regional election commission reported a turnout of 48.96%.
When asked about the turnout in Chelyabinsk, where city council deputies were also elected last weekend, the regional election commission press service replied that it was “not counted separately after 18:00.” It is only known that less than 17% took part in the elections on the first day, and less than 30% of voters had voted in all districts except Metallurgichesky by 18:00 on the second. In Kurchatovsky and Tsentralny districts, there were slightly more than 20% of voters, but Metallurgichesky district at that time, according to local media, had already shown a turnout of 46.65%.
However, according to observers, these figures were not achieved due to the civil activity of the population.
According to the observer, additional ballots could have been made and hidden in a safe on the night from Saturday to Sunday. “They tried to get us out of the polling station several times, offering to participate in home voting. But only one observer out of two always left. When asked where the 573 votes came from, the members of the precinct election commission answered that we were probably distracted or blinked. I could not call the police and record this violation: the fact that I counted every ballot thrown into the ballot box is just my word,” the agency’s interlocutor commented.
Former Chelyabinsk City Duma deputy from A Just Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) Vladimir Kornev, who, according to the GAS Elections system, received 2,174 votes at his polling station in the Metallurgichesky District against 12,420 thousand for Alexei Chetvernin from United Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism), stated that at each of his polling stations “400-500 votes were thrown in.”
“To a Just Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism)” To Alexander Galkinwho was elected in the Kurchatovsky district, managed to record several violations and, as his headquarters believes, prevent ballot stuffing. As a result, he won in his district. But his party comrade from the Leninsky district Alexander Gramachkov unlucky: him and the United Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) member Vitaly Rodionov separated by only 7 votes. At the same time, the press service of the regional branch of “A Just Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism)” stated that they will not try to challenge the results of the elections in Gramachkov’s district in court, although, according to observers, a recount of votes could affect the result.
By the way, A Just Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) also lost the elections in the Korkinsky municipal district. There, the mandate in the by-election went to a United Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) member To Nikolay Golubkovwho received 757 votes, and for the candidate from SR Natalia Ruskina 179 people voted.
The results of the vote in the Chelyabinsk City Duma in the single electoral district, we recall, look as follows: 54.15% for United Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism), 17.3% for A Just Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism), 12.25% for the LDPR, 7.44% for New People, 6.38% for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism). In this situation, it is not entirely clear why sources predict 8 mandates for United Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism), and one for the other parties.
The deputy on the city council list from SR will probably be Alexander Gramachkovwho showed the best result among the Socialist Revolutionary candidates who lost the elections.
In the regional branch of the LDPR, where they are quite satisfied with the election results, despite the lack of mandates in the districts, the name of the future city council deputy is not being announced.
Party sources suggest that the mandate will go to the director of the Chelyabinsk Region Boxing Sports Training Center To Anton Kudinovwho is in a passing place on the list. It is highly likely that the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) will be represented in the city council Eldar Gilmutdinovwho took third place in the gubernatorial elections and fourth in his electoral district No. 2. The New People may run for the city council Denis LezinHowever, the party has not yet made a final decision.
Today, the main intrigue remains who will get the list mandates from United Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) after the “locomotives” and candidates who have secured themselves passing places but have not been agreed upon by the regional political bloc refuse them – such as Andrey Schmidt And Vladimir BodrovThey are currently undergoing negotiations.
Valery Gartung in the Kurchatovsky district of Chelyabinsk and the winning candidate Alexander GalkinAccording to the political scientist Alexandra Podoprigorythe elections to the Chelyabinsk City Duma showed that the party in power in the regional center actually has about 17.6% support, considering that 153,981 of 857,605 registered voters voted for United Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism).
