Russia Election 2024 Exit Poll: Exit polls regarding the presidential elections held in Russia on March 15-17 have made big claims about President Vladimir Putin. According to the results of exit polls, Vladimir Putin is expected to get 87% of the votes and it is almost certain that he will be re-elected as President.
News agency Reuters, quoting an exit poll by pollster Public Opinion Foundation (FOM), said that Vladimir Putin got 87.8 percent of the votes, which is the biggest result in Russia’s post-Soviet history.
Reuters said in its report that Putin’s grip on power in Russia became stronger, although thousands of opponents protested at polling stations in the afternoon and the US said that the election was not free and fair.
Four candidates had contested the Russian presidential election
This time four candidates had contested for the post of President in Russia. Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party, Nikolai Kharitonov of the Communist Party, Vladislav Davankov of the New People’s Party and outgoing President and independent candidate Vladimir Putin.
According to the report of TRT World, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center also said in its exit poll data that Vladimir Putin is leading in the Russian presidential election with 87 percent votes.
What do the exit polls claim about the remaining candidates in Russia?
The Russian Public Opinion Research Center said that after Putin, Nikolai Kharitonov of the Communist Party has got 4.6 percent votes. New People Party’s Vladislav Davankov got 4.2 percent votes, while LDPR (Liberal Democratic Party of Russia) leader Leonid Slutsky got 3 percent votes. TRT World report also said that about 1.2 percent of the ballot papers were invalidated.
What did America say on Russia’s elections?
“The elections are clearly neither free nor fair, given how Putin has jailed political opponents and prosecuted others against him,” a White House National Security Council spokesman said, according to Reuters. Have been prevented from fighting. Let us tell you that this election has been held two years after Vladimir Putin ordered the attack on Ukraine and the results are being said in his favor.
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