2024-03-21 11:56:21
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Adoption of resolution on presidential election results… Russian President Vladimir Putin’s victory in the presidential election was officially approved, emphasizing “elected through democratic direct election.” Ela Pamfilova, head of Russia’s Central Election Commission, said on the 21st (local time), “The election commission unanimously agreed.
“Putin has been elected president of the Russian Federation,” he declared.
As the National Election Commission adopted a resolution on the results of this presidential election, the formal recognition process for President Putin’s election to a fifth term has been completed. President Putin, who won five terms in office in 2000, 2004, 2012, and 2018, will lead Russia for six more years until 2030.
President Putin’s official vote rate was 87.28% (76,277,708 people), which is the same as the preliminary results of the presidential election announced by the National Election Commission on the 18th.
This is the highest vote percentage in Russian presidential election history. “This is support for the political and economic process in our country, the overall result,” Putin said in a televised address shortly after his election commission approval, adding, “I am grateful to everyone who voted, regardless of who they voted for.”
He also said, “This presidential election showed that today’s Russia is one huge, closely connected family,” and “We are walking together on our historic path.”
“We have confidence in ourselves, our strength, and our future,” he emphasized. He said he plans to reflect all the ideas and pledges presented by other candidates for the development of Russia, adding, “I will do my best to justify the trust Russians have in me.” “I will make every effort,” he pledged.
Nikolai Kharitonov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation ranked second to fourth with 4.31% of the votes, Vladislav Davankov of the New People Party with 3.85%, and Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia with 3.20% of the votes. In this presidential election, the voting period was extended from one day to three days for the first time, and online voting was introduced, resulting in a record high voter turnout of 77.49%.
Chairman Pamfilova said that 87,576,075 voters participated in the vote and emphasized that it was a ‘historical record’, saying, “There has never been such an indicator in modern Russian history.”
Overseas, 388,791 voters from 144 countries were counted as participating in the presidential election.
In response to Western criticism that it was an unfree, unfair and rigged election, Chairman Pamfilova refuted the election, saying, “They will never understand us.”
“Corrupt officials in the West have hastily declared that ‘elections are undemocratic, unfree and illegal,’” he said, emphasizing that although many countries do not adopt direct elections, a key characteristic of democracy, Russia’s president was elected through direct elections.
He then argued that this presidential election showed a high level of credibility and legitimacy.
Chairman Pamfilova explained that although some voters poured green liquid into the ballot boxes, only 36 ballots out of 30 ballot boxes were seriously damaged, and only 41 ballots were damaged across the country. In addition, President Putin received high support from foreign countries, including unfriendly countries such as Germany (56.82%), Estonia (75.22%), Latvia (70.60%), Australia (53.6%), Armenia (54.7%), and the United States (42.23%). He emphasized that he had won. /yunhap news
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