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The Electoral Commission of St Petersburg has reported
that the Chairman of the Political Council of the St Petersburg
branch of Yabloko and Deputy of the State Duma Igor Artemyev
was registered as a candidate for Governor of St Petersburg
on April 15, 2000.
The number of signatures in support of Igor Artemyev amounted
to 71,500. The Electoral Commission declared that 6.3% of
the signatures were defective. Other candidates registered
by the Electoral Commission include the present Governor
Vladimir Yakovlev, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly Andrei
Korchagin and businessman Artyom Tarasov, who resides in
London.
Previously 29 people had declared that they would participate
in the gubernatorial elections. The elections will take
place on May 14, 2000. The elections will be considered
valid if over 25% of the 3,700,000 city electorate take
part. To win in the first round a candidate must get 50%
plus one vote. Otherwise there will be second round between
the top two candidates, which will be decided by majority
vote.
Based on Interfax reports.
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