| Elections of the head of the district and deputies of
the Deputies Assembly took place in the Sebezhsky Distrcit,
Pskov region, on October 10.
This is for the first time that elections in the district
take place in accordance with the mixed system: 8 deputies
out of 15 are elected on parties lists and 7 in single-mandate
electoral districts.
According to the preliminary results of the voting published
at the Central Electoral Commission web-site, YABLOKO obtained
20.6 per cent of the votes yielding only to the ruling United
Russia (46.08 per cent). The Communist party (CPRF) obtained
17.25 per cent and LDPR – 10.59 per cent.
It was also noted that some polling stations brought over
30 per cent of votes to YABLOKO.
Thus, YABLOKO has to get two out of eight political parties
mandates in the Deputies Assembly of the Sebezhsky District.
Also all five candidates running in single-mandate electoral
districts came second after the ruling United Russia, but
being ahead of the communists and LDPR.
Photo: Sergei Semyonov, YABLOKO's candidate
to the post of the head of the district obtained 18.6 per
cent
coming third after United Russia(55.58 per
cent) and Just Russia (19.29 per cent).
For the first time Pskov YABLOKO managed to fully control
voting at the polling stations. YABLOKO’s representatives
participated in electoral commissions in 29 electoral districts
out of total 31.
Leader of Pskov YABLOKO Lev Shlosberg who also ran in the
elections said, “It has become already in the beginning of
the campaign that YABLOKO’s candidates and our list had very
high chances. The party programme and its interaction with
the society obtained much support with the residents of the
district. We have presented to the residents of the Sebezhsky
District a comprehensive alternative to the polices of the
present authorities. Our main opponents could oppose us with
only black PR and dirty tricks. Thus, a gossip that the ruling
party will render no support to the region either on the federal
or on the regional level if YABLOKO wins was purposefully
spread in the district. The situation in the Russian society
is such at present that such manipulative technologies go
on working for a part of inhabitants.”
See also:
Regional
Elections, 2010
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