ST. PETERSBURG. Nov 16 (Interfax) - Active involvement
of voters in elections can be a barrier to the attempts to
distort the results of the State Duma elections, said Grigory
Yavlinsky, YABLOKO party key figure.
"If the turnout is high, the percentage of falsifications
and manipulations will be much smaller," he said at the
Interfax press conference in St. Petersburg on Wednesday.
He added that the result for his party will also depend on
the turnout - the higher the turnout, the more votes and seats
YABLOKO will be able to count on.
"In case of turnout over 60 per cent, we can count on
a good result," he said.
Speaking of the party ticket in St. Petersburg, Yavlinsky
said that in the city his party can count on higher support
than average in Russia. "We can collect 15-17 per cent
in St. Petersburg," he said.
Speaking of YABLOKO expectations concerning the federal ticket,
he said that the party counts on collecting about 10 per cent
of the vote.
Yavlinsky also said that much depends on participation of
every particular voter in the elections. "Those who say
that one should not take part in the elections are mistaken,
as well as those who call for spoiling of the ballots,"
he said.
See also:
Elections
to the State Duma 2011
Elections
to St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly
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