Two candidates from the YABLOKO party won convincing election victories to the Legislative Assembly of Rostov region on March 30, 2003.

Alexander Ischenko (electoral district No 38) obtained 70% of the vote and Sergei Petlyakov - 52% (electoral district No 42), 20% more than his major rival, deputy of Rostov City Duma communist Vyacheslav Anokhin. Both electoral districts are located in the city of Rostov-on-Don.

In total YABLOKO had four candidates at this regional election. In Salsk (electoral district No 27) a 23-year-old leader of the local branch of YABLOKO Sergei Chuyev came ahead of the CPRF candidate Alexei Kolchayev with 8% of the votes, and was second only to the present deputy of the Legislative Assembly Vladimir Drepin (at the previous election YABLOKO had obtained only 3% in this district). In Novocherkassk chairman of the local branch of YABLOKO Alexander Kosterin obtained 5% of the votes.

Both the winners from YABLOKO - Alexander Ischenko and Sergei Petlyakov - were re-elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Rostov region for the third and second times respectively. The election campaign of these deputies was based on the filing of reports to the population on their performance in the Legislative Assembly and programmes on further plans of action. The electoral results demonstrated the trust of the population in YABLOKO's deputies.

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