CEC to sum up results of Russian presidential election on March 21 — chairwoman

MOSCOW:  The Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) will officially sum up the results of last weekend’s presidential election on March 2...

MOSCOW:  The Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) will officially sum up the results of last weekend’s presidential election on March 21, CEC Chairwoman Ella Pamfilova said.

"We plan to convene an official meeting of the Central Election Commission to sum up all results [of the election] at 11:00 a.m. Moscow time (8:00 a.m. GMT - TASS ) on Thursday, March 21," she specified.

"It’s a huge country, and we need to <…> have papers collected from all polling stations. It will take a specific amount of time to tidy things up and have everything correct, so we <…> [fixed the date as] Thursday, March 21," Pamfilova explained.

Russia held its first ever three-day presidential election on March 15-17. Voters had the option of casting their ballots online in around one-third of Russia’s regions.

According to the CEC, the incumbent Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is leading the election, with 99.43% of protocols counted.

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