Published: 10:17, March 19, 2024 | Updated: 10:22, March 19, 2024
Russia election: Putin secures victory with 87.28% of vote
By Xinhua

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while addressing a crowd at a concert marking his victory in a presidential election on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, March 18, 2024. (PHOTO / AP)

MOSCOW - Russia's incumbent President Vladimir Putin has secured a landslide victory in the country's presidential election with over 87 percent of the vote after all ballots were counted, according to the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) on Monday.

Putin won the election with 87.28 percent of the votes, data from the CEC showed, after all ballots had been counted Monday afternoon.

Under Russian presidential election regulations, a candidate who receives more than 50 percent of the votes will secure victory

The Communist Party's candidate Nikolai Kharitonov came in second place with 4.31 percent, while the New People party's representative Vladislav Davankov secured 3.85 percent of the vote. Head of the Liberal Democratic Party Leonid Slutsky ranked fourth with 3.2 percent.

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Ella Pamfilova, head of the CEC, said that the turnout stood at 77.44 percent, a record high in the country's modern history.

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