By Prensa Latina,
Moscow : More than six million Russians have been summoned on Sunday to vote in simultaneous legislative and regional elections, where different parties hope to take important political places.
In the one-day vote, elections will be held in five parliaments of the Federation and more that 6,000 municipalities to renew regional governments.
The Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission of Russia, Nikolai Kronkin, said that each region has its electoral legislation, which doesn’t contradict federal laws.
In the autonomous Republic of Chechen, as an example, “elections will be done on the basis of a proportional electoral system, while in other regions a mixed mechanism will determine the distribution of mandates,” said.
In front of surveys for these elections are the parties Russia United, Communist Party, Liberal Democratic and Fair Russia which won parliamentary representation in the last federal elections held last December.
Another element part of the elections is the fact that conservative parties have very few possibilities of winning in some regions because they have lost many supporters.
Analysts predict that it will be very hard for parties like Yabloko or the Right Union to win one or two regional offices.
Other minority parties, legal in the country, don’t have a strong influence in these elections which will change the nation’s political panorama.