Moscow elections commission endorses ballot results: 51.37% for Sobyanin, 27.24% for Navalny

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(Interfax – MOSCOW, September 10, 2013) The Moscow city elections commission endorsed official results of the mayoral election on Tuesday.

Acting Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin was proclaimed the winner. He gained 51.37% of the vote while the voter turnout stood at 32.07%. RPR-PARNAS candidate Alexei Navalny ranked second with 27.24% of the vote.

Ivan Melnikov (the Communist Party) was third with 10.69%, Sergei Mitrokhin (Yabloko) was fourth with 3.51%, Mikhail Degtyaryov (the Liberal Democratic Party) was fifth with 2.86% and Nikolai Levichev (A Just Russia) was sixth with 2.79%.

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