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| Putin ally Sergei Sobyanin set to win Moscow mayor poll | |
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| Kremlin-backed candidate Sergei Sobyanin is set to win the election for mayor of the Russian capital Moscow, partial results suggest. | |
| His main challenger at Sunday's ballot was Alexei Navalny, the charismatic leader of Russia's pro-democracy movement. | |
| Mr Sobyanin won nearly 58%, thus taking victory in the first round, the first official results indicate. | |
| But the Navalny campaign believe he did not cross the 50% barrier. | But the Navalny campaign believe he did not cross the 50% barrier. |
| They predict that he won 46% to 35.5% for their man, meaning the election would go to a second round. | They predict that he won 46% to 35.5% for their man, meaning the election would go to a second round. |
| According to the electoral commission, Mr Navalny won 22%. The candidate is currently on bail after being found guilty of embezzlement in what he insists was a political trial. | |
| In other mayoral votes on Sunday, anti-heroin campaigner Yevgeny Roizman appears to have won by a narrow majority in Yekaterinburg, the main city in Russia's Urals industrial zone. | |
| Mr Roizman, a former MP often critical of Kremlin policy, won 32% to 30% for the ruling party candidate Yakov Silin, according to partial results. Unlike Moscow, the city's mayor is elected by a simple majority in a single round. | |
| 'Low turnout' | 'Low turnout' |
| Turnout seems to have been low in Moscow, with 26.5% officially recorded as having cast their vote two hours before polling stations closed. | |
| Mayoral elections were abolished in Moscow in 2004 but re-instated as a concession to pro-democracy campaigners. | Mayoral elections were abolished in Moscow in 2004 but re-instated as a concession to pro-democracy campaigners. |
| Mr Navalny ran a Western-style campaign, holding informal meetings with voters outside metro stations and using glossy posters of himself with his family. | Mr Navalny ran a Western-style campaign, holding informal meetings with voters outside metro stations and using glossy posters of himself with his family. |
| He is credited with bringing grassroots politics to the Russian capital, inspiring thousands of volunteers to support his campaign. | He is credited with bringing grassroots politics to the Russian capital, inspiring thousands of volunteers to support his campaign. |
| Mr Sobyanin became mayor in 2010 after Yuri Luzhkov, who had governed the city for almost two decades, was forced out of office. | Mr Sobyanin became mayor in 2010 after Yuri Luzhkov, who had governed the city for almost two decades, was forced out of office. |
| Mr Sobyanin had a low profile during the race, shunning debates with the five other candidates. | Mr Sobyanin had a low profile during the race, shunning debates with the five other candidates. |
| In late 2011, Moscow was the scene of the biggest anti-government protests since Soviet times after a general election marred by allegations of ballot-rigging. | In late 2011, Moscow was the scene of the biggest anti-government protests since Soviet times after a general election marred by allegations of ballot-rigging. |
| Analysts say much depends on how free and fair the mayoral vote is seen to be. | Analysts say much depends on how free and fair the mayoral vote is seen to be. |
| In all, six candidates stood in the election. | In all, six candidates stood in the election. |