‘One phone call, and they rewrote the number’: Election analyst says A Just Russia was handed some 60,000 votes as it risked missing State Duma threshold
A Just Russia gained roughly 60,000 votes around midday on September 21, during the count of ballots cast in Russia’s State Duma elections, electoral analyst Stanislav Andreychuk reported on Carnegie Politika.
On September 21, election analyst Stanislav Andreychuk reported that A Just Russia received approximately 60,000 additional votes during the midday count of ballots cast in Russia's State Duma elections. The party had been hovering just above the 5% threshold required to enter the State Duma. The Central Election Commission later confirmed that A Just Russia had secured entry.
According to Andreychuk, the decision to add these votes was made with a single phone call. Earlier, another electoral expert had noticed a significant surge in A Just Russia's vote count. Between 1:29 p.m. and 2:29 p.m., the party gained 67,330 votes, bringing its average to 14.5%. At this time, the Communist Party had 4.5% and New People 3.1%.
However, the overall percentage for A Just Russia increased to 5.06%. United Russia received 57.96% of the vote, followed by the Communist Party with 13.67%, the LDPR with 8.96%, New People with 7.91%, and A Just Russia with 5.1%.
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