Russian elections: Putin at 88%, with quarter of polling stations counted

A woman takes a photograph with her mobile telephone of a screen with preliminary voting results in the Russian presidential election at the Central Election Commission in Moscow on March 17, 2024. (STRINGER / AFP)
A woman takes a photograph with her mobile telephone of a screen with preliminary voting results in the Russian presidential election at the Central Election Commission in Moscow on March 17, 2024. (STRINGER / AFP)

Vladimir Putin has secured 88 percent of the first votes counted in Russia’s presidential election, the head of Russia’s election commission says.

The early results are based on counting votes from 24.4% of polling stations, Russia’s elections chief Ella Pamfilova says, in a briefing on state TV.

 

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