[India] Russian expats vote in lower house election

A total of 49 Russian citizens living in India voted in the elections to the Russian Federation’s State Duma, the lower house, at the facility arranged here at the Russian Centre for Science and Culture on September 19, The Hindu reports.

The election to the State Duma was conducted from Friday to Sunday. The Russian Consulate General in India had reportedly already organised preliminary polling at different places of the country earlier in September to enable Russian expatriates to vote.

For instance, the Russian Consulate in Chennai organised preliminary polling at four places on different dates earlier this month.  A total of 110 people cast their votes. The polling station options included Auroville in Puducherry, Visakhapatnam, the Russian House in Thiruvananthapuram and the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu.

Polling was organised on Sunday to provide a further opportunity for those who missed voting earlier and to facilitate Russian citizens in Chennai to vote.

Oleg N. Avdeev - Consul General of the Russian Federation in Chennai - who also cast his vote in India on Sunday, said that the arrangements were made to ensure that every citizen had the opportunity to vote because every vote made a difference.

Polling was open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Apart from other Russian citizens, Consulate staff and their family members also exercised their franchise.

Source: The Hindu

A total of 49 Russian citizens living in India voted in the elections to the Russian Federation’s State Duma, the lower house, at the facility arranged here at the Russian Centre for Science and Culture on September 19, The Hindu reports.

The election to the State Duma was conducted from Friday to Sunday. The Russian Consulate General in India had reportedly already organised preliminary polling at different places of the country earlier in September to enable Russian expatriates to vote.

For instance, the Russian Consulate in Chennai organised preliminary polling at four places on different dates earlier this month.  A total of 110 people cast their votes. The polling station options included Auroville in Puducherry, Visakhapatnam, the Russian House in Thiruvananthapuram and the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu.

Polling was organised on Sunday to provide a further opportunity for those who missed voting earlier and to facilitate Russian citizens in Chennai to vote.

Oleg N. Avdeev - Consul General of the Russian Federation in Chennai - who also cast his vote in India on Sunday, said that the arrangements were made to ensure that every citizen had the opportunity to vote because every vote made a difference.

Polling was open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Apart from other Russian citizens, Consulate staff and their family members also exercised their franchise.

Source: The Hindu