velik_m
12-04-2011, 12:46 PM
Putin's United Russia party suffers exit poll blow
An exit poll for Russia's parliamentary elections points to a sharp drop in support for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia party.
The poll for Russian state TV showed 48.5% support for United Russia, down from 64% in 2007.
That would give Mr Putin's party 220 members in the 450-seat lower house of parliament, down from 315.
Russia's only independent monitoring group, Golos, logged 5,300 complaints alleging violations of election laws.
Another exit poll, by polling organisation VTSIOM, gave United Russia 48%, while one by the FOM group put it at 46%.
If the result is confirmed, United Russia could lose its current two-thirds majority which allowed it to change the constitution unchallenged.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16024938
Interesting development, it seems Russians are tired of same old same old, maybe few of them want something closer to actual democracy....
An exit poll for Russia's parliamentary elections points to a sharp drop in support for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia party.
The poll for Russian state TV showed 48.5% support for United Russia, down from 64% in 2007.
That would give Mr Putin's party 220 members in the 450-seat lower house of parliament, down from 315.
Russia's only independent monitoring group, Golos, logged 5,300 complaints alleging violations of election laws.
Another exit poll, by polling organisation VTSIOM, gave United Russia 48%, while one by the FOM group put it at 46%.
If the result is confirmed, United Russia could lose its current two-thirds majority which allowed it to change the constitution unchallenged.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16024938
Interesting development, it seems Russians are tired of same old same old, maybe few of them want something closer to actual democracy....