The Russian legislative elections face this Saturday their second day of voting with a limited increase in participation. At the close of the first day, the percentage of voters who had gone to the polls was at 29.75%.
During the first hours of the second day, participation has increased by less than three percentage points. At 14:00 hours, the recorded increase was 2.83%, according to the data released during the day.
In this way, participation continues to gradually increase as Russian citizens keep going to the polls. Voting will last for three days, from September 18 to 20, to elect the deputies of the State Duma, in addition to holding other regional and local elections.
Official data placed participation around 30% during the morning of Saturday, after the 29.75% recorded at the end of the first day.