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Sobyanin Receives Over 2Mln Votes in Moscow Mayoral Election After Preliminary Vote Count

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Sergei Sobyanin received more than 2 million votes in the Moscow mayoral election according to preliminary results, a mayor's office official said on Sunday.
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"The winner is Sergei Semyonovich Sobyanin. He received a little over 2 million votes. We will present [the results] in percentage terms shortly," the official said.
Sobyanin thanked members of his election campaign team and Muscovites for their civic engagement.
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The deputy head of the Russian Central Election Commission, Nikolay Bulaev, congratulated Sobyanin on the reelection.
The voter turnout in the Moscow mayoral election stands at 42.5%, a Moscow election commission official said, citing preliminary data.
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