09:58, 15 September 2025

Independent candidates win elections for heads of two settlements in Volgograd Oblast

In the elections for the heads of two rural settlements in the Volgograd Region, independent candidates won, while in the remaining 24 settlements, candidates from United Russia received the majority of votes.

As reported by "Kavkazsky Uzel", municipal elections were held in the regions of southern Russia from September 12 to 14, and gubernatorial elections were also held in the Rostov Region and Krasnodar Krai. After the start of voting, candidates reported ballot stuffing and falsifications during home voting. Observers also reported ballot stuffing and complained about conflicts with members of election commissions.

In the municipal elections, the main intrigue is how many seats the parties competing with United Russia will receive in city councils, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated. In which regions of the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts elections are being held, you can read in the "Caucasian Knot" reference "Single Voting Day 2025 in the South of Russia".

The Volgograd Region Electoral Commission published preliminary results of the voting in the elections to local government bodies today in its Telegram channel following the processing of 100% of the protocols of the precinct election commissions.

"According to the results of the voting in the elections of the heads of 26 rural settlements, in 24 settlements the majority of voters' votes were received by candidates nominated by the political party "United Russia", in 2 settlements - candidates nominated by self-nomination," the publication says.

185 deputy mandates were filled in 26 representative bodies of municipalities. "The majority of votes were received by: 160 candidates nominated by the United Russia political party; 7 candidates nominated by the LDPR political party; 5 candidates nominated by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation; 5 candidates nominated by the New People political party; 4 candidates nominated by the A Just Russia – For Truth political party; 2 candidates nominated by the Pensioners' Party political party; 2 self-nominated candidates," the report notes.

Voter turnout was 36.69%. "The election results will be determined by the territorial election commissions organizing local elections," the election commission said.

The "Caucasian Knot" collected materials about the past elections on the page "Elections-2025: South of Russia".

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/415419