Finno-Ugric republics of Russia supported Putin once again

Overall, however, Putin received more votes this time than in 2018. As you would expect, in percentage terms, the Republic of Mordovia received the most votes, with 89.57% of voters supporting Putin, followed by the Republic of Mari Republic with 84.24%; the Republic of Udmurtia with 81.83%, the Komi Republic with 80.49% and the Republic of Karelia with 76.52%. So Karelia has the least support for Putin among the Finno-Ugric republics, the statistics show.

At the same time, it is striking that in Komi, Karelia and Udmurtia relatively few people voted, for example 58.52% of the potential electorate in Komi, 60.21% in Karelia and 62.55% in Udmurtia. This is significantly lower turnout than in 2018. In Mordovia, on the other hand, 84.97% of voters went to the polls. So we can see big differences between the Finno-Ugric republics. Indeed, the more the population is mobile and has access to different information channels, the more we can see a certain protest mentality. Non-participation in elections certainly shows protest.

Of the other presidential candidates in the Russian Federation, one might have thought that Nikolai Kharitonov, a representative of the Communist Party, would have won a relatively large number of votes in the Finno-Ugric republics, but this was not the case. The best result was achieved by the representative of the New People party, Vladislav Davankov, who won 8.48% of the vote in Karelia.

Compared to 2018, the number of spoilt ballot papers in the Finno-Ugric republics was twice as high. That is a sign.

The data provided is still to be confirmed by the Russian Central Election Commission.