Repeat elections of deputies of local councils in the Vitebsk region will be held in three constituencies

April 27, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Repeat elections of deputies to local councils in the Vitebsk region will be held in three constituencies. This was announced today by the chairman of the regional election commission Vladimir Myadelets at a meeting of the regional election commission summing up the final election results, BELTA correspondent reports. One deputy mandate remains vacant in the Dubrovno District Council, as well as one each in two rural councils in the Dubrovno and Verkhnedvinsk districts. Information about the vacancy in one of the rural councils of the Verkhnedvinsk district appeared after the relevant territorial election commission provided updated data. In all cases, the candidates for deputies, who ran on an uncontested basis, failed to receive more than 50% of the voters' votes. The dates for the repeat elections are to be determined by the territorial election commissions in accordance with the electoral code. Thus, 3527 deputies were elected in the region during the past elections. All 240 local councils have been formed with a quorum and can proceed with holding their inaugural sessions. In total, 899,016 citizens eligible to vote were included in the voting lists in the region. 817,747 people received ballot papers, and 817,088 voters took part in the voting, with a turnout of 90.9%. This includes 296,255 citizens who voted early, and more than 101,700 voters took advantage of the opportunity to vote at their place of residence. -0-