Moscow mayoral candidacy Alexei Navalny



on may 30, 2013, sergey sobyanin, mayor of moscow, argued elected major advantage city compared appointed one, , on june 4, announced meet president vladimir putin , ask him snap election, mentioning muscovites agree governor elections should take place in city of moscow , surrounding moscow oblast simultaneously. on june 6, request granted, , next day, moscow city duma appointed election on september 8, national voting day.



navalny in front of electorate, asking muscovites vote him in august 2013


on june 3, navalny announced run post. become official candidate, need either seventy thousand signatures of muscovites or pegged office registered party, , collect 110 signatures of municipal deputies 110 different subdivisions (three quarters of moscow s 146). navalny chose pegged party, rpr-parnas (which did peg him, move sharpened relations within party; after 1 of 3 co-chairmen , original founder, vladimir ryzhkov, had left party, said had been 1 of signs party being stolen him ). among 6 candidates officially registered such, 2 (sobyanin , communist ivan melnikov) able collect required number of signatures themselves, , other 4 given number of signatures council of municipal formations, following recommendation sobyanin, overcome requirement (navalny accepted 49 signatures, , other candidates accepted 70, 70, , 82 ones).


on july 17, navalny registered 1 of 6 candidates moscow mayoral election. however, on july 18, sentenced five-year prison term embezzlement , fraud charges declared in 2012. several hours after sentencing, pulled out of race , called boycott of election. however, later day, prosecution office requested accused should freed on bail , travel restrictions, since verdict had not yet taken legal effect, saying had followed restrictions, navalny mayoral candidate, , imprisonment not comply rule equal access electorate. on return moscow after being freed pending appeal, vowed stay in race. washington post has speculated release ordered kremlin in order make election , sobyanin appear more legitimate.



navalny s campaign based on fundraising: out of 103.4 million rubles (approximately $3.09 million of election day), total size of electoral fund, 97.3 million ($2.91 million) transferred individuals throughout russia; such number unprecedented in russia. achieved high profile through unprecedentedly large campaign organization involved around 20,000 volunteers passed out leaflets , hung banners, several campaign rallies day around city; main driving force campaign. new yorker described resulted campaign miracle , along navalny s release on july 19, fundraising campaign, , personality of navalny himself. campaign received little television coverage , did not utilize billboards. navalny s strong campaign (and sobyanin s weak one), result grew on time, weakening sobyanin s, , in end of campaign, declared runoff election (to conducted in none of candidates receives @ least 50% of votes) hair s breadth away .


the largest sociological companies predicted (levada center 1 not have made predictions; data had on august 28, however, falls in line other companies ) sobyanin win election, scoring 58% 64% of vote; expected navalny receive 15–20% of vote, , turnout 45–52%. final results of voting showed navalny received 27.24% of vote, more candidates appointed parties received second, third, fourth, , fifth highest results during 2011 parliamentary elections, altogether. navalny fared better in center , southwest of moscow, have higher income , education levels. however, sobyanin received 51.37% of vote, meant won election. turnout 32.03%. companies explained differences arose fact sobyanin s electorate did not vote, feeling candidate guaranteed win. navalny s campaign office s measures predicted sobyanin score 49–51%, , navalny 24–26% of votes.



navalny s meeting @ bolotnaya square in moscow, 9 september 2013


many experts said election had been fair, number of irregularities had been lower of other elections held within country, , irregularities had had little effect on result. dmitri abyzalov, leading expert of center of political conjuncture, added low turnout figures provide further sign of fairness of election, because shows not overestimated. however, according andrei buzin, co-chairman of golos association, state departments of social security added people did not want vote lists of vote @ home, number of such voters being 4.5% of voted, , added did cause questions if sobyanin score 50% if did not take place. dmitry oreshkin, leader of people s election commission project (who did separate counting based on data election observers; result sobyanin 49.7%), said runoff election 1.5% away, details looked @ closely, , added impossible prove juridically.



percentages of muscovites voted navalny during election


on september 9, day following election, navalny publicly denounced tally, saying, not recognize results. fake . sobyanin s office rejected offer of vote recount. on september 12, navalny addressed moscow city court overturn result of poll; court rejected assertion. navalny challenged decision in supreme court of russia, court ruled election results legitimate.





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