Penza, 19 March 2018. PenzaNews. The preliminary results of the Russian presidential elections in the Penza region became known after processing 100% of protocols of precinct election commissions.

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Current head of state Vladimir Putin, who occupied the leading position since the start of vote counting, became an unconditional winner.

According to the latest data received by a PenzaNews journalist in the regional election commission, 79.98% of voters who came to polling stations of the Penza region on Sunday, March 18 voted for him.

The second place was occupied by Pavel Grudinin (Communist Party) with 9.98%, the third one – by Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR) with 5.6%.

Ksenia Sobchak (Civil Initiative) received in the Penza region only 1.16%.

The other four candidates aspiring to the highest state office received less than one percent: Maxim Suraykin (Communists of Russia) – 0.72%, Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko) – 0.6%, Sergei Baburin (Russian All-People's Union) – 0.59%, Boris Titov (Party of Growth) – 0.52%.

The voter turnout at the Russian presidential elections in the Penza region amounted to 73.75%.