OREANDA-NEWS In the last presidential elections of the Russian Federation, remote electronic voting was used by more than 8 million voters, including Moscow, chairman of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova said.

According to her, almost 10 million voters "were able to vote not at their place of permanent residence, but where they were." The turnout among those who applied to vote at their place of residence was almost 90%.

The total voter turnout in the Russian presidential elections, including electronic voting, has become a record in the history of presidential campaigns in the country since 1991 and amounted to 77.44%. A total of 87,113,127 people took part in the elections. In 1991, the turnout in the presidential elections was 74.66%.

"We plan to hold an official meeting of the CEC on Thursday, March 21 at 11 a.m., where all the results will be officially summed up," Pamfilova said. - The country is huge, in addition to the fact that we sum up the results through the GAS elections, it is necessary that documentation and documents be delivered to us from all points where the vote took place. It takes a certain amount of time, it is necessary that everything is clean and correct. Therefore, we have weighed and analyzed our capabilities. Thursday, March 21st."