Polling stations on the election of the heads of the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk National republics and the deputies of the people's Council was opened at 8. 00 on the area controlled by the militia.

valaisiana will begin at 8. 00 and will last up to 20. 00. When the Russian Federation and Ukraine last week translated the clock in DND and LNR do not have to do - and eventually moved from Kiev time (UTC 2) to Moscow (UTC-3).

in DND you can vote from the age of 16, in LNR - 18.

in General, the challenges to elections in Donetsk oblast are entitled to vote 3, 2 million went to the polls, in Lugansk - 1 million. Presumably such number of ballot papers, with a small margin, and was printed for the election.

in the elections in DND was obliged to open 364 electoral area, 3 are opened in the camps of immigrants in the Russian Federation in the area of Rostov, Voronezh and Belgorod regions. The exact number of sites that have opened, while unknown, said the Central election Commission, the self-proclaimed Republic.

as the chief DND claim 3 candidates. This is the current Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko, and also famous in the field of law enforcers Yuri Sivachenko and Deputy speaker of the Union Parliament of new Russia Alexander Kofman. Elections of National councils in DND and LNR pass by party lists. In Donetsk Republic of similar lists two " Donetsk Republic " and " Free Donbass ".

in LNR in ballots submitted the names of the 4 candidates for the position of head of LNR: acting Head Igor Carpenter, head of the trade Union Federation Oleg Akimov, Minister of health LNR Irina Hayrapetyan and entrepreneur Victor Penner. Chapter LNR elected for four years.

in the elections of deputies of the people's Council LNR take part 3 of the electoral list: " World region ", which is headed by a Carpenter, " Lugansk economic Union " and " people's Union ". In Parliament LNR four years will be elected 50 deputies.

Just on election day, November 2, square LNR will be open 102 polling station, and among them four mobile and 3 plot the points for the temporary accommodation of immigrants LNR on the area of RF Belgorod, Voronezh and Rostov regions. According to the results of the CEC of the Republic, Only About 820 thousand inhabitants LNR can vote on the square of the Russian Federation there are About 200 thousand immigrants from LNR. So, in the elections Only have the ability to accept more than 1 million people.

About 30 observers are already accredited in Sunday's Election. They represent countries such as the Czech Republic, Greece, Slovakia, Serbia, Russia, USA, Abkhazia, France, Israel, Germany.

The CEC wishes to intermediate results of the elections of the head LNR for the next day, the final - November 4. Counting of votes will take place manually due to the extreme conditions of the election, early valaisiana started Thursday. The Head of the CEC Sergiy Koziakov believes that to talk about a possible date for an official event of the inauguration of the elected leader LNR until early.

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