RUSSIA: ELECTIONS - DID KREMLIN HELP CHALLENGER UNSEAT AMUR INCUMBENT?
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Date: 4/12/2001
State Duma deputy (People's Deputy) Leonid Korotkov defeated incumbent Amur Oblast Governor Anatolii Belonogov in a second round of gubernatorial elections held on 8 April, Interfax-Eurasia reported on 10 April. Korotkov managed to gather almost 7 percent more of the votes than Belonogov. Korotkov's victory was unexpected in part because during the first round of elections held on 25 March, Belonogov polled 20 percent more votes than Korotkov. Korotkov's campaign message was that the ...
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