Exit poll gives Putin overwhelming win

March 19, 2018 00:31

An exit poll has predicted that Vladimir Putin will win the Russian presidential election securing 73.9 per cent of the vote and bag a fourth term in office.

The State-owned pollster VTsIOM put the Communist candidate Pavel Grudinin at second place with 11.2 pc of the vote. The Liberal Democratic Party head Vladimir Zhirinovsky secured 6.7 pc of the vote while Ksenia Sobchak, a socialite with family ties to Putin, got 2.5 of the vote, the voting projection by VTsIOM shows.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

'Aaj batting tera Jassi bhai karega'

Jasprit Bumrah was seen practicing some shots in the nets ahead of MI's clash against DC.

What's Nirmalaji Queueing For?

Celebs and commoners cast their votes in the second phase of the Lok Sabha election on Friday, April 26, 2024

Is Salman Planning To Move Out Of Mumbai?

'With his safety in the city being jeopardised, Bhai is looking at moving to his farmhouse in Panvel permanently.'

Arms, ammunition found in CBI raid in Bengal's Sandeshkhali

The CBI during its probe got inputs of a large cache of arms hidden in Sandeshkhali. On Friday morning, a CBI team started a search operation during which the arms, including foreign-made pistols, were seized, the officials said.

Kotak Mahindra Bank's loan, deposit growth may be impacted after RBI curbs

Kotak Mahindra Bank's loan and deposit growth are likely to be affected after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked the private-sector lender not to take on board new customers through the bank's online and mobile banking channels and...