Medvedev announced the participation of more than 10 million Russians in the preliminary voting.

More than 10 million Russians participated as voters in the preliminary voting of United Russia. This was announced on May 31 by the chairman of the party, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev at the voting completion ceremony.

"Special thanks to the citizens of our country who took part in the preliminary voting. It is always very important to show your civic position even at the preliminary stage, and there are 10 million such citizens who participated today," he is quoted as saying on the party's website.

Medvedev stressed that the contest for the party's preliminary vote in the State Duma amounted to almost 19 people per seat. He also congratulated the winners in advance, noting that they had received the credit of popular trust, and urged those who did not pass the next stage not to despair.

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Vladimir Yakushev, Secretary of the General Council of the party, announced on May 26 that about 2.9 million people voted on the first day of the United Russia preliminary vote. He specified that this is 2.6% of the total population of the country.

On May 25, United Russia launched electronic preliminary voting (EPG) to select candidates who will represent a political force in the elections to the State Duma. 535 participants of the special military operation also applied to participate in the preliminary voting for the State Duma elections.