More or Less: Behind the Stats - Were ‘extra’ votes counted in Russia’s presidential election?

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Last week Vladimir Putin won a second consecutive and fourth overall term as the Russian President. Official polling results from the election show he received over 76 percent of the vote, with a total turnout of 67 percent, but there were also widespread allegations of irregularities including inflated turnout figures.

More or Less takes a closer look at the election data from Russia to see if these complaints have merit.

Published on Friday, 23rd March 2018.

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