Communist candidate wins at Bratsk early mayoral election

IRKUTSK, May 24 (Itar-Tass) -- After all ballots had been counted candidate from the Russian Communist Party Alexander Serov gained 39.71% of votes in the Sunday early mayoral election in Bratsk, the second largest city in the Irkutsk Region. The turnout has made 30.17%, a source in the regional election commission told Itar-Tass on Monday.

The major rivals of the winner – self-nominees from the United Russia Party Alexander Doskalschuk and Sergei Grishin polled 21.76% and 16.8% of votes, respectively. Seven candidates were running for Bratsk mayor.

Alexander Serov is 55 years old. His latest post was a technical director of the Electrocomplekt enterprise.

The early mayoral election was held in Bratsk, because the previous mayor filed his resignation on January 12, 2010. Under the federal legislation the election of a new mayor should be held not later than six months after the resignation of the previous mayor.