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59 Political Parties And 7 Coalitions Will Participate in the October Local Elections
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66 formations, of which 59 parties and 7 coalitions, will participate in the upcoming October local elections. This was announced during a briefing by the spokesman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Alexander Andreev.
Andreev said that by the deadline for registration, which was yesterday, 64 parties and 8 coalitions had submitted documents, but several of them were with denied registration.
"5 parties and 1 coalition were denied to register because of documentary gaps and insufficient numerical support," he explained.
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