(October 22, Taisiya Basharkina). Today at the City Hall ceremonial presentation of identity documents for Kazan City Duma deputies of the second convocation has been held. Under the order of the Mayor of Kazan the first session of the new Duma is scheduled for October 27.
Congratulated the deputies with the successful holding of elections in the Kazan City Duma of the second convocation, Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor noted the respectful and correct attitude towards the electoral process. "Candidates have not gone beyond the law and prevented the use of black electoral technologies", he said. Farit Garayev, the Chairman of the Election Commission of Kazan also noted that during the election campaign had no complaints, applications for the protection of honor and dignity of candidates.
As a result the Duma formed in full: 25 deputies have been elected in single-seat constituencies and 25 from the party lists. Kazan branch of the “Edinaya Rossiya” party has 42 mandates, "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" has 2 mandates, and the CPRF and the LDPR have in threes mandates. "For the first time such a number of parties have passed in Kazan City Duma, and we will work in multi-party municipal parliament", I. Metshin said.
Farit Garayev handed the first identity document to Ilsur Metshin selected by Zakievskiiy single-mandate constituency. 85.16% ofvotersvotedforI. Metshin.
Then the documents have been handled to over 25 members elected for a single constituency, and then to those who are chosen in single-mandate constituencies.
Giving good words to a new Kazan City Duma membership, the Mayor of Kazan expressed his hope that in the next 5 years the Kazan City Duma will make even the most ambitious plans and projects for the benefit of Kazan. The Chairman of the City Election Commission, in his turn, wished the deputies success in this difficult but noble work.