According to the Central Election Commission, then in Russia there is only one region, in which the majority of citizens who came to the polling station spoke out against amending the country's Basic Law. This region is the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.. This is the same region, which they plan to merge with the Arkhangelsk region.
First about the voting results, which has already been called protest. According to the CEC, in the NAO for amendments to the Constitution advocated 43,77 percent of voters, but against - 55,94%. In this regard, the Nenets Autonomous Okrug was called the “antipode of Chechnya”, where for amending the Constitution of the country more 97 percent of residents, those who voted.
The authorities of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, calling the reason for such a result, talk about, that the inhabitants of the Nenets Autonomous District thus reacted to the above-mentioned idea of joining the Arkhangelsk region. noted, that a substantial part of the local population voted so amended, to "send a signal that, that they are not satisfied with the initiative about the actual loss of the status of a separate subject of the federation ”.
Recall, that throughout the country, citizens supported amendments to the Basic Law. According to the CEC, when appearing in 65% nearly supported 78%.
The interim acting head of the Nenets Autonomous District, Yuri Bezudny, also considers the vote protest precisely in terms of the fate of the region as such. According to him, need to respect the opinions of people, "Which, probably, voted not so much against the amendments, how much against unification ".
