# First State Duma polling stations in Southern Federal District open in Astrakhan Region

https://mins.news/en/item/63701

- TASS, 2026-09-18 04:49 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2189363

> More than 570 polling stations opened in Russia’s Astrakhan Region on the first day of State Duma voting, held from September 18 to 20. Voters are also electing deputies to the regional Duma, while about 15,000 people applied to use the Mobile Voter mechanism.

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