On 14 September Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part took part in the elections of the Rais of the republic and cast his vote on the polling station on Chetaeva Street in Kazan.
There are four candidates taking part in the elections of the Head of the republic, namely Rustam Minnikhanov form the One Russia Party, Khafiz Migralimov from the KPRF, Vitaliy Smirnov from the Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice and Ruslan Yusupov from the LDPR.
Today residents of Tatarstan are also electing members of the regional State Council of the VII convocation including one member from Melekess constituency and more than 7 500 members of municipal power bodies.
There are 2 752 polling station in the republic which will work from 7 AM to 8 PM.