The National Assembly of Dagestan elected Sergey Melikov leader of Dagestan, based on the results of the vote, RIA Novosti reports.

Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal Region of North Caucasus Yuri Chayka read the list of candidates and stated that Melikov had garnered the votes of 82 MPs.

Earlier, Putin had submitted to the National Assembly of Dagestan the list of candidates, including member of the Electoral Commission of Dagestan Samir Abdulhalikov, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Dagestan Kamil Davdiyev and acting leader of Dagestan Sergey Melikov.