Story highlights Cat wins more than 90% of votes in unofficial poll for town mayor

Recent political scandals leave Barnual residents disillusioned

(CNN) A town in Siberia has given further proof that 2016 is the year of the political outsider, after declaring they want to be ruled by a cat.

Dissatisfied with corrupt politicians, residents in Barnual are pushing for Barsik, an 18-month Scottish Fold, to become their new mayor.

The cat has won more than 5,000 votes against six human rivals, in an unofficial poll run by popular regional social media page, Altai Online , on Russian social network Vk

This vote share amounted to a staggering 91.6% by Wednesday.

"The success of Barsik is down to the other candidates not being well known to the citizens of the city," Altaysky Seyatel, administrator of the forum, told CNN.

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