Russia's ruling pro-Putin party wins wartime election with over 57% of vote, near complete results show
The party secured about 58% of the vote and a record 355 seats, extending Kremlin control after opposition candidates were sidelined.
- On Monday, the Central Election Commission reported that President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party won the parliamentary election with over 95% of votes counted, framing the contest as a test of support for the Ukraine War.
- The ruling party secured 57.83% of the vote, according to the Central Election Commission, granting United Russia 355 seats in the 450-seat State Duma and maintaining its constitutional majority.
- Democracy watchdogs and Western governments dismissed the election as neither free nor fair after the Supreme Court removed the liberal Yabloko party, leaving only war-supportive candidates.
- Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported more than 1,600 drones shot down since September 19, while CEC chair Ella Pamfilova noted casualties in Kherson; turnout reached 56.7 per cent despite disruptions.
- Final results are not expected before September 25, although early counts placed United Russia above the constitutional threshold; the party deployed celebrity backing, including ice hockey star Alexander Ovechkin, during the campaign.
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For Russia's President Putin, it is a wish result. After the Duma election, the electoral commission, as expected, states a clear victory of the Kremlin Party of United Russia. What does Putin do with it? By Norbert Hahn.
According to data from the processed 90.43 percent of the votes, the Russian ruling party United Russia received the support of almost 58 percent of the voters, which means that it will have 355 out of a total of 450 seats in the State Duma, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced today.
"According to Moscow, some Russia is making as many Duma MPs as never before. With the record majority, the party can change the constitution on its own.
The ruling party achieved a landslide victory in the first Russian general election held since the invasion of Ukraine, surpassing the threshold for constitutional amendment. Predictions are also being raised that President Vladimir Putin may launch further mobilizations as he has consolidated his political base for waging war. According to RIA Novosti and TASS news agencies on the 21st (local time), the State Duma, which held elections using a …
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