Russia Election Results Show Putin’s Party Winning: What We Know
Turnout reached 56.66% as United Russia led with 57.87% of the vote and moved toward a two-thirds majority, early results showed.
- On Monday, President Vladimir Putin's ruling party secured 57.87 per cent of the party list vote, putting United Russia on track to retain a two-thirds constitutional majority in the State Duma with over 301 seats.
- Russia's first parliamentary election since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine proceeded under wartime conditions, as ramped-up security measures failed to prevent major incidents resulting in eight deaths.
- Ukrainian attacks killed eight people, including three in Moscow during what authorities called the "largest Ukrainian drone attack on the capital since 2022," while voter turnout reached 56.66 per cent, the highest since 2011.
- The Communists, LDPR, New People, and A Just Russia form what is commonly described as the "systemic opposition" and broadly support the Kremlin's strategic course despite competing on domestic policy.
- Officials removed Yabloko, the only registered party openly opposing the war, from the nationwide contest, ensuring results matched the Kremlin's narrative while Putin explicitly cast the vote as demonstrating national unity and support for soldiers.
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The victory of United Russia is read as a mandate to continue the war, especially after the suspension of Yabloko, the only Russian party openly opposed to the conflict
Putin’s Party Set to Keep Supermajority in Russia’s Deadliest Post-Soviet Election
United Russia is on course to retain a two-thirds constitutional majority in the State Duma after Russia’s first parliamentary election since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a three-day vote conducted under wartime conditions as Ukrainian attacks left at least eight people dead across the country and Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine during the voting. With 50.03 per cent of polling station protocols processed early on Monday, Presiden…
️ The Central Election Commission has processed 25% of the votes: United Russia leads both by party list and by district
According to the Central Election Commission, after processing a quarter of the votes, United Russia has 57.04% of the votes on party lists. Next comes the Communist Party of the Russian Federation with 13.92%, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia...
According to preliminary data from the processing of the fifth part of the protocol in the elections to the Ninth State Duma, the One Russia Party is firmly ahead of its competitors by obtaining more than 55 per cent after processing 20.4 per cent of the votes. On the basis of the calculation of the fifth part of the ballot papers, the One Russia Party receives 57.1 per cent of the votes, transmits the RIA News with reference to the CEC. It is f…
The One Russia Party, after processing 13.88% of the protocols, receives 57.54% of the vote on the federal party list in the elections for deputies of the State Duma, and informs the head of the Russian CEC, Ella Pamfilov. "This is on the federal party list.
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