Russia's ruling pro-Putin party wins wartime election with over 57% of vote, near complete results show
The ruling party’s result strengthens its supermajority after an election critics said was tightly controlled and largely closed to opponents of the war.
- 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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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 …
United Russia (RU), Vladimir Putin's party, achieved the constitutional majority in the Duma or House of Deputies after the legislative elections.
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Putin’s Party Wins Record 355 Duma Seats in First Parliamentary Vote Since Ukraine Invasion
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Electoral chief Ella Pamfilova said preliminary results shown United Russia – which has dominated Russian politics for 25 years – won 355 of the Duma's 450 seats. The result handed Vladimir Putin's party an increased supermajority.
United Russia, the party of Vladimir Putin, is on course for a landslide victory in Russia’s first parliamentary elections since the invasion of Ukraine, securing a record number of seats, according to early results. As expected, early results confirm that Vladimir Putin’s party is expected to win Russia’s tightly controlled elections by a wide margin. With more than 95% of the votes counted, United Russia has 57.83% of the 225 seats allocated p…
Putin tightens grip on Russia after his party secures 'supermajority' in elections amid Ukraine conflict
The United Russia party, a pro-Putin, has secured a supermajority in the recently held Russian parliamentary elections, winning 355 of 455 seats in the lower house. This was the first elections conducted in Russia since the beginning of Ukraine war.
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