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Russia’s Duma election ends as vote counting begins
Polling stations closed at 8 p.m. local time after Russia’s three-day parliamentary election. Vote counting began for the 450-seat State Duma, while exit polls showed that five parties had passed the 5 percent threshold.
Voting in Russia’s three-day parliamentary election concluded last in the Kaliningrad region because of the time-zone differences. Vote counting began after polling stations closed at 8 p.m. local time.
Ten political parties competed for the 450 seats in the State Duma in the federal election. Parties that exceed the 5 percent electoral threshold will be eligible to win seats in the Duma.
Regional leaders and council members were also elected
As part of the “Single Voting Day,” voters also cast ballots in some regions for regional leaders and local parliaments, in addition to the parliamentary election.
Presidents and governors will be determined in eight regions, including Chechnya, Mordovia and Tuva. Elections were also held for parliamentary members in 39 regions and for local council members in the administrative centers of 10 regions.
Turnout recorded at 56.66 percent
According to preliminary data from Russia’s Central Election Commission, turnout reached 56.66 percent in the country, which has 111 million eligible voters, including those living abroad. Russia has no minimum turnout requirement for elections to be considered valid.
In addition to traditional polling stations, electronic voting was used in some regions. The electronic voting participation figure appeared in the source text as “3 million 300 million.”
Pamfilova says elections were conducted normally and transparently
Ella Pamfilova, chairwoman of Russia’s Central Election Commission, said the elections were generally conducted normally and transparently.
Pamfilova claimed that the election infrastructure had been targeted by numerous cyberattacks and that a significant portion of the attacks had been carried out by Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Russia’s Interior Ministry said it had detected no violations that could affect the election results.
Five parties passed the threshold in exit polls
Some officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, cast electronic ballots.
The exit poll by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center placed United Russia first with 49.4 percent. The Communist Party received 14.2 percent, the Liberal Democratic Party 10.7 percent, the New People’s Party 9.7 percent and the A Just Russia Party 6.6 percent.
An exit poll by the Insomar Research Center also showed that the same five parties had passed the 5 percent threshold. The other parties did not enter the Duma.
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