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United Russia wins 349 seats in elections held during Ukraine war
Russia’s Central Election Commission announced the final results on Friday, saying United Russia had won 349 seats in the 450-member State Duma. The party surpassed its record of 343 seats from 2016, while voter turnout reached 59.8%.
The final results of Russia’s first wartime parliamentary elections have been announced. According to data from the Central Election Commission, United Russia won 349 seats in the 450-member State Duma, strengthening its majority in the chamber.
The governing party’s seat count surpassed its previous record of 343 seats, reached in 2016. The Communist Party won 37 seats, the Liberal Democratic Party 23, the New People’s Party 19 and A Just Russia 17.
Turnout reached 59.8%
The Central Election Commission announced a voter turnout of 59.8%. This was the highest turnout recorded since the 2011 State Duma elections.
Votes cast in Ukrainian territories under Russia’s control were also included in the turnout calculation. Ella Pamfilova, chairwoman of the commission, said voters had gone to the polls despite the difficulties that sanctions, terrorist threats and drone attacks had created in daily life.
More than 280,000 votes cast abroad
According to data released by the commission, more than 280,000 Russian citizens voted at 333 polling stations established in 152 countries. Pamfilova said 58% of the votes cast abroad went to United Russia and that attempts by exiled opposition figures to disrupt the elections had failed.
Forty-six veterans who fought in Ukraine elected as lawmakers
Pamfilova announced that 46 veterans who had taken part in the war in Ukraine had been elected to political office for the first time. President Vladimir Putin had previously described war veterans who entered politics as Russia’s “new elite.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed the veterans’ electoral success. “There is a great need for the experience of our heroes. The voting results clearly confirmed this,” Peskov said. He also said the elected figures would make the greatest possible contribution to the initiatives they undertake.
Space for opposition narrowed
Genuine opposition forces were absent from the ballot during the election process, and public criticism of the war was illegal. Yabloko, Russia’s oldest liberal party and the only registered political force calling for peace, was removed from the party-list election by a ruling of Russia’s Supreme Court before the vote.
Where Yabloko members were able to run as candidates in single-member constituencies, they faced interference, police detentions and disqualifications. United Russia’s majority in the State Duma allowed the party to retain its decisive position in the legislative process.
The first session of the newly elected State Duma is scheduled to take place on September 30.
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