Russia's ruling United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, is set to retain a majority in Russia's 450-seat legislature despite losing significant ground to its opponents, initial results showed on Sunday.
After 25% of ballots had been tallied, the Central Election Commission said United Russia had received 44.26% of the vote.
The party won just over 54% of the vote at the last parliamentary elections in 2016. It has since faced a slump in its popularity due to falling living standards.
Preliminary results published by the Central Election Commission showed the Communist Party finishing in second place with 22.31% of the vote, followed by the nationalist LDPR party with 8.5%.
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MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/. The United Russia party secured 46.17% of the vote in Russia's parliamentary elections with 50.69% of the results processed, according to the Central Election Commission’s data.
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A total of 14 political parties participated in the elections to the eighth Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament) that were held on September 17, 18, and 19. In addition to the State Duma elections, voters also cast their ballots for the heads of nine Russian regions and members of 39 regional parliaments.