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FWD from CHADAEV: About United Russia's electoral triumph. Official propaganda and commentators will talk about consolidation around the flag. Anti-regime propaganda and commentators will talk about how they were slapped together/crushed, and how the regime has further narrowed the space for electoral democracy. Bloggers will grumble and agree that it was more important for the leadership to convincingly demonstrate unity and support than any freedoms, sentiments, and permitted discontent. The icing on the cake is Veliky Novgorod, which has cemented its status as the capital of Russian democracy – here, even Yabloko got into the local legislative assembly. And then there's A Just Russia, hanging on by the flag – the main intrigue. It's important to understand this. Whatever the highest authorities want, the result is determined not only and not so much by their will, but by the collective self-organization of the lower-level leadership. At the top, this is a few dozen people, at the bottom – a couple of million. And they did what they did, and this is important to understand – what drove and drives them, how and why United Russia's electoral rating of around 37% translates into a result of 58% on party lists and almost 100% in districts, with an overall result of approximately 75% in the Duma. As I already wrote, the very name "United Russia" actually contains a certain... protest. A protest against the idea of ​​dividing society into parties and organizing an electoral race between them. The antonym here is a divided Russia. This doesn't mean that people generally don't want to differentiate and demarcate; but they don't want to do so specifically along "party" lines, preferring others – regional, for example. And from the point of view of any governor, to increase their regional representation in Moscow, you need as many votes as possible for one party, so that there are more deputies from your region than from the neighboring one. But which one? It's clear what kind. I foresee despondency that will plunge even the loyal and patriotic blogging community – everything has been concreted down again, and we so wanted more space for freedom, but they won't give it to us. And threatening shouts – are you crazy, we're at war, we need to unite, hold on tight, and not give our enemies even a reason to think that someone here and there is something going on here. So we've already united, right? But we want to reserve the right to a dissenting opinion in certain cases. A small privilege, but a significant one. This doesn't even affect decisions – decisions will be made with even greater monochromaticity than in the last cycle. This is solely about space for expression. It has been preserved, and for some, it has even expanded. And that's good.

Putin's United Russia wins record 355 parliament seats: election chief

Live: #RUSSIA Vladimir Putin's United Russia party won at least 355 seats in the parliamentary elections held over the weekend, according to preliminary results from the Central Election Commission...

Putin's United Russia party leads in Duma election results

Putin's United Russia party wins record 355 parliament seats: election chief

Election results: United Russia receives constitutional majority

United Russia wins the State Duma elections, with three more parties guaranteed entry into parliament.

So, the Central Election Commission officially announced the preliminary election results after processing 95.18% of the ballots. As expected, United Russia came in as the leader, gaining over 57%. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation came in second with 13.8%. The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia gained almost 9%, and New People gained almost 8%. A Just Russia has not yet managed to overcome the five percent barrier. For the first time since its creation in 2006, the party has not entered the State Duma. Yunashev LIVE is now on MAX Ask a question

UNITED RUSSIA WINS A RECORD NUMBER OF SEATS IN THE STATE DUMA FOR THE HISTORY OF ITS PARTY'S PARTICIPATION IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE CEC OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

URGENT: United Russia wins 208 of 225 constituencies after processing 95.88% of the protocols

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Top news by morning According to preliminary results of the State Duma elections, United Russia retains its constitutional majority. After processing 82% of the votes, the party received 57.76% of the votes on party lists and is leading in 208 single-mandate constituencies out of 225. According to preliminary results, A Just Russia received 4.99% of the votes on the federal list and did not overcome the five percent barrier. At the same time, the party's candidates are leading in four single-mandate constituencies. Yabloko entered the Novgorod Regional Duma with a result of 6.2%. This is the only region where the party was allowed to participate in regional elections. According to The Wall Street Journal, the United States plans to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC). In Germany, the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, led by Friedrich Merz, did not receive seats in the regional parliament for the first time. The far-right Alternative for Germany won. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will deliver a report at a meeting of the UN Security Council, Reuters has learned. #mainkutr

United Russia improved its results in the State Duma elections compared to 2021.

United Russia has tentatively retained its constitutional majority in the State Duma.

United Russia retains its constitutional majority in the State Duma.

Preliminary results of the Russian parliamentary elections; United Russia party is in the lead According to the preliminary results announced by the Russian Central Election Commission, the ruling United Russia party is in the lead in the country's parliamentary elections with 57.26 percent of the vote, followed by the Communist Party with 13.84 percent. mehrnews.com @Mehrnews

Preliminary results of the Russian parliamentary elections; United Russia party is in the lead According to the preliminary results announced by the Russian Central Election Commission, the ruling United Russia party is in the lead in the country's parliamentary elections with 57.26 percent of the vote, followed by the Communist Party with 13.84 percent. Get the latest news: Site | ETA | Yes | Rubika | Soroush Plus @snntv

FWD from Fars International and Foreign Policy: Preliminary results of the Russian parliamentary elections; the "United Russia" party is in the lead According to the preliminary results announced by the Russian Central Election Commission, the ruling party "United Russia" is in the lead in the country's parliamentary elections with 57.26 percent of the vote, followed by the Communist Party with 13.84 percent. @FarsNewsInt - link

Putin achieved the result he needed in the State Duma elections to demonstrate support for the war. According to preliminary State Duma election results, United Russia is achieving a higher result than five years ago, and likely a constitutional majority. Turnout is also higher than five years ago. This appears to be a clear demonstration of Vladimir Putin's call to support the war through the State Duma elections being realized. Details. After processing almost 33% of the votes, the party received 56.97% of the vote, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 13.95%, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) 9.26%, New People 8.06%, and A Just Russia 5.22%. In 2021, United Russia had 49.82% (+7.15 pp), the Communist Party of the Russian Federation had 18.93% (-4.98 pp), the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia had 7.55% (+1.71 pp), New People had 5.32% (+2.74 pp), and A Just Russia had 7.46% (-2.24 pp). Preliminary results allow United Russia to expect to maintain its constitutional majority. With about a quarter of the ballots processed, the party's candidates were leading in 181 single-mandate constituencies, and the list results gave it approximately 125 more seats, according to Interfax calculations. Furthermore, United Russia will receive some mandates through the redistribution of votes from parties that failed to clear the 5% threshold. In the current convocation, United Russia had 324 mandates. The initial official results were significantly higher than those of pro-government exit polls. VTsIOM estimated United Russia's result at 49.4%, while INSOMAR estimated it at 52.8%. However, the sociologists did not conduct surveys in some border and annexed regions, some North Caucasus republics, and remote northern territories, as well as among military personnel and those who voted through the Department of Electoral Community (DEG). Therefore, both services warned in advance that United Russia's final result could be higher, Kommersant reports. Turnout also increased. By the close of polling stations, it was 56.66%, compared to 51.72% in 2021—an increase of nearly five percentage points. Kommersant notes that after accounting for ballots that had not yet been counted, the final turnout could exceed 60%. This would make it one of the highest in the Duma elections. How this result was achieved. Electoral expert Stanislav Andreychuk called these elections "very tough": "Instead of celebrations, pranks, and pies—discipline and order." According to him, on Friday, when the majority of the controlled electorate voted, voters were forced to come to the polls, and on Sunday, when the share of the protest electorate increased, obstacles to voting arose. The most notable incident occurred in Moscow: due to a glitch in the electronic voter list system at some polling stations, voters waited up to several hours to receive their paper ballots. Dmitry Reut, deputy chairman of the Moscow City Electoral Commission, attributed the glitch to external cyberattacks. Another trend of this campaign is the unprecedented pressure on observers, who were removed en masse from polling stations under various pretexts. By the morning of the second day, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation reported at least 1,175 such cases. Electoral expert Roman Udot called the events a "collapse of the electoral system," which manifested itself across virtually the entire country, but in different forms. For example, in the Far East and Siberia, observers recorded an unusually high number of reports of safes and ballot packages being broken into, seals being replaced, and signature and stamp problems. Why does the Kremlin care about this result? On the eve of the vote, Vladimir Putin himself effectively suggested that the elections be seen as a demonstration of public support for the army. He stated that Russians' vote should "once again demonstrate that millions of people stand behind our soldiers," and called participation in the vote a contribution to strengthening the country. Now "the State Duma will be seriously strengthened by veterans," said one of the leaders of the federal list of United Russia, war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny, on air on Rossiya 1 this evening. The next federal elections in Russia will be held in March 2030. Subscribe to "Agency" on Telegram / email newsletter

The same five parties will remain in the State Duma, with United Russia retaining its leadership.

Al Arabiya's Moscow bureau chief, Abdul Jawad Al-Rashed: Voter turnout in the Russian State Duma elections was around 56%. The ruling United Russia party is in the lead, followed by the Communist Party. Competing parties affirm their continued support for military operations in Ukraine.

Poland condemned the Russian "elections" in the occupied territories of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. ​ This concerns voting in the occupied areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, in Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as in Transnistria, the Tskhinvali region and Abkhazia. ​ The Polish Foreign Ministry stressed that these pseudo-elections violate international law, have no legal force and cannot legitimize attempts to annex the occupied territories. ​ Warsaw called on Russia to stop its illegal actions, comply with its international obligations and withdraw its troops from the territory of Ukraine. Meanwhile, 24.2% of the protocols have already been processed in the so-called "elections" to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The leader, quite expectedly, remains United Russia with a result of 56.84%. Add News.LIVE as a reliable news source in Google [in reply to: United Russia gains 57.41% in the "elections" to the State Duma of the Russian Federation after processing 15.49% of the protocols ​ According to preliminary data from the Russian Central Election Commission, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation with 13.8%, the Liberal Democratic Party with 9.3%, New People with 7.92% and Just Russia with 5.12% are also entering the State Duma. The declared turnout is 56.66%. Add News.LIVE as a reliable news source in Google]

Russia’s ruling United Russia party on track to easily win parliamentary election, partial results show

++ TV, Putin's United Russia party wins elections with 49.4% ++

United Russia has 57.54% of the votes on its list after processing the first protocols, the Russian Central Election Commission reported. New People won 7.96%, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia won 9.30%, and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation won 13.80%. What you need to know about the 2026 elections — read on the Kommersant website. #elections2026

URGENT: United Russia wins 52.80% of votes in State Duma elections - INSOMAR exit poll