Putin Secures Record Number of Seats in Russia’s Disputed Election
Preliminary results show the ruling party with 57.83% of the vote and 355 of 450 seats, extending its dominance over the lower house.
- On Monday, President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party won a record 355 seats in Russia's 450-seat State Duma, according to Central Election Commission chief Ella Pamfilova, securing a constitutional supermajority.
- The three-day election was Russia's first parliamentary vote since the 2022 Ukraine offensive, held under tight Kremlin control that excluded parties critical of Putin.
- Voter turnout reached more than 59 percent despite what Pamfilova described as "psychological pressure," while the Communist Party won 40 seats, the LDPR 25, and New People 20.
- Prime Minister Péter Magyar has begun redefining Budapest's relationship with Moscow, contrasting sharply with the political continuity evident in Russia's election results.
- Under the REPowerEU framework, the European Commission requires Russian pipeline gas imports to end by 30 November 2027, as Hungary works to reduce energy dependence on Moscow.
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United Russia has won a record number of seats at the State Duma in the parliamentary elections concluded yesterday. This is what emerges from the data of the Central Electoral Commission examined by Ria Novosti. It is expected that United Russia will win 355 of the 450 seats. In the previous State Duma, the party was represented by 310 MPs. It is a constitutional majority that allows the Putinian party to pass laws and reforms without the need …
The electoral process included the renewal of the 450 seats in the State Duma, divided equally between party lists and single-member constituencies.
United Russia, Vladimir Putin's party, obtained 57.83% of the votes and won the record number of 355 seats at the State Duma, which counts 450. It is what emerges from the data released by the Central Election Commission. In the previous elections, five years ago, United Russia had won 324 seats. The Party [...] The article Elections Russia, Putin's party takes 58% and 355 seats at the Duma: it is record. LUE: "More and more authoritarian politi…
Vladimir Putin's party, United Russia, won at least 355 seats out of 450 in the general elections, according to results published this Monday, September 21. The only party frontally opposed to the war, Iabloko, had been ruled out. - Legislative in Russia: a record of seats for Putin after a pre-run vote (International).
President Vladimir Putin's backed United Russia party has won a landslide victory in Russia's parliamentary elections, sparking accusations of restrictions on opposition candidates and strict control of the electoral process.
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