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United Russia leads Russia’s parliamentary polls in preliminary results

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MOSCOW, Russia: President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party was leading Russia’s parliamentary election in preliminary results released Monday, with the party receiving 57.53% of the vote after 71.17% of ballots had been counted, according to the Central Election Commission.

United Russia candidates were also ahead in 208 of the 225 single-member constituencies, according to preliminary figures. The results put the ruling party on course to retain a constitutional majority in the 450-seat State Duma, which requires at least 301 seats.

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation was in second place with 14% of the party-list vote, followed by the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia with 8.73%, the New People party with 7.97% and A Just Russia with 5.03%.

The State Duma has 450 seats, with 225 allocated through party lists and the remaining 225 elected from single-member constituencies.

The three-day election, held from Sept. 18 to 20, was the first Russian parliamentary election since the country launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Voting continued amid Ukrainian drone attacks, which Russian authorities said were intended to disrupt the election.

Later preliminary results showed United Russia with 57.83% of the vote after more than 95% of ballots had been counted, with the party set to win 355 of the 450 seats, according to the Central Election Commission.