The ruling United Russia party has won 54.21 percent of the votes and 203 out of 225 single-member constituency candidates in the Russian parliamentary elections, the Central Election Commission said Monday after counting 90 percent of the ballots.
President Putin has said the win shows voters still trust the leadership despite an economic slowdown made worse by Western sanctions over Ukraine. In the last election for the Duma in 2011, United Russia won 49 percent of the vote.
The Communist Party gained 13.53 percent of the votes, the Liberal Democrats party has 13.28 percent, while A Just Russia won 6.19 percent.
Turnout was estimated at 47.99 percent.
No other party has overcome the 5 percent threshold for entry into the parliament by party tickets.
Elections to the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament, were held yesterday in a split system – 225 members of parliament were elected by party tickets, while the other 225 were elected in one-seat constituencies. More than 111 million people were eligible to vote in the election and no minimal turnout was required.
President Putin has said the win shows voters still trust the leadership despite an economic slowdown made worse by Western sanctions over Ukraine. In the last election for the Duma in 2011, United Russia won 49 percent of the vote.