In Russia summed up the preliminary results of the elections to the state Duma: how the votes were distributed

In Russia from 18 to 20 September elections of deputies of the State Duma of the ninth convocation were held. The Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation processed more than 97% of the protocols and published the preliminary results of the vote. This is reported by Izvestia.

The turnout was 59.32%, which exceeded the indicators of the parliamentary campaign of 2021 (51.72%). More than 62.6 million citizens took part in the vote. The vote took place within three days. More than 3.65 million voters cast their votes through the federal remote electronic voting system. President Vladimir Putin also voted remotely, filling out an electronic ballot from his office in the Kremlin on September 18. First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and governors also voted.

Elections were held according to a mixed electoral system: 225 deputies were elected by party lists and another 225 by single-member constituencies.

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According to preliminary CEC data:

1. 1.The United Russia party won 57.83% of the votes on federal lists and leads in 208 single-member constituencies. The party claims a constitutional majority of 355 seats out of 450.
2. 2.The CPRF received the support of 13.67% of voters.
3. 3.The LDPR gained 8.96% support.
4. 4.The New People party scored 7.91%.
5. 5.Fair Russia broke the five percent barrier with a score of 5.1%.

The final results of the elections, the Central Election Commission plans to sum up on September 25.

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