No big surprise: as expected, after all votes were counted, the Kremlin party clearly won the parliamentary elections in Russia according to the official figures – despite losses.
The Kremlin Party, United Russia, clearly won the parliamentary elections in Russia despite losses. After counting all the ballot papers, it came to 49.8 percent, according to the Central Election Commission in Moscow.
The communists landed at 18.9 percent, the right-wing populists of the LDPR of the ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky at 7.5 percent and the Just Russia party at 7.4 percent. The new party Nowyje Ljudi (German: New People) was just above the five percent hurdle with 5.3 percent.
The ruling party suffered losses compared to the last vote five years ago. At that time, United Russia got 54.20 percent of the vote. The communists made significant gains – five years ago they had reached 13.35 percent.
All parties represented in the new State Duma are considered close to the Kremlin. Opposition candidates around the imprisoned government opponent Alexei Navalny were not admitted. His team spoke of massive election fraud. Independent election observers listed thousands of violations.
For President Vladimir Putin, the three-day vote was an important test of sentiment in view of widespread dissatisfaction – also with a view to the presidential election in 2024.
The turnout was given as 51.6 percent. More than 110 million eligible voters in Russia and abroad were invited to vote. The election ended on Sunday.
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