Russland: Kreml-Partei erhält 349 von 450 Mandaten in der Staatsduma
Bei der Wahl in Russland durften nur linientreue Parteien antreten. Die Partei von Präsident Putin, Geeintes Russland, besetzt eine deutliche Mehrheit der Sitze.
Moscow - The Kremlin-aligned Russia United party secured 349 of the 450 seats in the State Duma following the weekend parliamentary election, according to the Central Election Commission. Election Commissioner Ella Pamfilova announced this after tallying all the votes on Friday. Several smaller parties in the so-called systemic opposition, which support President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine, together received 97 seats.
The remaining four seats went to non-partisan candidates, Pamfilova said. The three-day election, which only allowed party-line parties to participate, concluded on Sunday. According to the Central Election Commission's published results, Russia United now controls more than three-quarters of the seats in Russia's lower house, the State Duma - a record.
Nearly 60 percent of the approximately 111 million eligible voters cast their ballots, the same turnout as in any parliamentary election in over a decade. To boost voter turnout, authorities spread the election over three days and allowed online voting in some regions. The parliamentary election was the first since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Residents of four Ukrainian regions and the Crimean peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed, were also eligible to vote. President Putin claimed on Wednesday that the election results were proof of popular support for Kremlin policies.
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