The results of the election in the Russian State Duma were announced, and the United Russia Party retained its status as the "constitutional majority"

Pamphilova, chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission (Central Election Commission), announced the election results of the Eighth State Duma (the lower house of parliament) on the 24th, and the ruling party United Russia Party (United Russia Party) won a total of 324 seats, maintaining the status of "constitutional majority".

People vote at a polling spot in Moscow, Russia. Xinhua

Russian media quoted Pamphilova as saying on the 24th that a total of 8 representatives of political parties and 5 self-nominated candidates entered the new State Duma.

Statistics from the Central Election Commission show that in addition to the 324 seats in the State Duma for the United Russia Party, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPR) won 57 seats, ranking second; Just Russia - Patriots - for the Truth Party won 27 seats, ranking third; the Russian Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) followed closely with 21 seats; the New Party successfully entered the Duma for the first time with 13 seats.

Elections in the Russian State Duma lasted from September 17 to 19. The State Duma is a permanent legislature of Russia composed of 450 deputies. The election was conducted on a mixed electoral system, with half of the seats elected on the basis of proportional representation by political parties, while the other half were elected in single-seat constituencies, i.e. 225 constituencies throughout the country, each of which elected one member. The threshold for political parties to enter the State Duma is 5 per cent.

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