Source: CCTV news client
On September 20, local time, according to the news released by the Russian Central Election Commission, the election of the Eighth Russian State Duma was successfully held, and the vote counting work has been completed by 99.84%. The United Russia Party received 49.83 per cent of the votes, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation received 18.95 per cent of the vote, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia received 7.51 per cent of the vote, the Just Russia-Patriots - for truth received 7.46 per cent of the votes, and the New Party received 5.33 per cent of the votes.
△ Image source: Russian news agency
The final results of the election will be announced no earlier than September 24, local time, and the current statistics show that the turnout of the Duma election is 51.68%, which is a significant improvement from the previous Duma election. In his september 20 remarks, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the Russian people for their active participation in the Duma election vote.
The Russian State Duma is a permanent legislative body of Russia, composed of 450 representatives, who is mainly responsible for drafting and formulating state laws, deliberating on the appointment of the prime minister of the government by the president and deciding on the issue of confidence in the president.
The elections were held on a mixed electoral system, in which half of the total 450 seats were elected on the basis of proportional representation by political parties, while the other half were elected in single-seat constituencies, i.e. 225 constituencies were established throughout Russia, each of which elected one deputy.
Currently, United Russia leads the way in 198 single-seat constituencies. (Reporter Xu Hongbo)