Putins United Russia wins 349 seats in Russian parliamentary election

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Russian election officials confirmed on Friday that President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, winning 349 of the 450 seats in the State Duma, according to Central Election Commission Chair Ella Pamfilova Handelsblatt TASS via Aktuality.
The three-day vote, held Sept. 18–20, saw turnout reach 59.8%, with over 67.4 million ballots cast, Pamfilova said Meduza. United Russia captured 57.83% of the party-list vote, while smaller pro-Kremlin parties and independents took the remaining seats. The election was the first for the Duma since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Authorities excluded most anti-war candidates, and the ballot featured expanded electronic voting and mandatory participation for state employees and military personnel Adevărul. Among the new lawmakers, 46 are military veterans, 41 of them from United Russia, Pamfilova noted Meduza.
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