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Kremlin's United Russia Dominates Early Returns in Wartime Parliamentary Election
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News18•21-09-2026, 05:15
Kremlin's United Russia Dominates Early Returns in Wartime Parliamentary Election
- •Early results from Russia's parliamentary election show the main Kremlin party, United Russia, leading significantly.
- •With 58% of precincts counted, United Russia secured nearly 58% of the vote for party-list deputies.
- •The election, held amidst tight controls and a lack of genuine opposition, is expected to solidify the Kremlin's power.
- •Voting included residents from illegally annexed Ukrainian regions and Crimea, drawing international condemnation.
- •The election occurred during a period of severe political crackdowns and restrictions on free speech in Russia.
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Early results released by the Central Election Commission showed the main Kremlin party, United Russia, leading with nearly 58% of the vote for party-list seats and poised to win most of the single-seat races as well.
The balloting included voters in Crimea, which was illegally annexed in 2014, and residents of four Ukrainian regions—Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia—illegally annexed after the full-scale war began.
Early election results showed four other parties that almost always vote for Kremlin initiatives returning to the lower chamber of parliament.
