The United Russia political party won the majority of seats after the nationwide election to the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament), the Central Election Commission reported on early Tuesday.
Report informs, citing TASS, that after 100% of casted ballots were processed, the United Russia won 49.82% of the votes to take some 112 seats in the parliament’s lower house.
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is second with 18.93%, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, third with 7.55%, A Just Russia, fourth with 7.46%, and New People, fifth with 5.32%.
These five parties have cleared the five-percent hurdle required for their representation in the State Duma.
Elections to the 8th Russian State Duma (lower house) were held during three days - on September 17, 18, and 19. Voter turnout has topped 51%.