# Russia: Putin's party retains majority in controlled parliamentary vote

https://mins.news/en/item/67206

- DW, 2026-09-21 10:48 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/russia-putin-party-retains-majority-in-controlled-parliamentary-vote/a-79353231?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Russia’s Central Election Commission said United Russia won 57.83% with 95% of ballots counted, giving it a projected 355 of 450 State Duma seats. Opposition parties were barred from running, and voting included four Ukrainian regions occupied and illegally annexed by Moscow. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov was re-elected with 99.85%.

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