Key facts
- United Russia secured 57.83% of the vote in Russia's parliamentary elections.
- The ruling party will control 355 of the 450 seats in the State Duma.
- Ramzan Kadyrov was re-elected leader of Chechnya with nearly 100% of the vote.
- The anti-war Yabloko party won a regional parliamentary seat in Novgorod.
- Turnout for the election was a record 59.3%.
Russia's ruling United Russia party retained its decisive majority in the State Duma, with over 95% of the vote counted, while Ramzan Kadyrov, a close Putin ally, was re-elected leader of Chechnya with an official tally of near 100%. The three-day election, the first since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, was seen by President Vladimir Putin as a test of support for the war.
United Russia secured 57.83% of the vote, up from 49.8% in 2021, and is set to control 355 of the 450 seats in the Duma, maintaining its constitutional majority. Other parties entering parliament include the Communists (13.81%), the LDPR (8.98%), and New People (7.96%). The anti-war Yabloko party, despite facing barriers to candidacy, appeared to have cleared the 5% threshold to enter the regional parliament in Novgorod.
Turnout was a record 59.3% among Russia's 111 million voters. Election officials called the vote 'clean,' despite allegations of widespread rigging from exiled opposition activists. Kadyrov has led Chechnya since 2004, following his father's death, and has been granted significant autonomy by Putin in exchange for maintaining regional stability.