Source: CCTV News Client
On September 20th local time, according to the news released by the Central Election Commission of Russia, the 8th Russian National Duma election was successfully held, and the vote counting work has been completed 99.84%. The United Russian Party won 49.83% of the votes, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation won 18.95% of the votes, the Russian Liberal Democratic Party won 7.51% of the votes, and the Justice Russia-Patriots-For the Truth Party won 7.46% of the votes, and the Newcomer Party won 5.33% of the votes.
△Picture source: Russian News Agency
The final result of the election will be announced no earlier than September 24 local time. The current statistics show that the turnout rate of this Duma election is 51.68%, which is a significant increase compared with the previous Duma election. Russian President Putin in his speech on September 20 thanked the Russian people for actively participating in the Duma election voting.
Russian State Duma is a permanent legislative body in Russia, composed of 450 representatives, mainly responsible for drafting and formulating national laws, deliberating on the president's appointment and decision of the president's trust in the president, etc.
This election implements a mixed election system, that is, out of a total of 450 seats, half of the seats are elected according to the proportional representation system of political parties; the other half are elected in a single-seat constituency district, that is, 225 constituencies are established across Russia, and each constituency district elects one member of the parliament.
Currently, the United Russian Party leads the 198 single-seat constituencies. (Reporter Xu Hongbo of the General Station)
