Tweet
Election body declares Putin’s party as winner
Russia’s election body on Saturday declared Premier Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party as the winner of the parliamentary polls, as the capital braced for a massive rally tomorrow challenging the just concluded exercise amid charges of mass irregularities and ballot rigging.
In a televised sitting of the CEC, its Chairman Vladimir Churov signed the official results declaring the United Russia party bagged 238 seats in the 450-strong sixth Duma elected for five years.
In the wake of anti-incumbency wave it lost absolute majority by losing 77 seats. The runners-up the Communist Party (KPRF) won 92 seats followed by A Just Russia with 64 and Liberal Democratic Party of Russia with 56 seats respectively.
Remaining three parties in the fray including liberal Yabloko failed to clear 7 per cent threshold to get seats in the lower house.
Russia’s election body on Saturday declared Premier Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party as the winner of the parliamentary polls, as the capital braced for a massive rally tomorrow challenging the just concluded exercise amid charges of mass irregularities and ballot rigging.
In a televised sitting of the CEC, its Chairman Vladimir Churov signed the official results declaring the United Russia party bagged 238 seats in the 450-strong sixth Duma elected for five years.
In the wake of anti-incumbency wave it lost absolute majority by losing 77 seats. The runners-up the Communist Party (KPRF) won 92 seats followed by A Just Russia with 64 and Liberal Democratic Party of Russia with 56 seats respectively.
Remaining three parties in the fray including liberal Yabloko failed to clear 7 per cent threshold to get seats in the lower house.
