Ruling party wins Russia's parliamentary elections
Marina Kortunova
Press TV, Moscow
According to the results of parliamentary elections in Russia, "United Russia" ruling party received a constitutional majority in the State Duma.
The Communist Party took the second place, with the Liberal Democratic Party the third one. Then goes "Fair Russia " and" New people". Thus, these five parties overcome the five percent barrier to enter the State Duma.
“United Russia” is promoting president Vladimir Putin's agenda, which is also enshrined in last year's social amendments to the Constitution.
The State Duma is elected in Russia for a five-year term under a mixed system: 225 deputies- according to party lists, another 225- in single-mandate constituencies in one round.
The results have not been without controversy, however. There have been widespread accusations of fraud and misconduct. Throughout the three days of voting, many videos shared online appeared to show voters and officials stuffing ballot boxes with multiple voting slips.
In Moscow, some opposition figures accused officials of delaying the release of online voting results to give them an opportunity to manipulate the results.
In response, Kremlin hailed the parliamentary elections as open, competitive and honest.
Voter turnout was notably high, especially on the last day of voting. This election will also be remembered by a large number of candidates.
The team of jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny accused the authorities of foul play, declaring all the victories against his candidates they supported, as part of a controversial "smart voting" scheme, as “falsification.”
Earlier before the elections, Russia's telecom watchdog demanded the Navalny app be removed from AppStore and Google Play based on a ruling by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.
For the first time, this year’s federal elections in Russia took place over three days. This year, election organizers introduced remote electronic voting devices. So far, residents of only seven regions in Russia have been able to vote using these devices.
According to the Constitution, the new State Duma should meet on the 30th day following the election day.
But the president has the right to convene the first meeting of the lower house of parliament even earlier than this date. The Russian president has already exercised this right after previous elections.
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