The United Russia Party, supporting President Vladimir Putin, has won the Russian parliamentary elections. In the initial results, the party has taken an unassailable lead with 57.5% votes. The full official results of the election are still pending. This is the first parliamentary election after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Putin had linked the election to support for Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. In the last parliamentary elections in 2021, United Russia won 324 out of 450 seats in the State Duma, the lower house of parliament. The State Duma is the lower house of the Russian parliament. There are total 450 seats in it. Of these, 225 seats are decided on the basis of votes received by the party and 225 seats are decided by direct elections in different areas. Russia’s anti-war party Yabloko was barred from contesting elections in the name of the party across the country this time. However, some party leaders got permission to contest elections from different seats. Apart from this, many anti-government leaders and candidates also did not get a chance to contest the elections. In Russia, 56.66% people voted in this election. Voting in Moscow was at a record level. Putin was not a candidate in the elections. Putin himself was not a candidate in this parliamentary election. He is also not a member of the United Russia Party. However, Putin was the leader of this party from 2008 to 2012. His next presidential election is to be held in 2030. Before the election, Putin had said that the people’s vote would show support for Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. Putin may present the election results as an endorsement of Putin’s policies and the Ukraine war. The news is updating….
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रूस में पुतिन समर्थक पार्टी की जीत: यूनाइटेड रशिया को शुरुआती गिनती में 57.5% वोट; 2021 में 450 में से 324 सीटें जीती थीं
