Fair Russia barely clears 5% barrier to enter State Duma
Leader of the 'Just Russia' party, Sergey Mirnov, explained the historically low election results for the party as a consolidation of voters around the authorities, the activity of competitors, and the absence of part of the Esers' supporters.
Consensus
- Fair Russia narrowly passed the 5% threshold required to enter the State Duma
- Sergey Mironov is the leader of Fair Russia and will head the party's faction in the State Duma
- The party's result was historically low compared to previous elections
- Mironov cited public disillusionment with power due to the special military operation (SVO) as a key factor
- Mironov acknowledged internal campaign 'failures and mistakes'
- The State Duma elections took place from September 18 to 20
- The Central Election Commission confirmed the final distribution of seats on September 25
- Fair Russia secured 17 seats in the State Duma IX convocation
- Mironov stated he has been working on video calls since August due to a minor injury
- Mironov plans to hold the first session of the faction and the Central Committee Presidium on September 28
Points of divergence
- Mironov stated that a significant part of supporters did not vote due to objective difficulties caused by SVO, such as fuel shortages — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- Mironov mentioned that the very active and expensive campaigns of rivals, particularly 'New People' and LDPR, influenced the outcome — vedomosti
- Mironov identified three causes: SVO leading to voter consolidation around power, loss of belief in influencing power, and rival campaigns being very active and costly — kommersant
Coverage (3 sources)
- Leader of barely expelled from the State Duma 'Just Russia' explained party's poor result as Russians' disillusionment with power... — The Moscow Times
- Mironov explained the historically low result of the SRs in the elections — Ведомости
- Mironov named three reasons for the low result of the 'Just Russia' party in the elections — Коммерсантъ