United Russia wins 349 seats in Russian State Duma elections

"Just Russia" overcomes the threshold barrier in the State Duma elections — CEC. After processing 96.91% of the protocols, the "Just Russia" party still managed to collect 5.0% of the votes, CEC announced.

Consensus

The Central Election Commission (ЦИК) published the final results of the 2021 State Duma elections.
The elections for the State Duma of the ninth convocation were held from September 18 to 20.
United Russia won 349 seats in the State Duma.
The total number of seats in the State Duma is 450.
The official voter turnout was approximately 59.8%.
The first session of the State Duma will take place on September 30.
The results were announced on September 25.
The elections also included regional and local elections across Russia.

Points of divergence

The honest result for United Russia, after removing electoral anomalies, would be around 34% of the vote, based on statistical analysis by physicist Sergey Shpilkin. — novaya_eu
Approximately 60,000 votes for 'Fair Russia' appeared in the ЦИК system within one hour during vote counting, which caused the party to cross the 5% threshold. — tg_agentstvonews
The number of seats for United Russia was reduced from an initial estimate of 355 to 349 due to Fair Russia overcoming the 5% threshold. — tg_radiosvoboda
46 deputies elected to the State Duma are participants in the war against Ukraine. — tg_radiosvoboda
The party 'Yabloko', which opposed the war, was removed from the elections, and its candidates did not pass in single-mandate districts. — tg_radiosvoboda
The Central Election Commission stated that electronic voting will not replace paper voting in the near future, and both systems will develop in parallel. — vedomosti
Voter turnout in the newly annexed regions (Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye, Kherson) was higher than the national average: 82.06%, 79.34%, 80.01%, and 74.61% respectively. — kommerant

Coverage (20 sources)

Election Commission published final results of the Duma elections for the IX convocation. — Faridaily
ЦИК: "United Russia" leads by results of DEG — Ведомости
ЦИК approved results of elections for deputies of the State Duma — Ведомости
Election results announced. 'United Russia' has 349 mandates, all others have 101 — Радио Свобода
ЦИК: turnout for State Duma deputies elections almost reached 59.7% — Коммерсантъ
Result of "United Russia", cleaned of falsifications, amounts to about 34%, calculated by "New-Europe" — Новая газета Европа
Electoral analyst explained the sudden appearance of 60 thousand votes for 'Just Russia' in the CEC system — Агентство. Новости
Results of the Duma elections after processing 90.43% of protocols according to the version of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation: — United Russia — 57.86% — CPRF — 13, — ASTRA
Analyst Boris Ovchinnikov estimates the share of fake votes for 'United Russia' at approximately 55%. The scale of the smear campaign could be even greater, he explained ASTRA More than half of the votes that the EEC counted for 'United Russia' in the Duma elections could turn out to be fake. — ASTRA
Pre-voting turnout, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC), amounted to 56.66% According to the CEC after... — Радио Свобода
Analyst Boris Ovchinnikov estimates the share of fake votes for 'United Russia' at approximately 55%. The scale of the smear campaign could even be underestimated, he explained ASTRA — ASTRA
«Fair Russia» overcomes the threshold barrier in State Duma elections — CEC — BBC News Русская служба
Records in the State Duma elections were achieved 'very dirty' - but 'these figures will be in the president's folder'. 'Meduza' with sources close to power draws conclusions from three days of voting — Meduza
Prosecution Service and Central Election Commission reported that no "serious and mass" violations were found in the State Duma elections held from 18 to 20... — Холод
Passed «elections» to the State Duma. The Central Election Commission reports that 95.18% of protocols have been processed: United Russia received 57.83% of votes... — Republic
Pre-voting turnout, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC), reached 56.66%. According to the CEC after... — Радио Свобода
Head of the CEC: — Varlamov News
ЦИК showed distribution of mandates in the State Duma — Ведомости
ЦИК: turnout for the State Duma elections was 59%. 'United Russia' receives 355 seats in parliament (this is a constitutional majority) — Meduza
Counting of votes in the State Duma elections is nearing completion — CEC processed 90.43% of protocols. Preliminary results... — Mash

United Russia wins 349 seats in Russian State Duma elections

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