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Record turnout despite provocations: how the State Duma elections went

RIA Novosti (Russian state news agency) · September 21, 2026

State news agency overview of the vote, last updated on 21 September 2026. It gives the commission's count after 97.64 per cent of protocols (United Russia 57.97 per cent, Communist Party 13.65, LDPR 8.96, New People 7.9, A Just Russia 5.13), more than 111 million eligible voters in Russia and 1.8 million abroad, and more than 31,000 voters in Transnistria. It puts observers at about 380,000, including more than 1,000 foreigners from 133 states and 13 international organisations, quotes invited observers praising the process, and cites Pamfilova that Moscow's e-voting system was attacked from abroad, with over 100 million potentially dangerous actions blocked, and that reports of violations came from under a hundredth of a per cent of 91,000 commissions. It reports turnout of over 81 per cent in the 'DPR', 79.33 in the 'LPR', 79.39 in Zaporizhzhia and 74.61 in Kherson regions, and a precinct chair killed by a drone in Zaporizhzhia region.

IssuerRIA Novosti (Russian state news agency)
JurisdictionRussia
LanguageRU
RetrievedSeptember 24, 2026
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