The United Russia party won the State Duma election and continued to occupy the constitutional major

Original title: the United Russia party won the State Duma election and continued to occupy the constitutional majority
China News Agency, Moscow, September 21 (reporter Wang Xiujun) - on the 21st, the data released by the Russian Central Election Commission after counting 100% of the votes showed that the United Russia party won the election of the 8th State Duma (lower house of parliament).
Data show that the United Russia party has won 49.82% of the support rate, which is the highest among all political parties participating in the election. In the proportional representation election, the United Russia party won about 112 seats in the State Duma. Meanwhile, in the single seat constituency election, the United Russia party won 198 seats. The United Russia party has won a total of more than 300 seats in the State Duma, continuing its advantage in the previous state Duma and continuing to occupy the "majority stipulated in the constitution".
According to the data, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation ranked second with 18.93% of the votes. The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia won 7.55% of the vote, ranking third. Just Russia - Patriot - for the sake of the truth party and the new party won 7.46% and 5.32% of the votes respectively, ranking fourth and fifth. According to Russian law, the above five political parties, including the United Russia party, won more than 5% of the votes and will enter the 8th State Duma. This is also the first time in nearly 18 years that five political parties have entered the State Duma.
In addition, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation won 9 single seat constituencies, justice Russia patriot for the truth party won 8, and the Russian liberal democratic party won 2.
The election of the Russian State Duma was held from September 17 to 19. There are 108 million registered voters in Russia and another 2 million overseas voters. According to the data of the Russian Central Election Commission, the voting rate in the State Duma election was 51.68%, up from 47.88% in 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the 20th that the high turnout shows that people treat the State Duma election with a responsible attitude.
The State Duma is a legal body established by Russia and composed of 450 representatives. It is mainly responsible for drafting and formulating national laws, reviewing the president's appointment of the government prime minister and deciding on the trust in the president. The election is a mixed election system, that is, half of the 450 seats are elected according to the proportional representation system of political parties; The other half of the seats are elected from single seat constituencies, that is, 225 constituencies are established throughout the country, and each constituency elects a representative of the State Duma. The threshold for political parties to enter the State Duma is 5%. (end)