Putin’s party wins supermajority in Russia’s parliamentary election
Victory of United Russia party strengthens Putin's hand even as the war with Ukraine grows more unpopular.
Putin’s party wins supermajority in Russia’s parliamentary election
Victory of United Russia party strengthens Putin's hand even as the war with Ukraine grows more unpopular. Grouped from 14 articles across 6 sources.
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Russia: Putin party retains majority in controlled parliamentary vote
Vladimir Putin's United Russia won just under 58% of the vote, the electoral commission said. Meanwhile, Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov won nearly 100% of the vote in elections in the Russian republic of Chechnya.
Russia’s ruling pro-Putin party keeps control of parliament after a carefully orchestrated vote
Results from over 95% of the polling stations gave the Kremlin’s United Russia party just under 58% of the vote for the 225 seats apportioned by parties
Russia election results show Putin’s party winning: What we know
With more than 90 percent votes counted, Putin's United Russia appears poised for a landslide win.
Russia’s pro-Putin party set to win election as Ukraine exposes war’s growing reach into Moscow
Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia on the State Duma election’s final day, including hundreds targeting Moscow.
Putin's United Russia party wins record 355 parliament seats, election chief says
The election, held to elect members in all seats of the lower house State Duma, is the first since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Russia’s ruling pro-Putin party on track for election win after Ukrainian attacks on Moscow
United Russia ahead with 57.5% of vote in election Putin cast as test of support for Ukraine war
Ruling party dominates early results in Russia’s wartime parliamentary vote
The Kremlin wants the elections to showcase popular support for the war in Ukraine and legitimise its action.
Moroccan parties mobilise in markets and online for parliamentary elections
Moroccan parties are pushing campaigns before the September 23 vote to secure 395 parliamentary seats.
Pro-Putin party gets record 355 parliamentary seats, anti-war party gains tiny regional foothold
United Russia was set to control 355 seats or nearly 80 per cent of the 450-seat Duma.
Putin's party wins record Duma majority in Kremlin-controlled elections as EU vows sanctions
Five Western nations and Kyiv condemned the voting in occupied Ukraine as illegal, while a Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow on the final day of polling killed two people.
Russians vote in final day of parliamentary elections
The vote comes as the Russian capital was hit by what its governor described as the "largest-scale attack" on the city since the war in Ukraine began.
Far-left party wins Berlin election, pledging to nationalise housing
Lead candidate Elif Eralp campaigned on the soaring cost of housing.
Russia vows revenge for election-day attacks as poll shows ruling party win
United Russia is on course to win 49.4 per cent of the vote, around the same it achieved in the previous election.
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