UNITED RUSSIA CLAIMS VICTORY IN DUMA ELECTIONS
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.12.2007 12:47 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ President Putin’s United Russia party has received
63.3% of the vote in Sunday’s election to the State Duma, Russia’s
lower house, with 85% of the vote in, the Central Election Commission
announced.
According to preliminary data, the Communist Party received 11.7%,
the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party 8.4%, and Just Russia,
led by Kremlin loyalists, gained 8% of the vote.
No other parties made it past the 7% threshold to gain seats in the
State Duma. The Agrarian Party received 2.4% of votes, Yabloko 1.6%,
Civil Force 1.1%, and Union of Right Forces (SPS) 1%. The other
parties scored less than 1%.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) put voter turnout at around 60%,
compared to 55.75% at the 2003 State Duma elections.
It’s remarkable that United Russia garnered over 99% of votes in
Chechnya, RIA Novosti reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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