On September 20, local time, according to preliminary statistics on votes released by the Central Election Commission of Russia, Russia’s ruling party, the United Russia Party, temporarily took the lead in the current election of the Russian State Duma.
At present, 38.49% of the vote counting has been completed. The United Russia Party has obtained 45.48% of the votes. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation has obtained 21.71% of the votes. The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia has obtained 8.23% of the votes. In terms of votes, the New People's Party received 6.17% of the votes.
The Russian State Duma is Russia's permanent legislative body, composed of 450 representatives. It is mainly responsible for drafting and enacting national laws, deliberating the president's appointment of the prime minister and deciding the trust in the president.
This election is a mixed election system, that is, half of the 450 seats are elected according to the proportional representation system of the party; the other half of the seats are elected in single-seat constituencies, that is, 225 constituencies are set up across the country, and each constituency is elected Produce a member of Parliament.
The United Russia Party currently leads the 193 single-seat constituencies.
(Headquarters reporter Zhang Yuyao)