{"id":37474,"date":"2026-09-21T17:01:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=37474"},"modified":"2026-09-21T17:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:01:49","slug":"putins-united-russia-wins-record-355-seats-in-parliament-says-election-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=37474","title":{"rendered":"Putin\u2019s United Russia wins record 355 seats in parliament, says election chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin\u2019s United Russia party won a record 355 seats in Russia\u2019s 450-seat Duma lower house of parliament, according to preliminary results from the three-day election released by electoral chief Ella Pamfilova on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With almost all votes counted from the poll, in which no parties critical of Putin took part, results showed the presidential party will have a supermajority larger than its previous 2016 record of 343 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was Russia\u2019s first parliamentary election since Moscow launched its Ukraine offensive in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kremlin tightly controls elections and Moscow has banned criticism of its military campaign in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pamfilova said turnout was more than 59%, thanking Russians for voting despite what she called \u201cpsychological pressure\u201d on the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia\u2019s Communist party came second, winning 40 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nationalist LDPR party took 25 seats and the New People party winning 20 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">United Russia has dominated politics since the early 2000s and Putin has been in power since New Year\u2019s Eve 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pamfilova said that more than 95% of votes have been counted and that final results will be announced later this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin\u2019s United Russia party won a record 355 seats in Russia\u2019s 450-seat Duma lower house of parliament, according to preliminary results from the three-day election released by electoral chief Ella Pamfilova on Monday. 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