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Russian Duma election results may be canceled in three ballot stations

19 September 2016 09:29 (UTC +04:00)

Baku – APA. The results of Russia’s parliamentary elections may be canceled in three ballot stations, Central Election Commission head Ella Pamfilova said on Monday announcing the preliminary outcome, TASS agency reported.

This concerns ballot station 2211 in the Nizhny Novgorod region and ballot station 1958 in the Rostov region, she said.

Ella Pamfilova pointed out that she was ready to meet with party leaders to discuss concrete facts of violations.

According to the official, the ruling United Russia party wins the elections to the State Duma on party lists with 54.28% of the votes after 93.06% of ballots counted.

The Communist Party comes second with 13.45% of the votes, and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) is in the third place with 13.24% of the votes. A Just Russian party gained 6.17% of the votes.

Six political parties and one self-nominee have won mandates in majoritarian constituencies.

Of the 225 seats distributed in single-member constituencies 203 will go to United Russia. The Communists and A Just Russia will get seven each, and the Liberal Democrats, five. Rodina (Motherland) and the Civic Platform party will have one mandate each.

One seat will be taken by a self-nominee.

According to preliminary results, the voter turnout at the election stands at 47.18%.

Pamfilova noted that no major changes were expected after parliamentary elections.