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Election Day in Russia was 18 September 2016. Among them were the legislative election for the 7th State Duma, nine gubernatorial elections, 39 regional parliamentary elections, and many elections on the municipal and local level.
All 450 seats of the State Duma were up for re-election on 18 September.
Party | Party-list | Constituency | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
United Russia | 28,527,828 | 55.23 | 140 | 25,162,770 | 50.12 | 203 | 343 | +105 | |
Communist Party | 7,019,752 | 13.59 | 35 | 6,492,145 | 12.93 | 7 | 42 | −50 | |
Liberal Democratic Party | 6,917,063 | 13.39 | 34 | 5,064,794 | 10.09 | 5 | 39 | −17 | |
A Just Russia | 3,275,053 | 6.34 | 16 | 5,017,645 | 10.00 | 7 | 23 | −41 | |
Communists of Russia | 1,192,595 | 2.31 | 0 | 1,847,824 | 3.68 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Yabloko | 1,051,335 | 2.04 | 0 | 1,323,793 | 2.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice | 910,848 | 1.76 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Rodina | 792,226 | 1.53 | 0 | 1,241,642 | 2.47 | 1 | 1 | New | |
Party of Growth | 679,030 | 1.31 | 0 | 1,171,259 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
The Greens | 399,429 | 0.77 | 0 | 770,076 | 1.53 | 0 | 0 | New | |
People's Freedom Party | 384,675 | 0.74 | 0 | 530,862 | 1.06 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Patriots of Russia | 310,015 | 0.60 | 0 | 704,197 | 1.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Civic Platform | 115,433 | 0.22 | 0 | 364,100 | 0.73 | 1 | 1 | New | |
Civilian Power | 73,971 | 0.14 | 0 | 79,922 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 429,051 | 0.85 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||
Total | 51,649,253 | 100.00 | 225 | 50,200,080 | 100.00 | 225 | 450 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 51,649,253 | 98.13 | 50,200,080 | 96.60 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 982,596 | 1.87 | 1,767,725 | 3.40 | |||||
Total votes | 52,631,849 | 100.00 | 51,967,805 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 110,061,200 | 47.82 | 109,636,794 | 47.40 | |||||
Source: Central Election Commission |
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