Putin renews parliamentary majority with record Members

The previous record was 343 deputies and had been reached by the UK in 2016, according to the French agency AFP.

The results of more than 95% of the voting assemblies attributed to the UK around 58% of the votes for the 225 seats distributed on party lists, according to the Central Election Commission.

Another 225 deputies were chosen in uninominal circles, and the results showed the party candidates attached to the Kremlin (presidency) to lead in 208 of these disputes, reported the North American agency AP.

The president of the Central Electoral Commission, Ella Pamfilova, said that preliminary results indicated that the UK should obtain at least 355 seats of the 450 that make up the Federal Duma, the lower chamber of the Federal Assembly.

The vote took place between Friday and Sunday, in those that were the first Russian legislative since Putin ordered the great escalation of Ukraine in February 2022.

It was the first vote to include residents of four regions of Ukraine that were occupied and illegally annexed by Moscow at the end of 2022.

The vote also took place in Crimea, illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

Ukraine has denounced as illegal the vote in the five regions, whose sovereignty calls on Moscow with the support of the Western allies of Kiev.

China has congratulated Russia today on the “successful elections” and considered that “the results reflect the popular will” in Beijing’s first official reaction.

“China congratulates Russia on the successful Duma elections,” Chinese Foreign Minister Guo Jiakun said to the Chinese Global Times newspaper.

“China firmly supports the independent choice [of voters] and is prepared to work with Russia to advance in bilateral relations,” Guo said in statements quoted by the Spanish EP agency.