Russian election results AUF1 cites preliminary seats

Sep 18–20

AUF1 cites preliminary election-commission figures giving United Russia 355 of 450 Duma seats, the Communists forty, Liberal Democrats twenty-five, New People twenty, A Just Russia four and Rodina one. It describes the governing party's constitutional majority and broad alignment of Duma parties with Putin on key issues. It says Yabloko was largely excluded for political reasons despite some district candidates being allowed, none of whom won. The figures are presented as preliminary, not an independently verified final count.

AUF1's September 22 report cites preliminary commission results giving United Russia 355 of 450 Duma seats after three days of voting. It lists 40 for the Communists, 25 for the Liberal Democrats, 20 for New People, four for A Just Russia and one for Rodina, and says represented parties broadly back Putin on central issues. It contrasts these results with anti-war Yabloko's restricted ballot access. Vremya's September 22 election discussion portrays the campaign as calm and disruption efforts as unsuccessful; these are participants' assessments. On September 23 Vremya gives turnout near 60 percent and more than 67 million participants, while Putin interprets the vote as support for the authorities and armed forces. On September 24 Vremya instead reports United Russia's preliminary tally as 349 seats and relays the party's success and interference narratives, including votes in Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions. The broadcasts do not reconcile 355 with 349; neither preliminary figure is silently replaced or treated as an independently audited final result. Weltwoche's September 22 account adds a contrasting legitimacy discussion: Köppel relays the EU's criticism of the Russian vote but challenges the EU's standing by invoking von der Leyen's selection and Ukraine's lack of wartime elections. His argument is political commentary, with no independently audited result or resolution of the other sources' preliminary-seat discrepancy. On September 25, Vremya reports the CEC's final allocation as 349 seats for United Russia, 37 for the Communists, 23 for LDPR, 19 for New People, 17 for A Just Russia, one for Rodina and four independents. It reports nearly 67.5 million voters and seven million remote electronic participants, airs party reactions and official security assessments, and notes a Kirov-region ballot error and review of Communist complaints. The certification is separately indexed as a later event. The final announced allocation does not retrospectively erase AUF1's earlier 355-seat preliminary account, and no independent audit or explanation of the change is supplied. At the September 28 Pamfilova meeting, Vremya repeats turnout near 60 percent and more than seven million electronic voters, and says the Duma will be half renewed and four years younger on average. Pamfilova gives 655 war participants elected across all levels; the Duma-specific figure remains 46. The report discusses foreign observation and invalid-ballot rates and again presents voting as legitimate despite alleged interference. A separate meeting with party leaders returns to Putin's legitimacy and veteran-representation arguments. No revised seat allocation or independent audit is provided. Vremya's September 29 registration brief gives a later allocation of 350 United Russia, 37 Communist, 24 LDPR, 19 New People, 17 A Just Russia, one Rodina and two independents, while its fuller package about the September 28 party-leader meeting still says LDPR has 23. Medvedev gives 665 veterans elected on United Russia tickets across levels and fifty in its Duma faction. These source claims differ from the earlier seat and veteran totals, including Pamfilova's all-level/all-party figures; no explanation or independent reconciliation is supplied. Registration and faction decisions retain their own occurrence identities.