Russia election results show Putin’s party winning: What we know

With more than 90 percent votes counted, Putin’s United Russia appears poised for a landslide win.

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With more than 90 percent votes counted, Putin’s United Russia appears poised for a landslide win. But analysts say warning signs for the Kremlin may lie in the results.

Voters leave voting booths during the parliamentary election in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, September 20, 2026 [Dmitri Lovetsky/ AP Photo]

Early results emerging from Russia’s first parliamentary elections since the launch of the full-fledged war on Ukraine show President Vladimir Putin’s party dominating the vote — an outcome widely predicted.

The election, which began on Friday and ended on Sunday to elect members of the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, is projected to see Putin’s United Russia maintain its hold amid a tightly controlled election in which opposition to the president’s policies remains limited.

Despite the lack of alternatives to United Russia, the Kremlin had positioned the vote as a chance for residents to have their say since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and amid economic hardship.

Most antiwar candidates have been barred from the ballot. Those who did run from the liberal Yabloko party said they feared for their freedom after two senior party figures were handed long jail terms before the election due to comments made about the Russia-Ukraine war.

Still, Yabloko’s leader, Nikolai Rybakov, demonstrably spoiled his ballot paper, writing his party’s name and the slogan “For peace”.

Here’s what we know:

What have early results shown?

The state news agency TASS reported on Monday that 90.43 percent of ballots had been counted, according to data from the Central Election Commission (CEC).

The CEC found that, as of Sunday night, voter turnout stood just below 57 percent.

United Russia led with 57.86 percent of the vote, with 225 deputies apportioned from party lists. In single-seat races, another 225 lawmakers will be chosen, and Putin’s party is also projected to win most of them.

So far, no surprises or upsets have been recorded.

TASS also reported, citing the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, that more than 3.6 million people voted online.

Those voting included residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed in 2022 – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia – as well as those in Crimea, which was taken in 2014. The United Nations and most of the world do not recognise Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian regions as part of Russia.

How have other parties fared?

Other parties, like the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), New People and A Just Russia, all of which largely vote the same way as United Russia in parliament, trailed behind in the early election results but were still on course to win seats in the State Duma.

The vote breakdown showed the CPRF at 13.84 percent, the LDPR at 8.9 percent, New People at 7.94 percent, and A Just Russia at 4.95 percent, according to TASS.

But while the early results paint a predictable outcome, the Berlin-based think tank NEST, cofounded by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, said the vote could produce awkward moments for the Kremlin at a time of economic strain.

NEST said the votes received by the CPRF and New People might in many cases amount to a silent protest against Putin and United Russia — even if these parties do not actually challenge the president on most issues.

“The consequences of the war are increasingly being felt within the country, and accumulated anxiety and frustration may translate into votes for the systemic opposition parties that the Kremlin has allowed to remain on the ballot,” it said in a note.

What were previous outcomes and when are final results expected?

During the 2021 State Duma elections, United Russia kept an absolute majority in the 450-seat lower house, holding 326 seats.

The CPRF was the second-largest party, winning 57 seats. It has remained a major force in Russian politics since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The CEC will announce preliminary results and turnout on Monday, but the final results are unlikely before Friday, by which time all ballots are likely to be counted and other procedures required by law are completed, TASS reported.

What has Ukraine said on the Russian election?

Ukraine had denounced the election, which involved voters from the annexed regions, with officials calling it illegal.

Moscow accused Ukraine of attempting to sabotage the election after a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks targeted Moscow and other regions on Sunday, which TASS called the biggest of its kind since the war began in February 2022.

The attacks killed three people in the Moscow region and two in the Russian-held part of Kherson, including an election official, according to the regional governor and the election commission.

Moreover, a facility at Moscow’s oil refinery, which has been targeted before, was also damaged.

On Monday morning, a man was killed and three others were wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Bryansk region, according to acting Governor Yegor Kovalchuk.

超过90%的选票已经统计完毕，普京领导的统一俄罗斯党似乎即将取得压倒性胜利。但分析人士表示，克里姆林宫或许会从选举结果中看到一些警示信号。

2026年9月20日星期日，俄罗斯圣彼得堡，选民在议会选举期间离开投票站。[德米特里·洛维茨基/美联社照片]

俄罗斯自全面入侵乌克兰战争爆发以来首次举行的议会选举初步结果显示，弗拉基米尔·普京总统所在的政党在投票中占据主导地位——这一结果在外界普遍预期之中。

此次选举于周五开始，周日结束，旨在选出议会下院——国家杜马的成员。预计在这次受到严格控制的选举中，普京领导的统一俄罗斯党将继续保持其执政地位，因为对总统政策的反对仍然有限。

尽管没有统一俄罗斯党的替代选择，但克里姆林宫将这次投票定位为自 2022 年入侵乌克兰以来，以及在经济困难时期，居民们表达意见的机会。

大多数反战候选人都被禁止参选。那些来自自由派政党“亚博卢”的候选人表示，由于两名该党高层人士在选举前因发表有关俄乌战争的言论而被判处长期监禁，他们担心自己的自由会受到威胁。

尽管如此，亚布洛科党的领导人尼古拉·雷巴科夫还是公然作废了他的选票，写上了他所在政党的名称和“为了和平”的口号。

我们目前掌握的情况如下：

初步结果显示什么？

据塔斯社周一报道，根据中央选举委员会（CEC）的数据，90.43%的选票已被清点完毕。

中央选举委员会发现，截至周日晚间，投票率略低于 57%。

统一俄罗斯党以57.86%的得票率领先，在各党派名单中分配到225个议席。在单独选举中，还将选出另外225名议员，预计普京的政党也将赢得其中大部分席位。