Putin’s party wins supermajority in Russia’s parliamentary election

Victory of United Russia party strengthens Putin’s hand even as the war with Ukraine grows more unpopular.

Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Moscow on Monday [Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool/AFP]

President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party has won a record supermajority in tightly orchestrated parliamentary polls that excluded virtually any genuine opposition, near complete official results show.

With over 58 percent of votes secured, United Russia, which has dominated Russian politics for 25 years, is on track to win more than three quarters of the seats in the lower house, the State Duma, according to the results announced on Monday after three days of voting that ended on Sunday.

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The polls were the first parliamentary vote since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022 and the first to include residents of four Ukrainian regions that were seized and illegally annexed by Moscow later that year.

Reporting from Moscow, Al Jazeera’s Dmitry Medvedenko said the results, along with a high voter turnout of almost 60 percent, “is likely to be seen by Moscow as emboldening, as public support for what it is doing, especially for what it’s doing in Ukraine for the continuation of the war”.

Ella Pamfilova, chair of the Central Electoral Commission, said Yabloko, the only registered anti-war party in Russia, did not win any seats at the national level. It had been removed from the ballot last month by Russia’s Supreme Court and only had a few dozen candidates in single-seat races.

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Yabloko did enter the regional parliament in western Russia’s Novgorod region. It said on social media that it received about 12,000 votes – just over six percent of votes and enough to enter the regional legislature.

Yabloko and the Communist Party, which has criticised some aspects of government policy but carefully avoided any criticism of Putin, said many of their observers were turned away from polling stations.

The Communists made it into parliament with 13.8 percent of the vote, securing 40 Duma seats. The nationalist LDPR party won 25 seats and the New People party 20.

Russia did not invite observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which the Foreign Ministry has accused of “double standards” for its criticism of the country. OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Pere Joan Pons said the decision to exclude observers violated Russia’s commitments as a member.

‘Surprise to nobody’

Many Russians appeared unsurprised by the poll results.

“In the morning, I saw that ⁠⁠United Russia was winning. It probably comes as a surprise to nobody,” said Moscow resident Tatyana.

Asked what she would like to change, she said: “Well, I guess everyone knows the most acute thing – the conflict in Ukraine. I’d like to see it end sooner, with peaceful methods if possible”.

The continuation of the war risks entrenching policies, which are increasingly affecting average Russians and the parliamentary supermajority may struggle to change the dynamic.

“Putin, of course, will interpret United Russia’s results as confirmation of the (public) support of the war, even though it is not the case: The overall demand for ending the war is growing,” said Tatyana Stanovaya of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in an online commentary.

“The main question is: What now? There are great concerns about mobilisation, new repressions, harsher measures and escalation,” she wrote.

The EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas dismissed Russia’s “so-called” election.

“The Kremlin silenced dissent, barred the only registered party that opposed its war in Ukraine and shut out international election monitors. The veneer of democracy is all that remains in Russia,” Kallas said.

In a joint statement, five countries, including Australia, Britain and Canada, condemned Russia’s “sham” parliamentary elections in areas of occupied Ukraine, branding them “part of a wider system of occupation”.

尽管与乌克兰的战争越来越不得人心，但统一俄罗斯党的胜利却增强了普京的实力。

周一，弗拉基米尔·普京在莫斯科出席会议 [Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool/AFP]

官方公布的近乎完整的选举结果显示，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京领导的统一俄罗斯党在精心策划的议会选举中赢得了创纪录的绝对多数席位，这次选举几乎排除了所有真正的反对派。

根据周一公布的选举结果，在周日结束的为期三天的投票后，执政25年的统一俄罗斯党获得了超过58%的选票，有望赢得下议院国家杜马超过四分之三的席位。

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这是自俄罗斯军队 2022 年入侵乌克兰以来的首次议会选举，也是首次包括当年晚些时候被莫斯科占领和非法吞并的四个乌克兰地区的居民参加的选举。

半岛电视台驻莫斯科记者德米特里·梅德韦坚科报道称，选举结果以及近 60% 的高投票率“很可能被莫斯科视为一种鼓舞，是公众对其所作所为的支持，尤其是对其在乌克兰继续战争所作所为的支持”。

俄罗斯中央选举委员会主席埃拉·帕姆菲洛娃表示，俄罗斯唯一注册的反战政党“亚博卢”在全国选举中未赢得任何席位。该党上个月被俄罗斯最高法院取消参选资格，仅在一些单席位选举中派出几十名候选人。

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亚布洛科党成功进入俄罗斯西部诺夫哥罗德州的地方议会。该党在社交媒体上表示，他们获得了约12000张选票——略高于6%的选票，足以进入地方议会。

“亚博卢”组织和共产党（该组织曾批评政府政策的某些方面，但小心翼翼地避免批评普京）表示，他们的许多观察员被拒之门外，无法进入投票站。

共产党以13.8%的得票率进入议会，获得40个杜马席位。民族主义政党自由民主党赢得25个席位，新人民党赢得20个席位。

俄罗斯没有邀请欧洲安全与合作组织（欧安组织）的观察员，俄罗斯外交部指责欧安组织对俄罗斯的批评采取“双重标准”。欧安组织议会大会主席佩雷·琼·庞斯表示，俄罗斯拒绝邀请观察员的决定违反了其作为成员国的承诺。

“不出所料”

许多俄罗斯人似乎对民调结果并不感到意外。

“早上我看到统一俄罗斯党赢了。这大概不会让任何人感到意外，”莫斯科居民塔季扬娜说。

当被问及她希望改变什么时，她说：“嗯，我想大家都知道最棘手的问题——乌克兰冲突。我希望这场冲突能尽快结束，如果可能的话，最好能以和平方式解决。”

战争的持续可能会使一些政策根深蒂固，这些政策正日益影响到普通俄罗斯民众，而议会中的绝对多数派可能难以改变这种局面。

“普京当然会将统一俄罗斯党的选举结果解读为（公众）支持战争的确认，尽管事实并非如此：结束战争的总体呼声越来越高，”卡内基俄罗斯欧亚中心的塔季扬娜·斯塔诺瓦娅在一篇网络评论中说道。

她写道：“主要问题是：接下来会发生什么？人们非常担心会出现动员、新的镇压、更严厉的措施以及局势升级。”

欧盟最高外交官卡娅·卡拉斯驳斥了俄罗斯所谓的选举结果。

卡拉斯说：“克里姆林宫压制异议，取缔了唯一一个反对其在乌克兰发动战争的注册政党，并阻止国际选举观察员入境。俄罗斯只剩下民主的外衣了。”

包括澳大利亚、英国和加拿大在内的五个国家发表联合声明，谴责俄罗斯在被占领的乌克兰地区举行的“虚假”议会选举，称其为“更广泛的占领体系的一部分”。