Russia’s ruling United Russia party wins a record 355 seats in the 450-seat State Duma, according to preliminary results released by election chief Ella Pamfilova, with Monday reporting that the figures reflect votes counted as of that stage.
Both outlets report that the result gives United Russia a supermajority in the lower house, exceeding its previous high of 343 seats in the 2016 elections. Free Malaysia Today adds that the count is nearly complete as votes are tallied, while Vanguard presents the outcome as preliminary.
The coverage is consistent on the seat total, the role of Pamfilova in announcing preliminary figures, and the implication that the party increases its parliamentary dominance compared with the prior election. Differences are limited to how the results are characterized—“preliminary” versus “almost all votes counted”—rather than any dispute over the core numbers.
