United Russia wins 355 Duma seats in preliminary results as 49 war veterans are elected
Preliminary results gave the Kremlin-aligned United Russia party 355 of 450 Duma seats, while officials said 49 veterans of the war in Ukraine won seats.
Preliminary results from Russia's tightly controlled parliamentary election gave United Russia a larger supermajority in the State Duma. Russian officials said 49 candidates who had served in the war against Ukraine were elected.
Western governments rejected voting held in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, while the Kremlin described the result as evidence of support for President Vladimir Putin.