Russia’s ruling United Russia ​party easily won ‌a Parliamentary election ​that President Vladimir ⁠Putin has cast as a test of ‌support for the war ‌in Ukraine, the Central ‌Election ⁠Commission said ⁠on Monday (September 21, 2026), after over 95% of votes had ​been counted.

United ‌Russia party won 57.83% of the vote, the Central Election ‌Commission said, up ​from 49.8%, which it won ⁠in 2021, the last time an ‌election for the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, was held.

The results would ‌hand United Russia 355 ​seats in the 450-seat Duma, which ⁠would see it ⁠retain its constitutional majority, the commission ‌said.