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Putin's United Russia claims Duma landslide amid fraud allegations

Official results show a crushing win for Putin's party, but statistical analysis suggests turnout and vote totals were inflated.

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What to know

  • Official results give United Russia 57.8% of the vote and ~355 of 450 Duma seats on claimed 59.3% turnout.
  • Independent statistical analysis (Shpilkin method) and partial precinct data suggest real turnout was under 40%, implying large-scale manipulation.
  • The Kremlin barred the anti-war Yabloko party from most ballots beforehand, part of a broader strategy of pre-election candidate exclusion.
  • No detailed precinct data exists for occupied Ukrainian territories, where voting occurred under Russian military presence, limiting full verification of fraud estimates.

Vladimir PutinVladimir Putin President of RussiaUnited Russia Ruling partyYabloko Anti-war opposition partySergey Shpilkin Physicist, election fraud analyst

Putin's United Russia claims Duma landslide amid fraud allegations
spectator.com

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Sep 22yesterdaynow · 4:44 AM ET
  1. 2

    Social media users call the election outrageously rigged

    A Bluesky post sharing a video described the vote as an outrageously rigged election that has angered Russians.

    “Putin's outrageously rigged election infuriates Russians…”
    — jayinkyiv.bsky.social
    • Powerfromspace1@mstdn.social

      Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social Putin's outrageously rigged election infuriates Russians https:// youtu.be/5-dqu1tIaRk # UkraineWar # RussiaIsLosing too slowly....

      Powerfromspace1@mstdn.socialMastodon1d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
    2 posts in this stretch →
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    Statistical models suggest turnout and vote totals inflated

    Using the Shpilkin method and precinct data from about a quarter of polling stations compiled by the independent Russian Election Monitor, analysts estimate actual turnout was under 40%, roughly half the official figure, alongside videos and photos of altered ballots and suspiciously uniform ballot stacks.

    “your choice and your will shall once again demonstrate that millions of people stand behind our soldiers, that we are a united people bound together by shared values, historical memory, and love for our motherland…”
    — Vladimir Putin, President of Russia · source
    1. 1 outlet Putin's miserable election rigging

      first by The Spectator, 2d ago

  3. background

    Kremlin announces United Russia landslide — Official results put turnout at 59.3%, up almost 8 points from 2021, and United Russia's party-list vote share at 57.8%, also up nearly 8 points, giving it about 355 of 450 Duma seats.

  4. background

    Russia holds three-day State Duma vote under tight control — Voting ran over the weekend with easy online balloting and employer-organized bus trips to polling stations, part of what the Spectator calls a strategy of "pre-rigging" through candidate bans and staged Putin appearances.

  5. background

    Kremlin bars Yabloko from most regional and national ballots — The anti-war Yabloko party, the only substantive opposition party not managed by the Kremlin, was excluded from the national vote and from seven of eight regional assembly races on legal grounds, despite polling above 10% informally.

  6. background

    Putin frames election as referendum on war and rule — In a televised address, Putin told Russians the vote would show unity behind the war effort and shared values ahead of the State Duma elections.

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