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1st LD: Russia's ruling United Russia party leads in parliamentary election -- exit polls

Xinhua, September 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Exit polls showed that Russia's ruling party the United Russia led in Sunday's election of the lower house of the parliament with 44.5 percent of votes.

The other three parties that gained enough votes to enter the seventh State Duma are the Liberal Democratic Party with a projected 15.3 percent of votes, the Communist Party with 14.9 percent and A Just Russia with 8.1 percent, according to the exit poll conducted by the All-Russia Center for Public Opinion.

Another exit poll by the Public Opinion Foundation also showed that the ruling party is in a leading role with 48.7 percent of votes. Enditem