President Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party has won Russia's parliamentary elections, securing 57.83% of the vote and 355 of the 450 seats in the State Duma, according to preliminary results from the Central Election Commission. The data is based on more than 95% of the vote being counted.

The result gives Putin's party a constitutional majority in the lower house of the Russian parliament. In the 2021 elections, United Russia won 324 seats, while this time it secured the largest number of seats in its parliamentary history.

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation came in second place, with 13.81% of the vote and 40 seats. The Liberal Democratic Party received 8.98% and 25 seats, while the Young People secured 7.96% of the vote and 20 seats in the Duma.

Turnout in the election reached around 59%, according to the Central Election Commission, being higher than in the 2021 parliamentary elections, when turnout was 51.72%.

This year's elections are the first for the Duma since the start of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The results published by the Russian authorities have been contested by critics and opposition figures, who have raised allegations of irregularities and manipulation, while the Central Election Commission has presented the elections as regular.

The final results are expected to be confirmed after the counting of all votes is completed.