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    UNITED RUSSIA CLAIMS VICTORY IN DUMA ELECTIONS

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    03.12.2007 12:47 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ President Putin's United Russia party has received
    63.3% of the vote in Sunday's election to the State Duma, Russia's
    lower house, with 85% of the vote in, the Central Election Commission
    announced.

    According to preliminary data, the Communist Party received 11.7%,
    the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party 8.4%, and Just Russia,
    led by Kremlin loyalists, gained 8% of the vote.

    No other parties made it past the 7% threshold to gain seats in the
    State Duma. The Agrarian Party received 2.4% of votes, Yabloko 1.6%,
    Civil Force 1.1%, and Union of Right Forces (SPS) 1%. The other
    parties scored less than 1%.

    The Central Election Commission (CEC) put voter turnout at around 60%,
    compared to 55.75% at the 2003 State Duma elections.

    It's remarkable that United Russia garnered over 99% of votes in
    Chechnya, RIA Novosti reports.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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