Putin wins the parliamentary

The ruling party United Russia (UK), led by Vladimir Putin, achieves an absolute majority after the scrutiny of the 61.8 per cent of the votes in the parliamentary elections on Sunday.

Said yesterday the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), UK, whose electoral lists were headed by the President, Dmitry Medvedev, would achieve the 50.05 per cent of the votes.

The result represents a sharp decline in the last legislative elections in which he won by 64.3 percent of the votes or 315 seats in the Duma or lower House of Parliament Russian.

Corrupt bureaucracy
official, training that is linked by many Russians with the corrupt bureaucracy, did not reach the 50 percent of the vote in many regions of Russia, including the capital, Moscow.

While, in other republics such as the Caucasus in Chechnya, the Kremlin party approached to 100 percent of the ballots u000aissued.

According to current official, results RU achieved an absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies, which stands at 226 of the 450 seats.

That Yes, will lose the most constitutional 300 of the 450 seats, so you will need to agree with other forces if it wants to amend certain laws of letter Magna.

Whatever the case, Putin said that his party's victory would "ensure stability" during the next five years, through the constitutional reform which has increased in one year the legislature.

The Communist Party of Russia would be the second most voted force with 19.50% of the votes, a significant increase compared to the polls in four years (11.57).

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