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Meduza: Did Russia’s ruling political party really lose Sunday’s regional elections? No, but there is one place it’s no longer in control

By Meduza.
A man fixes a Russian campaign flag of President Vladimir Putin on the balcony of his apartment in Moscow on February 22, 2018. The failure of Putin's party, United Russia, to win 5o percent on party lists in the 2018 elections was unexpected.
Photo by AFP

Did United Russia blow the September 9 elections?
It depends on how you look at it. Yes, United Russia failed to win 50 percent on party lists in 11 out of 16 races for regional legislative assemblies. But it lost in only three regions, narrowly and always to the Communists:

Irkutsk
United Russia: 27.8 percent
Russia’s Communist Party: 34 percent

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