Analysts dispute 58 percent claim

Russia's United Russia party won 58% of the vote and retained its State Duma majority, officials said, while independent analysts calculated actual support was about 1.7 times lower.

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Putin could have won the manipulated Russian election, but he can't brag about other successes

In Russia, organizers held a three-day campaign event billed as a parliamentary election, and the result that everyone knew would come out showed that the party backing President Putin had retained its majority by winning 58 percent of the votes.

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Real Vote Share Putin's United Russia Got in Weekend Elections Calculated by Independent Publication Using 'Comet Tail' Method

Putin's United Russia party obtained in the weekend Duma elections a share 1.7 times smaller than the officially announced one, according to Novaia Gazeta Europa. The independent Russian-language publication used a method developed by physicist Sergei Shpilkin, through which the share of real votes can be calculated based on the data.

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The Sidney Morning Herald

Surprise! Putin just won the Russian elections. But his biggest win was elsewhere

The election result was predictable for a country ruled so long by an autocrat whose enemies share the habit of falling out of windows from great heights.

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Analysts dispute 58 percent claim

Putin could have won the manipulated Russian election, but he can't brag about other successes

Real Vote Share Putin's United Russia Got in Weekend Elections Calculated by Independent Publication Using 'Comet Tail' Method

Surprise! Putin just won the Russian elections. But his biggest win was elsewhere

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News, ranked by scholars

Analysts dispute 58 percent claim

Putin could have won the manipulated Russian election, but he can't brag about other successes

Real Vote Share Putin's United Russia Got in Weekend Elections Calculated by Independent Publication Using 'Comet Tail' Method

Surprise! Putin just won the Russian elections. But his biggest win was elsewhere

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