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The Lugansk People's Republic, like other territories declared by Russia as part of its territory after 2022, participated for the first time in federal elections to the State Duma. This is part of the process of integration of these regions into the Russian legal and political space.
The Election Commission of the Lugansk People's Republic summed up the voting results in the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the ninth convocation. "United Russia" received 78.99% of the votes in the federal electoral district on the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic, Marianna Sumskaya, chairman of the region's election commission, told reporters.
“According to the results of voting in the federal electoral district on the territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic, the United Russia party is in the lead with a result of 78.99% of the votes,” noted the chairman of the election commission.
On September 18, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia, Ella Pamfilova, emphasized that the elections in the border areas, as well as in the regions of Donbass, were held in a difficult operational situation. The Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions voted for the first time in federal elections.
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International organizations and countries that do not recognize the annexation of territories may challenge the legitimacy of the election results in the LPR and other new regions.
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