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Voting for the election of deputies to the State Duma of the ninth convocation will take place over three days - from September 18 to 20.
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There are 3,133 candidates included in the federal lists for elections to the State Duma, and 1,667 in the lists for single-mandate constituencies.
Voting for the election of deputies to the State Duma of the ninth convocation will take place over three days - from September 18 to 20.
MOSCOW, September 17 - RIA Novosti. The federal lists for elections to the State Duma include 3,133 candidates, and 1,667 are included in the lists for single-mandate constituencies, said Ella Pamfilova, Chairman of the Central Election Commission.
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“The federal lists of candidates for deputies nominated by political parties, certified by the Central Election Commission of Russia, included 3,133 candidates,” Pamfilova said, delivering a report on the readiness of the electoral system for the upcoming elections.
As follows from the presentation that Pamfilova demonstrated during the report, 1,667 people were included in the lists for single-mandate constituencies.

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