Putin is a candidate for the post of Speaker of the State Duma: Politics: Russia: Lenta.ru
Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with the leaders of the Duma parties, to nominate Viacheslav Volodin as a candidate for the post of speaker of the State Duma of the eighth convocation. The head of state noted that he is “worthy” to head the lower house of parliament, but the decision on the results of the vote remains with the party.
Viacheslav Volodin thanked the president for his trust and promised to justify it. He assures that the deputies of the seventh summoned the interests of the country above all, and also noted that they had to work in difficult conditions. In addition, he thanked Putin for such a short time that he was able to devote to the work of parliament, adding that he was able to do it in such a short period of time.
The head of United Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, have already accepted the candidacy proposed by the president. Medvedev called the work in the last convocation worthy, and considered that he would be able to organize “this work with no less brilliance.” The head of the Liberal Democratic Party called Volodin the best chairman of the State Duma for all its convocations. Also, according to him, while Volodin was in the post of speaker, the legislative activity of the parliament improved.
Volodin has been the current chairman of the State Duma since October 2016. In the last elections, he was elected to the new composition of the lower house of the parliament of the Saratov region. Prior to that, the post of chairman of the State Duma of the sixth convocation was held by Sergei Naryshkin.
Elections to the State Duma of the eighth convocation were held from 17 to 19 September. The head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia, Ella Pamfilova, said that they were recognized as valid and valid.
As a result, “United Russia” receives 324 mandates (in the last convocation there were 343), the Communist Party of the Russian Federation – 57 (there were 42), “Fair Russia – For the Truth” – 27 (there were 23), the Liberal Democratic Party – 21 (there were 39), the party ” New People “- 13,” Civic Platform “,” Rodina “and” Party of Growth “- one each, five more Duma seats will be occupied by self-nominated candidates.
The head of the CEC clarified that 109,204,662 Russians were included in the voter lists before the elections to the State Duma. 56,484,685 of them voted. During the period and before the announcement of the election results, not a single complaint was received from election commissions that would require consideration by the CEC.
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40 605 ballots were declared invalid at 157 polling stations in 43 regions. At 13 polling stations, the results of voting during the elections to the State Duma were completely canceled.