Russia's ruling United Russia party won 57.83 percent of the vote after more than 95 percent had been counted, according to the country's Central Election Commission as reported by Reuters.

The result would give the party 355 of the State Duma's 450 seats, allowing it to retain a constitutional majority. The 2026 election was presented by President Vladimir Putin as a test of support for the war in Ukraine.

United Russia's reported share is higher than the 49.8 percent it won in the 2021 Duma election. The comparison is politically useful to the Kremlin, but the result arrives in a tightly controlled electoral environment where the meaning of participation and competition is itself contested.

The vote also took place under the shadow of the war's expanding drone campaign. Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia over the weekend, according to AP reporting, while Russia continued its own attacks on Ukrainian cities.

For Moscow, the parliamentary result offers a domestic image of continuity while the battlefield imposes new costs. For observers outside Russia, the central question is whether the claimed mandate will translate into greater confidence in the war or simply reinforce the political system that has already committed the country to it.