Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party suffered a sharp drop in support in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, winning nearly half of the vote but falling far short of the majority it has enjoyed for years, RIA Novosti reported.
With about 94 percent of the election protocols from polling places counted, the ruling United Russia party is now slightly below the 50-percent mark with 49.69 percent, which, however, is still a far cry from the commanding two-thirds constitutional majority the party has held in the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, for the past four years, according to the official count.
During the night, United Russia has been hovering around half of the vote as ballots were being counted. At some points it had over 50 percent, balancing around the mark, going down and back again.
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