At a Sept. 25 press conference, Russia's Central Election Commission chair
Pamfilova released final results for the 9th State Duma: United Russia 349
seats, Communist Party 37, Liberal Democratic Party 23, New People 19, A Just
Russia 17, Motherland 1, and four independents one seat each. Voting was held
Sept. 18-20; the 450-seat Duma is composed of 225 party-list proportional seats
and 225 single-member districts elected by plurality.