[EM] Final results of Russia Duma poll for party lists

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Final results of Russia Duma poll for party lists

   MOSCOW, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Russia's Central Electoral
Commission on Wednesday released final official results for the
225 seats contested in the December 19 parliamentary election on
the basis of party lists.

The remaining 225 seats in the State Duma lower house are
contested on an individual constituency basis.

Final results for the individual constituencies have not yet
been published because in nine of them the election must be held
again due to irregularities the first time round. The rerun has
been set for March 19, 2000. A party needed at least five
percent of the vote to win seats in the Duma. Only six of the 26
parties contesting the Duma election cleared the five percent
hurdle.

PARTY             NUMBER OF SEATS         NUMBER OF VOTES ON

PARTY LIST BASIS

(PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL)
  Communist Party             67               16,195,569 (24.29)
  Unity                       64               15,548,707 (23.32)
  Fatherland/All Russia       37                8,886,697 (13.33)
  Union of Right-Wing Forces  24                5,676,982 (8.52)
  Zhirinovsky Bloc            17                3,989,932 (5.98)
  Yabloko                     16                3,955,457 (5.98)

12:19 12-29-99