By empty (12/3/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Chechen Elections Commission has announced the final official results of parliamentary elections in the North Caucasus republic, Elections Commission Chairman Ismail Baikhanov told Interfax. The commission endorsed the final vote-count records at a session on Saturday. The United Russia party has won a majority of seats in the two-house Chechen parliament and will have 24 seats in the People\'s Assembly (the lower chamber) and nine in the Council of the Republic (the upper chamber).
The Chechen Elections Commission has announced the final official results of parliamentary elections in the North Caucasus republic, Elections Commission Chairman Ismail Baikhanov told Interfax. The commission endorsed the final vote-count records at a session on Saturday. The United Russia party has won a majority of seats in the two-house Chechen parliament and will have 24 seats in the People\'s Assembly (the lower chamber) and nine in the Council of the Republic (the upper chamber). The Russian Communist Party came in second in the elections and will have three seats in the People\'s Assembly and three in the Council of the Republic. The Union of Right Forces (SPS), which won four seats, and the Eurasian Union with one will also be represented at the parliament. There will be also 14 independent deputies. United Russia, which won 60.65% of the vote for candidates from party lists, won 14 seats in the People\'s Assembly, and 10 United Russia members also won seats in single-mandate districts. The Union of Right Forces party list drew 12.39% of the vote, and the Communist Party list 12.20%. Three Communist party members and one SPS member also won in single-mandate districts. The Eurasian Union party list garnered only 3.85% of the vote, which is lower than the qualification threshold. However, leader of the local division of this party Said Yusupov won a seat in the Council of the Republic in a single-mandate district, Baikhanov said. The Yabloko party received 3.15%, Rodina 2.39%, the Liberal Democratic Party 1.46%, and Narodnaya Volya 1.29% of the vote. Another 1.51% voted against all. (Interfax)