CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Members of four political parties became the State Duma deputies: United Russia (343), the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (42), LDPR-the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (39), and A Just Russia (23).

Detailed explanation-2: -The members of the State Duma are elected by the citizens of the Russian Federation on the basis of universal equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot. A total number of elected members is 450.

Detailed explanation-3: -Status and powers, composition and Regulations of the State Duma. The State Duma is one of the chambers of the Russian parliament, the Federal Assembly. It is a legislative authority that consists of 450 members elected for five years.

Detailed explanation-4: -Electoral system The State Duma is elected on a single election day for a term of five years, with parallel voting that was used between 1993 and 2003. Out of 450 seats, 225 are elected by proportional representation from party lists with a 5% electoral threshold, the whole country forming a single constituency.