25 Sept – 5 Oct 2026
Final result window, set by the law or the authority. Treat as final after Moscow time.
- Polls close
- First count by
- Counted by
- Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
- Results page
cikrf.ru
Russia legislative election 2026
Polling day . Counted by Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. Times are Moscow time; hover for UTC.
Stale: state-duma: election-night was expected by 2026-09-21T18:00:00Z and has not been observed yet. Treat the windows below with care until the record is re-verified.
Count stages
21 Sept28 Sept5 Oct
Election-night count
Election-night count: Sun 20 Sept, 21:00 → Mon 21 Sept, 21:00, estimate.
Final resultexpected on the live page now
Final result: Fri 25 Sept, 00:00 → Mon 5 Oct, 23:59, announced.
Stage windows and their sources
- Election-night count→estimateEstimate: the CEC's preliminary count starts once the last polls close (Kaliningrad, 20:00 local = 18:00 UTC on 20 Sep) and runs through the next day. Press reports of this count (secondary, not the CEC itself): 79.08% of protocols processed by 21 Sep 05:30 MSK (Interfax, https://www.interfax.ru/russia/1117330); 95.18% at 11:00 MSK 21 Sep (Meduza, citing the CEC); 97.64% at 20:31 MSK 21 Sep (English Wikipedia). This is a preliminary count, not the final result.
- Final result→announcedCEC chair Ella Pamfilova, 21 Sep 2026: final results were planned for 25 Sep, after regional commissions had considered complaints (Interfax, https://www.interfax.ru/russia/1117420). Legal outer limit: the CEC determines the overall result no later than 5 Oct 2026 (RTVI, 18 Sep 2026) — end of 5 Oct MSK (UTC+3). Interfax reported on 25 Sep 2026 at 12:34 MSK that CEC members signed the protocols approving the result (https://www.interfax.ru/russia/1118457); observedAt is left unset because the CEC's own page (cikrf.ru / izbirkom.ru) could not be reached to confirm it.
Results sources
| URL | Role | Kind | Can answer a results question | Last check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| izbirkom.ru/region/izbirkom | results-final | other | no | |
| cikrf.ru/analog/ediny-den-golosovaniya-2026/kategorii-viborov/vybory-deputatov-gosudarstvennoy-dumy-federalnogo-sobraniya-rossiyskoy-federatsii-devyatogo-sozyva/kalendarnyy-plan-meropriyatiy-po-podgotovke-i-provedeniyu-vyborov-deputatov-gosudarstvennoy-dumy-fed/ | timetable | other | no | |
| rtvi.com/news/v-rossii-nachalis-vybory-v-gosdumu-18-20-sentyabrya-2026/ | timetable | other | no | |
| interfax.ru/russia/1118457 | see-also | other | no | |
| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Russian_legislative_election | see-also | other | no | |
| cikrf.ru | authority-home | emb home | no |
Cite, embed, correct
Election Index, “Russia legislative election 2026”, https://electionindex.org/election/russia-legislative-2026, dataset 2026-09-25.b881073d. CC BY 4.0.
Embed code
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Questions and answers
- When is the Russia legislative election 2026?
- Polling day is 2026-09-20 (officially set).
- When will the final result of the State Duma race be official?
- Expected between 2026-09-24T21:00:00Z and 2026-10-05T20:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. CEC chair Ella Pamfilova, 21 Sep 2026: final results were planned for 25 Sep, after regional commissions had considered complaints (Interfax, https://www.interfax.ru/russia/1117420). Legal outer limit: the CEC determines the overall result no later than 5 Oct 2026 (RTVI, 18 Sep 2026) — end of 5 Oct MSK (UTC+3). Interfax reported on 25 Sep 2026 at 12:34 MSK that CEC members signed the protocols approving the result (https://www.interfax.ru/russia/1118457); observedAt is left unset because the CEC's own page (cikrf.ru / izbirkom.ru) could not be reached to confirm it.
- Where are the official State Duma results?
- No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation (http://www.cikrf.ru/).