Russian electoral type event: 2011 (Duma)

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Which was the dictator that used 'guided Democracy' as a slogan?

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Exit Poll
(Source: Russia Today)

Russia Today 48.5% -14.8% on 2007
Communists 19.0% +7.4% on 2007
Fair Russia 12.8% +4.1% on 2007
Liberal Democrats 11.4% +3.3% on 2007
No other party qualifies for seats

I'm saving that joke by quoting it, unless it's a minor error.

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Mind it: most Russian sites that planned reporting have been down for most of the day: denial of service attacks.

Gosh, how shocking. Anyway. How likely are the patterns shown in the results to show anything of interest?

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(Chukotka, the turf of a pro-government oligarch, Abramovich, has gotten a relatively sweet deal for a long time).

Who, of course, also owns one of Satan's football clubs.

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Ah, right. Would maps be worth the trouble or not?

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(Chukotka, the turf of a pro-government oligarch, Abramovich, has gotten a relatively sweet deal for a long time).

Who, of course, also owns one of Satan's football clubs.

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Ah, right. Would maps be worth the trouble or not?

Second place and vote share maps - sure.

Alright then. Just so long as you point me in the direction of the figures and all that.

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Which is quite the turnaround. Anyway; is there a link with figures anywhere?

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99.48%?

I mean, I know Chechnya's results are always rigged, but...99.48%?

The big man down there isn't exactly the most subtle regional strongman on the planet.

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To start with, anyway. More interesting ones tomorrow. Obviously I'll correct any serious errors.

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It seems that most of the really strong ER/UR areas have officially more autonomy than average; I suppose this is because (in practice) this means that stronger regional heavies are in control than elsewhere. O.K, it's far from a perfect pattern. But it's sort of (just about) there.

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The most serious party in all of Russia, clearly.

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Fair Russia. Which, from this series, leaves only the Commies. Tomorrow, probably.

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And, finally, the oldest team (according to their fans at least*) in the division:



*AFC Stalin United, formed after Stalin FC collapsed due to financial difficulties.

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Yeah, this Commie map looks much more like 1917 than has been normal in the post-Soviet era. Anyway, is the Petersburg-centric Fair Russia map like that just because their leader (if that's the right word) is from there?

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Which reminds me, I really should get round to making that set of maps at some point.

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Look what I just found