MOSCOW - United Russia won again — and not only as a party: It also has 105 more party members in the new Duma as winners in single-mandate districts. The Communists lost most of their single-mandate districts. The positions of United Russia were strong not only in its traditional regions, as its representatives won in red- and right-wing-oriented places as well.

The Communists will have only 12 single-mandate districts (against 63 in the previous Duma), the Union of Right Forces managed to keep two and Yabloko four. New bloc Motherland will have eight representatives, and 65 successful candidates were independents.