"United Russia" worthily held elections. This was commented by the party's chairman, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who passed the United Voting Day in the Russian Federation. "What is the preliminary result? In my opinion, for the party it is quite worthy. The party acted stably and, according to preliminary data, maintains leadership in virtually all legislative bodies of the subjects of the federation where the elections took place, "Medvedev said.. He noted that while there is still a counting of votes for many regions, but now one can speak about the success of the majority of candidates for positions of the highest officials of the subjects of the Russian Federation that were nominated or supported by United Russia,. In particular, according to preliminary data, among the candidates for the post of the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin. "I hope all this will end in a very serious, confident victory," Medvedev said..

On Sunday, September 9, in Russia 84 election campaigns were held in 52 constituent entities of the Russian Federation. In 26 regions, top officials were elected, 16 - deputies of legislative assemblies, 12 - deputies of administrative centers, 8 - heads of administrative centers. In addition, on the Single Vote Day, 15 election campaigns for local self-government bodies took place, as well as early elections of 7 State Duma deputies in single-mandate electoral districts.