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TABLE-Putin's party wins 63.3 pct in parliament vote

MOSCOW
Sun Dec 2, 2007 10:27pm EST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party has won 63.3 percent of the vote in Russia's parliamentary election, official results showed after nearly 80 percent of the vote had been counted.

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Following are results released by the Central Election Commission at 0600 Moscow time (0300 GMT) on Monday with 79.4 percent of votes counted:

United Russia 63.3 pct

Communist Party 11.7 pct

LDPR 8.5 pct

Fair Russia 8.0 pct

Agrarian Party 2.4 pct

Yabloko 1.7 pct

Civil Force 1.1 pct

SPS 1.0 pct

Turnout 62 pct

NOTE - Only parties winning at least 7 percent of votes will get representation in State Duma, or lower house of parliament.

Votes for parties with less than 7 percent will be redistributed to the blocs which qualify to enter the Duma. (Reporting by Anton Doroshev, writing by Guy Faulconbridge)
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