MOSCOW, September 21. /TASS/. Observers from the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) reported zero violations that could have impacted results of the elections to the Russian parliament’s lower house, the State Duma, CIS Deputy Secretary General Ilkhom Nematov said on Monday.

"CIS observers did not record any violations that could have had an impact on the voting results," Nematov said at a news briefing of foreign observers in the Central Election Commission (CEC).

Elections of the 9th State Duma took place during the three-day voting period from September 18 to 20. For the first time, residents of the Donbass and Novorossiya regions participated in the elections. Ten parties were included in the electoral lists for the federal constituency: United Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), the Liberal Democratic Party of the Russian Federation (LDPR), New People, A Just Russia - For Truth, the Party of Pensioners for Social Justice, the Communists of Russia, Rodina, the Party of Direct Democracy as well as the Greens Ecological Party.

Concurrently, elections were held for the legislative assemblies of 39 regions, as well as for the heads of constituent entities of Russia: direct elections in eight regions and elections by regional parliaments in three. In total, approximately 23,000 seats were up for election.