MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/. Over 280,000 people cast ballots at polling stations abroad during the recent elections, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairwoman Ella Pamfilova said on Friday.

"As planned, 333 polling stations were opened in 152 countries, including seven in the city of Baikonur, Kazakhstan. A total of 280,355 people participated in the elections [abroad]," she said.

Pamfilova pointed out that during similar elections in 2021, about 204,000 people voted at polling stations abroad.

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.