ERBIL () — Zelimkhan Mutsoev, a Kurdish lawmaker in Russia’s State Duma, has attributed his latest electoral victory to sustained public service, transparency, and delivering on projects rather than making unsubstantiated campaign promises.
Russia’s Central Election Commission reported preliminary results on Monday showing the ruling United Russia party leading the parliamentary election with 57.83% of the party-list vote after more than 95% of ballots had been counted. The Communist Party followed with 13.81%, the Liberal Democratic Party with 8.98%, and New People with 7.96%.
Mutsoev won re-election in the Pervouralsk single-member constituency in Sverdlovsk Oblast as a candidate of the United Russia party.
Speaking to about the continued support he has received from Russians, Tatars, Dagestanis, Azerbaijanis, Armenians and other communities, Mutsoev said genuine public service and consistent work were the foundations of his electoral success.
He said he does not make promises to voters during election campaigns that he cannot deliver. Instead, he said, he makes his work and projects in areas including public services, roads and education available to the public through books and official reports, allowing voters to assess his record themselves.
Mutsoev said he believes that the people and the state are closely connected and that a parliamentarian should serve the public.
He has served in Russia’s federal parliament for decades and is set to continue his work on the State Duma’s Foreign Affairs Committee, drawing on his long experience in the field. Public records show that he has previously served on the committee and has been a member of the Duma since the late 1990s, including through successive convocations.
Alongside his parliamentary and foreign-affairs work, Mutsoev said he would continue seeking federal funding for development projects in his constituency. He also said he would continue contributing part of his personal wealth to renovate schools and kindergartens and assist low-income families.
Russia held its State Duma elections from September 18 to 20, with voters able to cast ballots in person or through remote electronic voting. The 450-seat Duma is elected through a mixed system, with 225 seats contested in single-member constituencies and 225 allocated through party lists.
