Russia's ruling party supporting President Vladimir Putin has won a landslide in the country's parliamentary election. 450 seats in the Lower House of Parliament, or State Duma, were up for grabs in Sunday's election. <br/><br/>The central election commission says that with 93 percent of the ballots counted in the proportional representation segment, the ruling United Russia party has won 54.3 percent of the vote. <br/><br/>The Communists have won 13.5 percent, the Liberal Democratic Party 13.2 and the Just Russia party 6.2. These opposition parties support Putin's foreign policies. Candidates from United Russia are also ahead of their rivals in 90 percent of the electoral districts.<br/><br/>In total, United Russia is expected to win around 340 seats. That's well above the 238 it held before the poll and more than two-thirds of seats in the lower house, which is sufficient to change the constitution. <br/><br/>After the polls closed, Putin and the party's leader, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, declared victory. The victory apparently gave Putin momentum for the Presidential election in March of 2018.