[Exit poll: United Russia leads the vote in the Russian State Duma election] September 21st, the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center released an exit poll on the 20th, showing that in the ninth State Duma (lower house of parliament) election, the ruling party United Russia ranked first with 49.4% of the vote. Polls show that the Communist Party of the Russian Federation ranked second with 14.2% of the vote. The political parties with the third to fifth highest vote share were the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, the New People's Party, and the Just Russia Party. According to the Russian Central Election Commission, as of 21:00 Moscow time on the 20th (2:00 Beijing time on the 21st) all polling stations in Russia were closed, and the turnout rate for this election was 56.66%. The Russian Central Election Commission will announce the preliminary results of the election at 11:00 Moscow time on the 21st (16:00 Beijing time on the 21st), and the final results are not expected to be announced earlier than September 25. (CCTV News)