CNN(CNN) - Russia's ruling party appears to have lost multiple seats in Moscow's city legislature, according to preliminary voting results reported by state news agency RIA-Novosti.
Self-nominated candidates aligned with United Russia, which supports President Vladimir Putin, are set to occupy 26 of 45 seats in the Moscow City Duma, RIA-Novosti cited Valentin Gorbunov, head of the Moscow Election Commission, as saying.
United Russia previously held 28 seats, along with 10 self-nominated candidates backed by the party.
Gorbunov said the Communist Party won 13 seats, and the Just Russia party and the liberal Yabloko party won three seats each, RIA-Novosti reported.
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny claimed a tactical victory in the elections, saying that United Russia had suffered a major setback.