The ruling DPA and its affiliates the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine and Peace and Unity Party of Chechnya were effectively assured of victory, with its only meaningful opposition coming from the centre-right "New People" party of Vladislav Davankov. New People had been the only party to vote against the annexation of Ukraine, and was considered to be more economically liberal than the DPA.

Lukashenko's NDP, another opposition party, continued to effectively rule the Belarusian SSR and propose a slightly different agenda to that of Rokhlin. The Ukrainian Party of Regions, refounded CPSU, and A Just Russia were all systemic opposition, endorsing most of the DPA's policies.

As expected, the DPA won the election by a landslide, winning 380 seats and 66% of the vote versus 69 seats and 12% of the vote for New People, 46 seats and 8% of the vote for the NDP, 31 seats and 5% of the vote for the Party of Regions, 20 seats and 3% of the vote for A Just Russia, and 14 seats and 2% (not 4%) of the vote for the CPSU.

International organizations described the elections as massively rigged and a "Soviet-style sham", with widespread reports of voter fraud and intimidation, especially in western Ukraine, the stronghold of the Ukrainian resistance. Rokhlin's spokesman denied all accusations of fraud, calling them a part of the "Western imperialist conspiracy".

As Rokhlin is 78, speculation has grown as to who will succeed him, with Foreign Minister Sergey Glazyev, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, and Minister of Justice Sergey Baburin being considered likely successors.