2003 Russian legislative election

Legislative election were held in Russia on 7 December 2003.[1] At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), the lower house of the Federal Assembly.

2003 Russian legislative election

7 December 2003

All 450 seats to the State Duma
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout55.67% 6.18 pp
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
United Russia Boris Gryzlov 37.57 223 New
CPRF Gennady Zyuganov 12.61 52 -61
LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky 11.45 36 +19
Rodina Sergey Glazyev 9.02 37 New
Yabloko Grigory Yavlinsky 4.30 4 -16
SPS Boris Nemtsov 3.97 3 -26
APR Mikhail Lapshin 3.63 2 -9
PVR-RPZh Gennadiy Seleznyov 1.88 3 New
NPRF Gennady Raikov 1.17 17 -41
NCAR Viktor Pokhmelkin 0.83 1 New
RP Ivan Grachyov 0.35 1 New
VR–ES Pavel Borodin 0.28 1 New
Independents 29.35 67 -38
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Winning party by region
Chairman of the State Duma before Chairman of the State Duma after
Gennadiy Seleznyov
PVR
Boris Gryzlov
United Russia
Election results
Distribution of the constituency seats by federal subject.
List
  •   United Russia
      People's Party
      Communist Party
      Rodina
      Yabloko
      Party of Rebirth/Party of Life
      Union of Right Forces
      Agrarian Party
      Great Russia
      New Deal
      Business Development Party
      Self-nominations
      Seat not filled

As expected, the pro-Vladimir Putin United Russia party received the most votes (37.6 percent) and won the most seats. The Communist Party remained the second largest, though much reduced in strength. The Liberal Democratic Party improved its position by 19 seats, while the liberal Yabloko and the liberal-conservative Union of Right Forces lost most of their seats.

Official results

Party PR Constituency Total
seats
+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
United Russia22,776,29437.612014,123,62523.9103223New
Communist Party of the Russian Federation7,647,82012.6406,577,59811.21252−61
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia6,944,32211.5361,860,9053.2036+19
National Patriotic Union "Rodina"5,470,4299.0291,719,1472.9837New
Yabloko2,610,0874.301,580,6292.744−16
Union of Right Forces2,408,5354.001,764,2903.033−26
Agrarian Party of Russia2,205,8503.601,104,9741.922New
Russian Pensioners' Party-Party of Social Justice1,874,9733.10342,8910.600−1
Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life1,140,4131.901,584,9042.733New
People's Party of the Russian Federation714,7051.202,677,8894.51717New
Conceptual Party «Unity»710,7211.209,3340.000−73
New Course — Automobile Russia509,3020.80222,0900.411New
For a Holy Russia298,8260.5059,9860.100New
Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"253,9850.4069,5850.1000
Development of Enterprise212,8270.40237,5270.411New
Great Russia – Eurasian Union170,7960.30464,6020.811New
Genuine Patriots of Russia149,1510.302,5640.000New
Party of Peace and Unity148,9540.3010,6640.0000
United Russian Party Rus'147,4410.20570,4531.000New
Democratic Party of Russia136,2950.2094,8100.200New
Russian Constitutional Democratic Party113,1900.200New
Union of People for Education and Science107,4480.2016,1110.000New
People's Republican Party of Russia80,4200.102,9950.000New
Other parties288,8660.500
Independents15,843,62626.96767−38
Against all2,851,9584.77,744,99813.1
Vacant seats33
Invalid/blank votes948,4351,247,491
Total60,633,17710022560,222,5541002254500
Registered voters/turnout108,906,25055.7108,906,25055.3
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU, 2003 elections[2]

References

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