RUSSIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION, 2003

'Legislative elections' were held in the Russian Federation on December 7 2003. At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (The legislature).
As expected, the United Russia pro-Vladimir Putin party won the largest number of votes and seats, reducing most other parties to minor status. Even the formal figure of 221 seats for United Russia is an underestimate, because most of the minor party and "independent" members are in fact clients or supporters of President Putin . The elections have thus given Putin complete control of the legislature.
Of the other parties, the Communist Party is still the largest, though much reduced in strength. Liberal Democratic Party improved its position by a few delegates. The liberal Yabloko party and the liberal-conservative SPS lost most of its seats. The only other significant party is socialist Homeland Union.

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National summary of votes and seats

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National summary of votes and seats

Of 450 seats, 225 were to be filled through voting for parties and 225 through voting for individual candidates. Only four parties were able to surpass the 5% threshold required to get party seats:^[1]

Party	Seats
United Russia	120
Communist Party of the Russian Federation	40
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	36
Rodina	29
''Total''	225

Another 225 seats were filled by voting for individual candidates in 225 constituencies using the first past the post system.^[2]

Party	Seats
United Russia	103
People's Party of the Russian Federation	17
Communist Party of the Russian Federation	12
Rodina	8
Yabloko	4
Party of Russia's Rebirth Russian Party of Life	3
Union of Right Forces	3
Agrarian Party of Russia	2
Great Russia - Eurasian Union	1
New Deal - Automobile Russia	1
Business Development Party	1
''Self-nominations''	67
''Seat not filled''	3
''Total''	225

References

1. Протокол Центральной избирательной комиссии Российской Федерации о результатах выборов по федеральному избирательному округу и о распределении депутатских мандатов между политическими партиями, избирательными блоками
2. Сведения о зарегистрированных депутатах ГД ФС РФ четвертого созыва по одномандатным избирательным округам

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★ Election results - official information