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.
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All 450 seats to the State Duma 226 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 55.7% 6 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results of the 2003 legislative election in the Russian Federation by proportional representation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
United Russia | 22,776,294 | 37.6 | 120 | 14,123,625 | 23.9 | 103 | 223 | New | |
Communist Party of the Russian Federation | 7,647,820 | 12.6 | 40 | 6,577,598 | 11.2 | 12 | 52 | −61 | |
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia | 6,944,322 | 11.5 | 36 | 1,860,905 | 3.2 | 0 | 36 | +19 | |
National Patriotic Union "Rodina" | 5,470,429 | 9.0 | 29 | 1,719,147 | 2.9 | 8 | 37 | New | |
Yabloko | 2,610,087 | 4.3 | 0 | 1,580,629 | 2.7 | 4 | 4 | −16 | |
Union of Right Forces | 2,408,535 | 4.0 | 0 | 1,764,290 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | −26 | |
Agrarian Party of Russia | 2,205,850 | 3.6 | 0 | 1,104,974 | 1.9 | 2 | 2 | New | |
Russian Pensioners' Party-Party of Social Justice | 1,874,973 | 3.1 | 0 | 342,891 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | −1 | |
Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life | 1,140,413 | 1.9 | 0 | 1,584,904 | 2.7 | 3 | 3 | New | |
People's Party | 714,705 | 1.2 | 0 | 2,677,889 | 4.5 | 17 | 17 | New | |
Conceptual Party Unity | 710,721 | 1.2 | 0 | 9,334 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | −73 | |
New Course–Automobile Russia | 509,302 | 0.8 | 0 | 222,090 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | New | |
For a Holy Russia | 298,826 | 0.5 | 0 | 59,986 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" | 253,985 | 0.4 | 0 | 69,585 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Development of Enterprise | 212,827 | 0.4 | 0 | 237,527 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | New | |
Great Russia–Eurasian Union | 170,796 | 0.3 | 0 | 464,602 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | New | |
Genuine Patriots of Russia | 149,151 | 0.3 | 0 | 2,564 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Party of Peace and Unity | 148,954 | 0.3 | 0 | 10,664 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
United Russian Party Rus' | 147,441 | 0.2 | 0 | 570,453 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Democratic Party of Russia | 136,295 | 0.2 | 0 | 94,810 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Russian Constitutional Democratic Party | 113,190 | 0.2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | New | |
Union of People for Education and Science | 107,448 | 0.2 | 0 | 16,111 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
People's Republican Party of Russia | 80,420 | 0.1 | 0 | 2,995 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Other parties | – | – | – | 288,866 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Independents | – | – | – | 15,843,626 | 26.9 | 67 | 67 | −38 | |
Against all | 2,851,958 | 4.7 | – | 7,744,998 | 13.1 | – | – | – | |
Vacant seats | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | |
Invalid/blank votes | 948,435 | – | – | 1,247,491 | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 60,633,177 | 100 | 225 | 60,222,554 | 100 | 225 | 450 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 108,906,250 | 55.7 | – | 108,906,250 | 55.3 | – | – | – | |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU, 2003 elections[2] |
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Сведения о зарегистрированных депутатах ГД ФС РФ четвертого созыва по одномандатным избирательным округам Archived 2006-10-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
External links
- Election results – official information (in Russian)
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