State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 6th convocation | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Meeting place | State Duma building Moscow, Okhotny Ryad street, 1 | ||||
Term | 21 December 2011 | – 5 October 2016||||
Election | 4 December 2011 | ||||
Government | Putin Second Government Medvedev First Government | ||||
Website | State Duma | ||||
Members | 450 / 450
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Chairman | Sergey Naryshkin (from United Russia) | ||||
First Deputy | Alexander Zhukov (from United Russia) Ivan Melnikov (from Communist Party) | ||||
Deputy | List
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Party control | United Russia |
– United Russia (238) – Communist Party (92) | – A Just Russia (64) – Liberal Democratic Party (56) |
The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 6th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации VI созыва) is a former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 6th convocation meets at the State Duma building in Moscow, having begun its term on December 21, 2011 following the last session of the 5th State Duma. The term of office expired October 5, 2016, when the next parliamentary elections.
The 6th State Duma's composition was based upon the results of the 2011 parliamentary election. Of the seven parties participating in the elections, only four were able to overcome the 7% election threshold to gain representation based upon the proportional representation system.