2003 Russian legislative election Turnout 55.75% ( 6.10 pp )
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Boris Gryzlov
Gennady Zyuganov
Sergey Glazyev
Party
United Russia
CPRF
Rodina
Leader since
20 November 2002
14 February 1993
14 September 2003
Leader's seat
Federal list
Federal list
Podolsk
Last election
New
113 seats, 24.29%
New
Seats won
223
52
37
Seat change
New
61
New
Popular vote
22,776,294
7,647,820
5,470,429
Percentage
37.56% (PL )
12.61% (PL )
9.02% (PL )
Swing
New
11.68%
New
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Gennady Raikov
Grigory Yavlinsky
Party
LDPR
NPRF
Yabloko
Leader since
13 December 1989
29 September 2001
16 October 1993
Leader's seat
Federal list
Tyumen
Federal list (lost)
Last election
17 seats, 5.20%
New
20 seats, 5.93%
Seats won
36
17
4
Seat change
19
New
16
Popular vote
6,944,322
714,705
2,610,087
Percentage
11.35% (PL )
1.18% (PL )
4.30% (PL )
Swing
6.15%
New
1.63%
Seventh party
Eighth party
Ninth party
Leader
Boris Nemtsov
Gennadiy Seleznyov
Mikhail Lapshin
Party
SPS
PVR –RPZh
APR
Leader since
27 May 2001
7 September 2002
26 February 1993
Leader's seat
Federal list (lost)
Northern SPB
Federal list (lost)
Last election
29 seats, 8.52%
New
11 seats (inside OVR )
Seats won
3
3
2
Seat change
26
New
9
Popular vote
2,408,535
1,140,413
2,205,850
Percentage
3.97% (PL )
1.88% (PL )
3.64% (PL )
Swing
4.55%
New
–
Winning party by region (PR)
Distribution of the constituency seats by federal subject. 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
Legislative elections 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 .
As expected, the pro-Vladimir Putin United Russia party received the most votes (38%) and won the most seats, gaining an absolute majority in the Duma. 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.