2003 Russian legislative election

2003 Russian legislative election

← 1999 7 December 2003 2007 →

All 450 seats in the State Duma
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout55.75% (Decrease 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 Decrease 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 Decrease 11.68% New

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Геннадий Райков.jpg
Grigory Yavlinsky.jpg
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 Increase 19 New Decrease 16
Popular vote 6,944,322 714,705 2,610,087
Percentage 11.35% (PL) 1.18% (PL) 4.30% (PL)
Swing Increase 6.15% New Decrease 1.63%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
  Boris_Nemtsov_2008-11-23_crop
Leader Boris Nemtsov Gennadiy Seleznyov Mikhail Lapshin
Party SPS PVRRPZh 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 Decrease 26 New Decrease 9
Popular vote 2,408,535 1,140,413 2,205,850
Percentage 3.97% (PL) 1.88% (PL) 3.64% (PL)
Swing Decrease 4.55% New

Winning party by region (PR)

Chairman of the State Duma before election

Gennadiy Seleznyov
PVR

Elected Chairman of the State Duma

Boris Gryzlov
United Russia

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

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.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7