2003 Russian election

Russian legislative election, 2003

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All 450 seats to the State Duma 226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	55.7%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Boris Gryzlov Gennady Zyuganov Vladimir Zhirinovsky Party United Russia Communist Party Liberal Democratic Party Last election — 90 seats, 24.29% 17 seats, 5.98% Seats won 223 52 36 Seat change New 38 19 Popular vote 22,779,279 7,647,820 6,943,885 Percentage 37.57% 12.61% 11.45% Swing - 11.68pp 5.56pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Sergey Glazyev Grigory Yavlinsky Boris Nemtsov Party Rodina Yabloko Union of Rightist Forces Last election — 20 seats, 5.93% 29 seats, 8.52% Seats won 37 4 3 Seat change New 15 26 Popular vote 5,469,556 2,610,087 2,408,535 Percentage 9.02% 4.3% 4%
Results of the 2003 legislative election in the Russian Federation by proportional representation
Chairman before election Gennadiy Seleznyov Party of Russia's Rebirth Chairman-designate Boris Gryzlov United Russia

Gennadiy Seleznyov
Party of Russia's Rebirth

Boris Gryzlov
United Russia

Parliamentary elections were held in Russia on 7 December 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 pro-Vladimir Putin United Russia party received the most votes and won the most seats. Of the other parties, the Communist Party remained the second largest, though much reduced in strength. The Liberal Democratic Party improved its position by 19 seats, whilst the liberal Yabloko and the liberal-conservative Union of Rightist Forces lost most of their seats.