Russian legislative election, 2003

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 LDPR Last election — 90 seats, 24.29% 17 seats, 5.98% Seats won 223 52 36 Seat change 223 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 Dmitry Rogozin 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 37 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 United Russia pro-Vladimir Putin party won the largest number of votes and seats. Of the other parties, the Communist Party is still the largest, though much reduced in strength. Liberal Democratic Party improved its position by a few delegates. The liberal Yabloko party and the liberal-conservative Union of Rightist Forces lost most of its seats. The only other significant party is socialist Homeland Union.