2003 Russian legislative election

2003 Russian legislative election

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All 450 seats in the State Duma 226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	55.67%
Party Leader % Seats +/– United Russia Boris Gryzlov 38.16 223 New Communist Gennady Zyuganov 12.81 52 −61 LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky 11.64 36 +19 Rodina Sergey Glazyev 9.17 37 New Yabloko Grigory Yavlinsky 4.37 4 −16 SPS Boris Nemtsov 4.04 3 −26 APR Mikhail Lapshin 3.70 2 −9 PVR-RPZh Gennadiy Seleznyov 1.91 3 New NPRF Gennady Raikov 1.20 17 −41 NCAR Viktor Pokhmelkin 0.85 1 New RP Ivan Grachyov 0.36 1 New VR–ES Pavel Borodin 0.29 1 New Independents – – 67 −38 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Winning party by region Chairman of the State Duma before Chairman of the State Duma after Gennadiy Seleznyov PVR Boris Gryzlov United Russia

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.