2003 Russian legislative election

2003 Russian legislative election
7 December 2003
All 450 seats in the State Duma
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout55.75% ( 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 district (PR)
Chairman of the State Duma before election

Gennadiy Seleznyov
PVR

 Elected Chairman of the State Duma

Boris Gryzlov
United Russia

Legislative 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.

As expected, the pro-Vladimir Putin United Russia party received the most votes (38%) and won the most seats, gaining a plurality 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.

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