2003 Russian legislative election

Legislative election 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.

2003 Russian legislative election
Russia
7 December 2003

All 450 seats in the State Duma
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout55.67%
PartyLeader % 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
Winning party by region
Chairman of the State Duma before Chairman of the State Duma after
Gennadiy Seleznyov Gennadiy Seleznyov
PVR
Boris Gryzlov
United Russia
Boris Gryzlov
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

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.

Results

PartyParty-listConstituencyTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
United Russia22,776,29438.1612014,123,62523.95103223New
Communist Party7,647,82012.81406,577,59811.151252−61
Liberal Democratic Party6,944,32211.64361,860,9053.16036+19
National Patriotic Union "Rodina"5,470,4299.17291,719,1472.92837New
Yabloko2,610,0874.3701,580,6292.6844−16
Union of Right Forces2,408,5354.0401,764,2902.9933−26
Agrarian Party2,205,8503.7001,104,9741.8722New
Russian Pensioners' PartyParty of Social Justice1,874,9733.140342,8910.5800−1
Party of Russia's RebirthRussian Party of Life1,140,4131.9101,584,9042.6933New
People's Party714,7051.2002,677,8894.541717New
Conceptual Party "Unity"710,7211.1909,3340.0200New
New Course — Automobile Russia509,3020.850222,0900.3811New
For a Holy Russia298,8260.50059,9860.1000New
Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"253,9850.43069,5850.12000
Development of Enterprise212,8270.360237,5270.4011New
Great Russia – Eurasian Union170,7960.290464,6020.7911New
Genuine Patriots of Russia149,1510.2502,5640.0000New
Party of Peace and Unity148,9540.25010,6640.02000
United Russian Party Rus'147,4410.250570,4530.9700New
Democratic Party136,2950.23094,8100.1600New
Russian Constitutional Democratic Party113,1900.1900New
Union of People for Education and Science107,4480.18016,1110.0300New
People's Republican Party80,4200.1302,9950.0100New
Other parties288,8660.4900
Independents15,843,62626.866767−38
Against all2,851,9584.787,744,99813.13
Vacant seats33
Total59,684,742100.0022558,975,063100.002254500
Valid votes59,684,74298.4458,975,06397.93
Invalid/blank votes948,4351.561,247,4912.07
Total votes60,633,177100.0060,222,554100.00
Registered voters/turnout108,906,25055.67108,906,25055.30
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU, 2003 elections[2]

Legacy

The 2003 election is cited by scholars as a turning point in Russian politics, as it marked the moment the federal parliament effectively became a rubber stamp body.[3][4][5]

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Сведения о зарегистрированных депутатах ГД ФС РФ четвертого созыва по одномандатным избирательным округам Archived 2006-10-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  3. Rosefielde, Steven; Hedlund, Stefan (2009). Russia Since 1980. Cambridge University Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780521849135. Retrieved September 23, 2023. Duma election of 2003, reducing the legislature to a rubber stamp.
  4. Troianovski, Anton; Nechepurenko, Ivan (2021-09-19). "Russian Election Shows Declining Support for Putin's Party". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  5. http://prutland.faculty.wesleyan.edu/files/2015/07/Rutland-China-Russia-Compared.pdf
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