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Russian legislative election, 2003
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Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on December 7 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 SPS lost most of its seats. The only other significant party is socialist Homeland Union.
National summary of votes and seats
Of 450 seats, 225 were to be filled through voting for parties and 225 through voting for individual candidates. Only four parties were able to surpass the 5% threshold required to get party seats:
| Party | Seats |
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| United Russia | 120 | | Communist Party of the Russian Federation | 40 | | Liberal Democratic Party of Russia | 36 | | Rodina | 29 | | Total | 225 |
Another 225 seats were filled by voting for individual candidates in 225 constituencies using the first past the post system.
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| United Russia | 103 | | People's Party of the Russian Federation | 17 | | Communist Party of the Russian Federation | 12 | | Rodina | 8 | | Yabloko | 4 | Party of Russia's Rebirth
Russian Party of Life | 3 | | Union of Right Forces | 3 | | Agrarian Party of Russia | 2 | | Great Russia - Eurasian Union | 1 | | New Deal - Automobile Russia | 1 | | Business Development Party | 1 | | Self-nominations | 67 | | Seat not filled | 3 | | Total | 225 |
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