Russian legislative election, 2011 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Legislative elections will be held in the Russian Federation

Russia

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on 4 December 2011. At stake will be the 450 seats in the State Duma

State Duma

The State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...

, the lower house

Lower house

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of the Federal Assembly of Russia

Federal Assembly of Russia

The Federal Assembly of Russia is the legislature of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of Russian Federation, 1993...

(the legislature

Legislature

A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...

Regulations

The threshold for eligibility to win seats is 7.0 percent. Party which will receive between 5.0 and 6.0 percent will get 1 seat in Duma and between 6.0 and 7.0 percent will get 2 seats.

Political parties

All 7 registered political parties were approved to participate in the elections. Parties which were present in State Duma

State Duma

(United Russia,Communist Party, Liberal Democratic Party and A Just Russia) are automatically eligible to participate in the elections. Other parties should present atleast 150.000 signatures ( with maximum 5000 signatures per region) to Electoral Commission before October 19th.

Ballot number	Partie	No 1 in Party List	Conventions date
1	A Just Russia	Sergey Mironov Sergey Mironov Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov , is a former chairman of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament and a leading figure in the A Just Russia party.- Biography :...	24 September 2011
2	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Liberal Democratic Party of Russia The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia , Liberal'no-Demokraticheskaya Partiya Rossii is a political party in Russia. Since its founding in 1991, it has been led by the charismatic and controversial figure Vladimir Zhirinovsky...	Vladimir Zhirinovsky Vladimir Zhirinovsky Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky is a Russian politician, colonel of the Russian Army, founder and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia , Vice-Chairman of the State Duma, and a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe....	13 September 2011
3	Patriots of Russia Patriots of Russia Patriots of Russia is a left-wing nationalist and socialist political party in Russia. It was established in April 2005 by Gennady Semigin, who was expelled from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation after he failed in a power struggle with Gennady Zuganov.-History:In 2006 Gennadiy Semigin...	Gennady Semigin Gennady Semigin Gennady Yuryevich Semigin is a Russian politician, the leader of socialist Patriots of Russia party.Born March 23, 1961, in Khmelnitsky, Ukraine, Soviet Union, he studied in Riga on history faculty, and then in Moscow Institute of Jurisprudence. In the 1990s he ran a successful business...	10 September 2011
4	Communist Party of the Russian Federation Communist Party of the Russian Federation The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is a Russian political party. It is the second major political party in the Russian Federation.-History:...	Gennady Zyuganov Gennady Zyuganov Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov is a Russian politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation , Chairman of the Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Union , deputy of the State Duma , and a member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...	24 September 2011
5	Yabloko Yabloko The Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" The Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" The Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" (Russian: Росси́йская объединённая демократи́ческая па́ртия «Я́блоко» Rossiyskaya obyedinyonnaya demokraticheskaya partiya "Yabloko"; is a Russian social...	Grigory Yavlinsky	10-11 September 2011
6	United Russia United Russia United Russia is a centrist political party in Russia and the largest party in the country, currently holding 315 of the 450 seats in the State Duma. The party was founded in December 2001, through a merger of the Unity and Fatherland-All Russia parties...	Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the third President of the Russian Federation.Born to a family of academics, Medvedev graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1987. He defended his dissertation in 1990 and worked as a docent at his alma mater, now renamed to Saint...	23-24 September 2011
7	Right Cause Right Cause Right Cause is a political party in Russia with representatives in several local legislatures. Founded on 18 February 2009 as a merger of the Union of Right Forces, Civilian Power and the Democratic Party of Russia, the party's main policy stances are liberal free market economy, democracy and...	Andrey Dunaev	20 September 2011

Opinion polling

Date	Source	United Russia United Russia United Russia is a centrist political party in Russia and the largest party in the country, currently holding 315 of the 450 seats in the State Duma. The party was founded in December 2001, through a merger of the Unity and Fatherland-All Russia parties...	Communist Communist Party of the Russian Federation The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is a Russian political party. It is the second major political party in the Russian Federation.-History:...	A Just Russia	Liberal Democratic Liberal Democratic Party of Russia The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia , Liberal'no-Demokraticheskaya Partiya Rossii is a political party in Russia. Since its founding in 1991, it has been led by the charismatic and controversial figure Vladimir Zhirinovsky...	Yabloko Yabloko The Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" The Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" The Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" (Russian: Росси́йская объединённая демократи́ческая па́ртия «Я́блоко» Rossiyskaya obyedinyonnaya demokraticheskaya partiya "Yabloko"; is a Russian social...	Patriots of Russia Patriots of Russia Patriots of Russia is a left-wing nationalist and socialist political party in Russia. It was established in April 2005 by Gennady Semigin, who was expelled from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation after he failed in a power struggle with Gennady Zuganov.-History:In 2006 Gennadiy Semigin...	Right Cause Right Cause Right Cause is a political party in Russia with representatives in several local legislatures. Founded on 18 February 2009 as a merger of the Union of Right Forces, Civilian Power and the Democratic Party of Russia, the party's main policy stances are liberal free market economy, democracy and...	Others
19-20 November 2011	FOM	39%	12%	9%	10%	1%	1%	1%	—
19 November 2011	WCIOM	41%	10%	8%	9%	1.1%	0.5%	0.5%	—
12-13 November 2011	FOM	39%	13%	6%	11%	1%	1%	1%	—
12 November 2011	WCIOM	40%	13%	7%	9%	1.4%	0.3%	0.6%	—
4-5 November 2011	FOM	42%	12%	6%	9%	1%	1%	1%	—
4 November 2011	WCIOM	43%	12%	5%	9%	1.0%	0.3%	0.8%	—
29-30 October 2011	FOM	40%	12%	5%	10%	1%	1%	1%	—
28 October - 1 November 2011	Levada-Center	51%	20%	7%	14%	2%	1%	1%
29 October 2011	WCIOM	43%	14%	4%	9%	1.5%	0.4%	1.0%	—
21-24 October 2011	Levada-Center	60%	17%	5%	11%	4%	1%	1%
22-23 October 2011	FOM	42%	12%	5%	10%	1%	1%	1%	—
22 October 2011	WCIOM	45%	13%	5%	7%	1.6%	0.4%	0.4%	—
20 October 2011	Bashkirova & partners	30%	11%	8%	6%	0.7%	0.3%	0.4%	—
11-17 October 2011	ISI	48,9%	24,0%	9,8%	11,7%	2,9%	1,8%	0,9%	—
15-16 October 2011	FOM	41%	13%	6%	10%	1%	1%	1%	—
15 October 2011	WCIOM	46%	12%	4%	9%	0.7%	0.3%	0.8%	—
8 October 2011	WCIOM	44%	13%	3%	8%	0.8%	0.3%	0.9%	—
8-9 October 2011	FOM	41%	11%	5%	10%	1%	1%	1%	—
30 September - October 2011	Levada-Center	59%	18%	7%	9%	1%	1%	2%
1-2 October 2011	WCIOM	53,8%	17,1%	7,9%	11,3%	3,3%	2,0%	2,1%	—
1-2 October 2011	WCIOM	45%	13%	5%	10%	1.1%	0.5%	0.6%	—
1-2 October 2011	FOM	42%	13%	4%	9%	1%	1%	1%	—
23-27 September 2011	Levada-Center	57%	16%	6%	12%	3%	1%	2%
24 September 2011	WCIOM	41%	13%	4%	9%	1.0%	0.3%	1.4%	—
24-25 September 2011	FOM	41%	12%	4%	10%	1%	1%	1%	—
17 September 2011	WCIOM	42%	12%	4%	10%	0.8%	0.3%	1.1%	—
17-18 September 2011	FOM	41%	11%	5%	10%	1%	1%	1%	—
10-11 September 2011	WCIOM	43%	11%	4%	9%	0.6%	0.4%	2.0%	—
10-11 September 2011	FOM	41%	11%	4%	10%	1%	1%	1%	—
3-4 September 2011	FOM	43%	10%	5%	9%	1%	1%	1%	—
3-4 September 2011	WCIOM	44%	11%	4%	8%	0.8%	0.4%	1.4%	—
29 August 2011	Ogonek (United Russia)	32,0%	18,0%	9,6%	8,9%				—
27-28 August 2011	WCIOM	46%	11%	4%	10%	0.6%	0.0%	0.9%	—
August 2011	WCIOM	55,0%	16,4%	7,1%	10,8%	2,5%	2,1%	4,9%	—
27-28 August 2011	FOM	41%	10%	4%	10%	1%	0%	1%	—
19-23 August 2011	Levada-Center	54%	18%	6%	13%	1%	1%	3%	1%
20-21 August 2011	FOM	42%	10%	5%	9%	—	—	-	—
20-21 August 2011	WCIOM	44%	12%	4%	8%	0.8%	0.5%	1.3%	—
13-14 August 2011	FOM	43%	10%	4%	9%	—	—	-	—
13 August 2011	WCIOM	44%	12%	4%	7%	1.1%	0.8%	1.3%	—
6-7 August 2011	FOM	42%	11%	4%	9%	—	—	-	—
6 August 2011	WCIOM	45%	10%	3%	7%	0.7%	0.9%	0.7%	—
30-31 July 2011	FOM	40%	11%	5%	9%	—	—	1%	—
23-24 July 2011	FOM	42%	11%	4%	8%	—	—	—	—
16-17 July 2011	WCIOM	42%	11%	3%	10%	1.0%	0.1%	1.0%	—
15-19 July 2011	Levada-Center	54%	18%	7%	12%	2%	1%	2%	3%
16-17 July 2011	WCIOM	58,3%	14,7%	7,3%	9,8%	2,8%	1,9%	4,1%	—
16-17 July 2011	WCIOM	46%	11%	5%	8%	0.6%	0.4%	1.1%	—
16-17 July 2011	FOM	46%	9%	4%	9%	—	—	—	—
9-10 July 2011	FOM	42%	11%	6%	8%	—	—	—	—
23-27 June 2011	Levada-Center	53%	17%	5%	13%	1%	1%	2%	4%
25-26 June 2011	FOM	43%	10%	5%	10%	—	—	—	—
25 June 2011	WCIOM	44%	10%	5%	8%	0.8%	0.9%	1.6%	—
18-19 June 2011	FOM	42%	10%	5%	9%	—	—	—	—
18 June 2011	WCIOM	49%	12%	5%	7%	0.9%	0.5%	0.5%	—
12 June 2011	FOM	43%	11%	4%	8%	—	—	—	—
12 June 2011	WCIOM	48%	11%	5%	7%	0.9%	0.5%	0.3%	—
5 June 2011	FOM	43%	10%	5%	9%	—	—	—	—
5 June 2011	WCIOM	47%	10%	4%	7%	0.9%	1.2%	0.5%	—
28-29 May 2011	FOM	44%	12%	5%	9%	—	—	—	—
21-22 May 2011	FOM	46%	10%	5%	10%	—	—	—	—
21 May 2011	WCIOM	44%	10%	4%	8%	0.8%	0.6%	0.8%	—
14 May 2011	WCIOM	46%	11%	4%	7%	0.5%	0.7%	0.7%	—
13-16 May 2011	Levada-Center	57%	17%	4%	14%	1%	—	—	4%
14-15 May 2011	FOM	46%	11%	4%	9%	—	—	—	—
30 Apr.- 1May 2011	FOM	46%	11%	4%	9%	—	—	—	—
30 Apr. 2011	WCIOM	45%	11%	4%	8%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	—
23-24 Apr. 2011	FOM	47%	10%	5%	8%	—	—	—	—
15-18 Apr. 2011	Levada-Center	55%	18%	6%	12%	2%	—	—	4%
16-17 Apr. 2011	FOM	43%	10%	5%	9%	—	—	—	—
7 Apr. 2011	WCIOM	58.7%	13.6%	9.8%	9.1%	2.7%	1.8%	2.9%	—
March 2011	Levada-Center	57%	18%	7%	10%	1%	—	—	4%
13 Mar. 2011	Regional Election	48.97%	19.10%	14.17%	11.28%	0.24%	2.49%	0.99%	—
6-7 Nov. 2010	WCIOM	62.9%	11.9%	8.9%	6.9%	3.95%	2.81%	2.64%	—

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