2003 Russian legislative election

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.

2003 Russian legislative election
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
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

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.

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