6th State Duma

State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
of the 6th convocation
State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; of the 6th convocation
	Building of the State Duma in 2014
Overview
Meeting place	State Duma building; Moscow, Okhotny Ryad street, 1
Term	21 December 2011 – 5 October 2016
Election	4 December 2011
Government	Putin Second Government; Medvedev First Government
Website	State Duma
Members	450 / 450
Chairman	Sergey Naryshkin ; (from United Russia)
First Deputy	Alexander Zhukov (from United Russia); Ivan Melnikov (from Communist Party)
Deputy	List Sergey Neverov (from United Russia); Andrey Vorobyov (from United Russia); Lyudmila Shvetsova (from United Russia); Oleg Morozov (from United Russia); Nikolai Levichev (from A Just Russia); Alexander Romanovich (from A Just Russia); Igor Lebedev (from Liberal Democratic Party);
Party control	United Russia

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 6th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации VI созыва) is a former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 6th convocation meets at the State Duma building in Moscow, having begun its term on December 21, 2011 following the last session of the 5th State Duma. The term of office expired October 5, 2016, when the next parliamentary elections.

The 6th State Duma's composition was based upon the results of the 2011 parliamentary election. Of the seven parties participating in the elections, only four were able to overcome the 7% election threshold to gain representation based upon the proportional representation system.

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