2003 Russian legislative election
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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox election
| country = Russian Federation
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1999 Russian legislative election
| previous_year = 1999
| election_date = 7 December 2003
| next_election = 2007 Russian legislative election
| next_year = 2007
| seats_for_election = All 450 seats in the State Duma
| majority_seats = 226
| opinion_polls =
| turnout = 55.75% ({{decrease}} 6.10 pp)
| image1 = 150x150px
| candidate1 =
| leader1 = Boris Gryzlov
| party1 = United Russia
| leader_since1 = 20 November 2002
| leaders_seat1 = Federal list
| last_election1 = New
| seats1 = 223
| seat_change1 = New
| popular_vote1 = 22,776,294
| percentage1 = 37.56% (PL)
| swing1 = New
| image2 = 150x150px
| candidate2 =
| leader2 = Gennady Zyuganov
| party2 = Communist Party of the Russian Federation
| leader_since2 = 14 February 1993
| leaders_seat2 = Federal list
| last_election2 = 113 seats, 24.29%
| seats2 = 52
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 61
| popular_vote2 = 7,647,820
| percentage2 = 12.61% (PL)
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 11.68%
| image3 = 150x150px
| leader3 = Sergey Glazyev
| party3 = National Patriotic Union "Rodina"
| leader_since3 = 14 September 2003
| leaders_seat3 = Podolsk
| last_election3 = New
| seats3 = 37
| seat_change3 = New
| popular_vote3 = 5,470,429
| percentage3 = 9.02% (PL)
| swing3 = New
| image4 = 150x150px
| leader4 = {{nowrap|Vladimir Zhirinovsky}}
| party4 = Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
| leader_since4 = 13 December 1989
| leaders_seat4 = Federal list
| last_election4 = 17 seats, 5.20%
| seats4 = 36
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 19
| popular_vote4 = 6,944,322
| percentage4 = 11.35% (PL)
| swing4 = {{increase}} 6.15%
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| leader5 = Gennady Raikov
| party5 = People's Party of the Russian Federation
| leader_since5 = 29 September 2001
| leaders_seat5 = Tyumen
| last_election5 = New
| seats5 = 17
| seat_change5 = New
| popular_vote5 = 714,705
| percentage5 = 1.18% (PL)
| swing5 = New
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| leader6 = Grigory Yavlinsky
| party6 = Yabloko
| leader_since6 = 16 October 1993
| leaders_seat6 = Federal list (lost)
| last_election6 = 20 seats, 5.93%
| seats6 = 4
| seat_change6 = {{decrease}} 16
| popular_vote6 = 2,610,087
| percentage6 = 4.30% (PL)
| swing6 = {{decrease}} 1.63%
| image7 = File:Boris Nemtsov 2008-11-23 crop.png
| leader7 = Boris Nemtsov
| party7 = Union of Right Forces
| leader_since7 = 27 May 2001
| leaders_seat7 = Federal list (lost)
| last_election7 = 29 seats, 8.52%
| seats7 = 3
| seat_change7 = {{decrease}} 26
| popular_vote7 = 2,408,535
| percentage7 = 3.97% (PL)
| swing7 = {{decrease}} 4.55%
| image8 = 150x150px
| leader8 = Gennadiy Seleznyov
| leader_since8 = 7 September 2002
| leaders_seat8 = Northern SPB
| last_election8 = New
| seats8 = 3
| seat_change8 = New
| popular_vote8 = 1,140,413
| percentage8 = 1.88% (PL)
| swing8 = New
| image9 = 150x150px
| leader9 = Mikhail Lapshin
| party9 = Agrarian Party of Russia
| leader_since9 = 26 February 1993
| leaders_seat9 = Federal list (lost)
| last_election9 = 11 seats (inside OVR)
| seats9 = 2
| seat_change9 = {{decrease}} 9
| popular_vote9 = 2,205,850
| percentage9 = 3.64% (PL)
| swing9 = –
| map = 300px
| map_caption = Winning party by district (PR)
| title = Chairman of the State Duma
| before_election = Gennadiy Seleznyov
| before_party = Party of Russia's Rebirth
| after_election = Boris Gryzlov
| after_party = United Russia
}}Image:Russian legislative election 2003.png
Legislative elections were held in Russia on 7{{nbsp}}December 2003.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), the lower house of the Federal Assembly.
As expected, the pro-Vladimir Putin United Russia party received the most votes (38%) and won the most seats, gaining a plurality 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
{{Election results
|firstround=Party-list|secondround=Constituency
|image=File:Russian State Duma 2003.svg
|party1=United Russia|votes1=22776294|seats1=120|votes1_2=14123625|seats1_2=103|totseats1=223|sc1=New
|party2=Communist Party|votes2=7647820|seats2=40|votes2_2=6577598|seats2_2=12|totseats2=52|sc2=−61
|party3=Liberal Democratic Party|votes3=6944322|seats3=36|votes3_2=1860905|seats3_2=0|totseats3=36|sc3=+19
|party4=National Patriotic Union "Rodina"|votes4=5470429|seats4=29|votes4_2=1719147|seats4_2=8|totseats4=37|sc4=New
|party5=Yabloko|votes5=2610087|seats5=0|votes5_2=1580629|seats5_2=4|totseats5=4|sc5=−16
|party6=Union of Right Forces|votes6=2408535|seats6=0|votes6_2=1764290|seats6_2=3|totseats6=3|sc6=−26
|party7=Agrarian Party|votes7=2205850|seats7=0|votes7_2=1104974|seats7_2=2|totseats7=2|sc7=New
|party8=Russian Pensioners' Party–Party of Social Justice|votes8=1874973|seats8=0|votes8_2=342891|seats8_2=0|totseats8=0|sc8=−1
|party9=Party of Russia's Rebirth–Russian Party of Life|votes9=1140413|seats9=0|votes9_2=1584904|seats9_2=3|totseats9=3|sc9=New
|party10=People's Party|votes10=714705|seats10=0|votes10_2=2677889|seats10_2=17|totseats10=17|sc10=New
|party11=Conceptual Party "Unity"|votes11=710721|seats11=0|votes11_2=9334|seats11_2=0|totseats11=0|sc11=New
|party12=New Course — Automobile Russia|votes12=509302|seats12=0|votes12_2=222090|seats12_2=1|totseats12=1|sc12=New
|party13=For a Holy Russia|votes13=298826|seats13=0|votes13_2=59986|seats13_2=0|totseats13=0|sc13=New|color13=#408080
|party14=Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"|votes14=253985|seats14=0|votes14_2=69585|seats14_2=0|totseats14=0|sc14=0
|party15=Development of Enterprise|votes15=212827|seats15=0|votes15_2=237527|seats15_2=1|totseats15=1|sc15=New|color15=#14589F
|party16=Great Russia – Eurasian Union|votes16=170796|seats16=0|votes16_2=464602|seats16_2=1|totseats16=1|sc16=New|color16=#7C73CC
|party17=Genuine Patriots of Russia|votes17=149151|seats17=0|votes17_2=2564|seats17_2=0|totseats17=0|sc17=New|color17=#4D8D39
|party18=Party of Peace and Unity|votes18=148954|seats18=0|votes18_2=10664|seats18_2=0|totseats18=0|sc18=0
|party19=United Russian Party Rus'|votes19=147441|seats19=0|votes19_2=570453|seats19_2=0|totseats19=0|sc19=New|color19=#164C8C
|party20=Democratic Party|votes20=136295|seats20=0|votes20_2=94810|seats20_2=0|totseats20=0|sc20=New
|party21=Russian Constitutional Democratic Party|votes21=113190|seats21=0|totseats21=0|sc21=New|color21=#1F8CFC
|party22=Union of People for Education and Science|votes22=107448|seats22=0|votes22_2=16111|seats22_2=0|totseats22=0|sc22=New|color22=#CACBFB
|party23=People's Republican Party|votes23=80420|seats23=0|votes23_2=2995|seats23_2=0|totseats23=0|sc23=New|color23=#7B746F
|party24=Other parties|votes24_2=288866|seats24_2=0|totseats24=0|sc24=–
|party25=Independents|votes25_2=15843626|seats25_2=67|totseats25=67|sc25=−38
|row26=Against all|votes26=2851958|votes26_2=7744998
|row27=Vacant seats|seats27_2=3|totseats27=3|sc27=–
|invalid=948435|invalid2=1247491
|total_sc=0
|electorate=108906250|electorate2=108906250
|source=Nohlen & Stöver, [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2263_03.htm IPU], 2003 elections[http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/etc/protokol1.doc Сведения о зарегистрированных депутатах ГД ФС РФ четвертого созыва по одномандатным избирательным округам] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016222943/http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/etc/protokol1.doc |date=2006-10-16 }} {{in lang|ru}}
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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.{{cite book |last1=Rosefielde |first1=Steven |last2=Hedlund |first2=Stefan |title=Russia Since 1980 |date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521849135 |page=174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNSiw3S8NIUC&dq=rubber+stamp+%22federal+assembly%22+of+russia+inpublisher:university+inpublisher:press&pg=PA174 |access-date=September 23, 2023|quote=Duma election of 2003, reducing the legislature to a rubber stamp.}}{{Cite news|last1=Troianovski|first1=Anton|author-link=Anton Troianovski|last2=Nechepurenko|first2=Ivan|author-link2=Ivan Nechepurenko|date=2021-09-19|title=Russian Election Shows Declining Support for Putin's Party|language=en|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/world/europe/russia-election-google.html|access-date=2021-09-27|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920000513/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/world/europe/russia-election-google.html |archive-date=2021-09-20 }}[http://prutland.faculty.wesleyan.edu/files/2015/07/Rutland-China-Russia-Compared.pdf China Russia Compared] wesleyan.edu July 2015
References
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External links
- [http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/ Election results – official information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210041001/http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/ |date=10 December 2018}} {{in lang|ru}}
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