Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see Political parties in Russia. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Russia.| Candidates | Nominating parties | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Putin | United Russia | 45,513,001 | 63.64 |
| Gennady Zyuganov | Communist Party | 12,288,624 | 17.18 |
| Mikhail Prokhorov | Independent | 5,680,558 | 7.94 |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | Liberal Democratic Party | 4,448,959 | 6.22 |
| Sergey Mironov | A Just Russia | 2,755,642 | 3.85 |
| Valid votes | 70,686,784 | 98.84 | |
| Invalid votes | 833,191 | 1.16 | |
| Total votes | 71,519,975 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 109,610,812 | 65.25 | |
| Source: Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation | |||
| Parties and alliances | Seat composition | Popular vote | % | ± pp swing |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | ± | % | ||||||||
| United Russia | 238 | 77 | 52.88% | 32,379,135 | 49.32% | 14.98% | ||||
| Communist Party | 92 | 35 | 20.46% | 12,599,507 | 19.19% | 7.62% | ||||
| A Just Russia | 64 | 26 | 14.21% | 8,695,522 | 13.24% | 5.50% | ||||
| Liberal Democratic Party | 56 | 16 | 12.45% | 7,664,570 | 11.67% | 3.53% | ||||
| Yabloko | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2,252,403 | 3.43% | 1.84% | ||||
| Patriots of Russia | 0 | 0 | 0% | 639,119 | 0.97% | 0.08% | ||||
| Right Cause | 0 | 0 | 0% | 392,806 | 0.60% | new party | ||||
| Total | 450 | 0 | 100% | 64,623,062 | 100% | |||||
| Valid ballot papers | 64,623,062 | 98.43% | ||||||||
| Invalid ballot papers | 1,033,464 | 1.57% | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | 109,237,780 | Turnout: 60.10% | ||||||||
Formerly seats in Russia the Duma were elected half by proportional representation ( with at least 5% of the vote to qualify for seats) and half by single member districts. However, President Putin passed a law that all seats are to be elected by proportional representation ( with at least 7% of the vote to qualify for seats) to take effect in the December 2007 elections. By doing this Putin has eliminated independents and made it more difficult for small parties to be elected to the Duma.
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