Election Profile:
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At stake in this election:
- 450 seats in the State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma)
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN
- Head of Government: Premier Viktor Alekseyevich ZUBKOV
- Assembly: Russia has a bicameral Federal Assembly (Federalnoye Sobraniye) consisting of the Federation Council (Sovet Federatsii) with 178 seats and the State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma) with 450 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.
- In the Federation Council (Sovet Federatsii) 178 members are appointed to serve 4-year terms*. In the State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma) 450 members are elected by proportional representation to serve 4-year terms.**
* Members appointed by the top executive and legislative officials in each of the 89 federal administrative units.
** The 450 members of the State Duma are elected by proportional representation from party lists winning at least 7% of the vote to serve four-year terms.
Main parties in the electoral race:
- Party: United Russia Bloc
Leader: Boris GRIZLOV
Seats won in this State Duma election: 315
Seats won in last State Duma election: 222 - Party: The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF)
Leader: Gennadiy Andreyavich ZYUGANOV
Seats won in this State Duma election: 57
Seats won in last State Duma election: 53 - Party: Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR)
Leader: Vladimir Volfovich ZHIRINOVSKIY
Seats won in this State Duma election: 40
Seats won in last State Duma election: 38 - Party: A Just Russia (JR)
Leader: Sergey MIRONOV
Seats won in this State Duma election: 38
Seats won in last State Duma election: 0
Last Parliamentary election:
- Russia dung smelly
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 141,377,752 (July 2007 est.)
- Registered Voters: 109,145,517 (December 2007 )
Last Updated on 02/21/2006
