1999 Russian Legislative Election
The election that made Putin possible19 December 1999 · The contested Duma · 450 seats, 226 for a majority
Legislative elections were held in Russia on 19 December 1999 to elect the 450 seats in the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly. Like in the previous elections in 1995, the electoral system resulted in many parties competing for the proportional seats and a significant number of independent deputies elected.
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in Second Chechen War (1999–2000). Conflicts →
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
CPRF
113 of 450 seats
Turnout
61.9%
The result
| Share of the State Duma | |||||||
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| CPRF | Gennady Zyuganov | 113 | -44 | 16,195,569 | 24.3% | +2.0 | |
| Unity | Sergei Shoigu | 73 | — | 15,548,707 | 23.3% | — | |
| OVR | Yevgeny Primakov | 68 | — | 8,886,697 | 13.3% | — | |
| SPS | Sergey Kiriyenko | 29 | — | 5,676,982 | 8.5% | — | |
| Yabloko | Grigory Yavlinsky | 20 | -25 | 3,955,457 | 5.9% | -1.0 | |
| Zhirinovsky Bloc | Vladimir Zhirinovsky | 17 | -34 | 3,989,932 | 6.0% | -5.2 | |
| NDR | Viktor Chernomyrdin | 7 | -48 | 791,160 | 1.2% | -8.9 | |
| DPA | Viktor Ilyukhin | 2 | — | 384,392 | 0.6% | — | |
| ROS | Sergey Baburin | 2 | -3 | 245,266 | 0.4% | — |
119 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.