1999 Russian Legislative Election

The election that made Putin possible

19 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

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CPRF

Gennady Zyuganov · 24.3% of votes · -44 seats

113

seats

Unity

Sergei Shoigu · 23.3% of votes

seats

OVR

Yevgeny Primakov · 13.3% of votes

seats

SPS

Sergey Kiriyenko · 8.5% of votes

seats

Yabloko

Grigory Yavlinsky · 5.9% of votes · -25 seats

seats

Zhirinovsky Bloc

Vladimir Zhirinovsky · 6.0% of votes · -34 seats

seats

NDR

Viktor Chernomyrdin · 1.2% of votes · -48 seats

seats

DPA

Viktor Ilyukhin · 0.6% of votes

seats

ROS

Sergey Baburin · 0.4% of votes · -3 seats

seats


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.