2016 Russian Legislative Election
18 September 2016 · The managed Duma · 450 seats, 226 for a majority
Legislative elections were held in Russia on 18 September 2016, having been brought forward from 4 December. At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma of the 7th convocation, the lower house of the Federal Assembly.
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present). Conflicts →
A managed vote on a demobilised electorate: turnout fell below 48%, and United Russia took three-quarters of the seats with under half the vote.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
United Russia
343 of 450 seats
Turnout
47.9%
The result
| Share of the State Duma | |||||||
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| United Russia | Dmitry Medvedev | 343 | +105 | 28,527,828 | 54.2% | +4.9 | |
| CPRF | Gennady Zyuganov | 42 | -50 | 7,019,752 | 13.3% | -5.8 | |
| LDPR | Vladimir Zhirinovsky | 39 | -17 | 6,917,063 | 13.1% | +1.5 | |
| A Just Russia | Sergey Mironov | 23 | -41 | 3,275,053 | 6.2% | -7.0 | |
| Rodina | Aleksey Zhuravlyov | 1 | +1 | 792,226 | 1.5% | +1.5 | |
| Civic Platform | Rifat Shaykhutdinov | 1 | +1 | 115,433 | 0.2% | +0.2 |
1 further seat went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.