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

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United Russia

Dmitry Medvedev · 54.2% of votes · +105 seats

343

seats

CPRF

Gennady Zyuganov · 13.3% of votes · -50 seats

seats

LDPR

Vladimir Zhirinovsky · 13.1% of votes · -17 seats

seats

A Just Russia

Sergey Mironov · 6.2% of votes · -41 seats

seats

Rodina

Aleksey Zhuravlyov · 1.5% of votes · +1 seats

seats

Civic Platform

Rifat Shaykhutdinov · 0.2% of votes · +1 seats

seats


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.