Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on December 7, 2003. At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (The legislature). December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Emblem commemorating the 100 year anniversary of Russia Dumas Boris Gryzlov, speaker of the Russian State Duma since December 2003 The State Duma (Russian: Государственная дума (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), common abbreviation: Госдума (Gosduma)) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (legislature), the upper house being the Federation... A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. ... Federal Assembly of Russia (Федеральное Собрание) is the name of the parliament of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of Russian Federation, 1993. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ...

As expected, the United Russia pro-Vladimir Putin party won the largest number of votes and seats, reducing most other parties to minor status. Even the formal figure of 221 seats for United Russia is an underestimate, because most of the minor party and "independent" members are in fact clients or supporters of President Putin. The elections have thus given Putin complete control of the legislature. United Russia (Russian Единая Россия - Yedinaya Rossiya) is a Russian political party, which usually labels itself centrist. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин, (help· info), Vladímir Vladímirovich Pútin; born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician, and the current President of the Russian Federation. ...

Of the other parties, the Communist Party is still the largest, though much reduced in strength. The extreme right-wing Liberal Democratic Party improved its position by a few delegates. The liberal Yabloko party lost most of its seats. The only other significant party is the Homeland Union, a loose alliance of regional groupings. Communist Party supporters attend a May Day rally in Moscow The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Коммунистическая партия Российской Федерации = КПРФ) is a Russian political party. ... The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (Либерально-Демократическая Партия России, Liberalno-Demokratičeskaja Partija Rossii) is a political party in Russia. ... Current Yabloko logo Yabloko, or Yabloko Russian Democratic Party (Russian: Росси́йская Демократи́ческая Па́ртия Я́блоко; English transliteration: Rossiyskaya Demokraticheskaya Partiya Yabloko) is a Russian liberal... Rodina (Russian родина) is a transliteration of a generic Russian word meaning place of birth. ...

National summary of votes and seats

A Duma (Д́ума in Russian) is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. ... United Russia (Russian Единая Россия - Yedinaya Rossiya) is a Russian political party, which usually labels itself centrist. ... Communist Party supporters attend a May Day rally in Moscow The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Коммунистическая партия Российской Федерации = КПРФ) is a Russian political party. ... The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (Либерально-Демократическая Партия России, Liberalno-Demokratičeskaja Partija Rossii) is a political party in Russia. ... Rodina or Motherland-National Patriotic Union (Rodina - Narodno-Patriotičeskij Sojuz, Партия РОДИНА) is one of the four parties that control seats in the Russian legislature. ... Current Yabloko logo Yabloko, or Yabloko Russian Democratic Party (Russian: Росси́йская Демократи́ческая Па́ртия Я́блоко; English transliteration: Rossiyskaya Demokraticheskaya Partiya Yabloko) is a Russian liberal... The Union of Right Forces, or SPS (Сою́з Пра́вых Сил, СПС/Soyuz Pravykh Sil), is a Russian political party commonly associated with free market reforms, privatization, and the legacy of the Young Reformers of the 1990s: Anatoly Chubais, Boris Nemtsov, and Yegor Gaidar. ... Emblem of Agrarian Party of Russia The Agrarian Party of Russia (Agrarnaya Partiya Rossii, Аграрная Партия России, АПР) is a left-wing agrarian party in Russia. ... The Russian Pensioners Party (Rossijkaja Partija Pensionerov) is a political party in Russia. ... The Russian Social Justice Party (Rossijskaja Partija Spravedlibosti) is a political party in Russia. ... The Party of Russias Rebirth (Partija VozroŽdenija Rossii) is a political party in Russia. ... The Russian Party of Life (Российская партия жизни, Rossiyskaya Partiya Zhizni) is a political party in Russia, led by Sergey Mironov (Speaker of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament). ... The Peoples Party of the Russian Federation (Narodnaja Partija Rossijskoj Federacii) is a political party in Russia. ... Unity (Edinenie) is a political party in Russia. ...

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