{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox election | country = Russian Federation | type = parliamentary | previous_election = 1999 Russian legislative election | previous_year = 1999 | election_date = 7 December 2003 | next_election = 2007 Russian legislative election | next_year = 2007 | seats_for_election = All 450 seats in the [[State Duma]] | majority_seats = 226 | opinion_polls = | turnout = 55.75% ({{decrease}} 6.10 [[percentage point|pp]]) | image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Boris Gryzlov 2006 (cropped).jpg|bSize=125|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oLeft=5}} | candidate1 = | leader1 = [[Boris Gryzlov]] | party1 = United Russia | leader_since1 = 20 November 2002 | leaders_seat1 = Federal list | last_election1 = ''New'' | seats1 = '''223''' | seat_change1 = ''New'' | popular_vote1 = '''22,776,294''' | percentage1 = '''37.56%''' ([[Party list|PL]]) | swing1 = ''New'' | image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Zyuganov-2002 (cropped).jpg|bSize=130|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oLeft=5}} | candidate2 = | leader2 = [[Gennady Zyuganov]] | party2 = Communist Party of the Russian Federation | leader_since2 = 14 February 1993 | leaders_seat2 = Federal list | last_election2 = 113 seats, 24.29% | seats2 = 52 | seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 61 | popular_vote2 = 7,647,820 | percentage2 = 12.61% ([[Party list|PL]]) | swing2 = {{decrease}} 11.68% | image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Sergey Glazyev RN MOW 04-2011.jpg|bSize=150|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oLeft=10}} | leader3 = [[Sergey Glazyev]] | party3 = National Patriotic Union "Rodina" | leader_since3 = 14 September 2003 | leaders_seat3 = [[Podolsk constituency|Podolsk]] | last_election3 = ''New'' | seats3 = 37 | seat_change3 = ''New'' | popular_vote3 = 5,470,429 | percentage3 = 9.02% ([[Party list|PL]]) | swing3 = ''New'' | image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2009 portrait (cropped).jpg|bSize=160|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oLeft=20}} | leader4 = {{nowrap|[[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]]}} | party4 = Liberal Democratic Party of Russia | leader_since4 = 13 December 1989 | leaders_seat4 = Federal list | last_election4 = 17 seats, 5.20% | seats4 = 36 | seat_change4 = {{increase}} 19 | popular_vote4 = 6,944,322 | percentage4 = 11.35% ([[Party list|PL]]) | swing4 = {{increase}} 6.15% | image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Gennady Raikov.jpg|bSize=130|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oLeft=5}} | leader5 = [[Gennady Raikov]] | party5 = People's Party of the Russian Federation | leader_since5 = 29 September 2001 | leaders_seat5 = [[Tyumen constituency|Tyumen]] | last_election5 = ''New'' | seats5 = 17 | seat_change5 = ''New'' | popular_vote5 = 714,705 | percentage5 = 1.18% ([[Party list|PL]]) | swing5 = ''New'' | image6 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Grigory Yavlinsky.jpg|bSize=150|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oLeft=10}} | leader6 = [[Grigory Yavlinsky]] | party6 = Yabloko | leader_since6 = 16 October 1993 | leaders_seat6 = ''Federal list (lost)'' | last_election6 = 20 seats, 5.93% | seats6 = 4 | seat_change6 = {{decrease}} 16 | popular_vote6 = 2,610,087 | percentage6 = 4.30% ([[Party list|PL]]) | swing6 = {{decrease}} 1.63% | image7 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Boris Nemtsov 2008-11-23 crop.png|bSize=180|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oLeft=20}} | leader7 = [[Boris Nemtsov]] | party7 = Union of Right Forces | leader_since7 = 27 May 2001 | leaders_seat7 = [[Avtozavodsky constituency|Avtozavodsky]]{{efn|Did not stand for re-election.}} / ''Federal list (lost)'' | last_election7 = 29 seats, 8.52% | seats7 = 3 | seat_change7 = {{decrease}} 26 | popular_vote7 = 2,408,535 | percentage7 = 3.97% ([[Party list|PL]]) | swing7 = {{decrease}} 4.55% | image8 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Gennady Seleznyov (2000-01-18).jpg|bSize=150|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oLeft=25|oTop=5}} | leader8 = [[Gennadiy Seleznyov]] | party8 = [[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]]–[[Russian Party of Life|RPZh]] | leader_since8 = 7 September 2002 | leaders_seat8 = [[Northern constituency (Saint Petersburg)|Northern SPb]] | last_election8 = ''New'' | seats8 = 3 | seat_change8 = ''New'' | popular_vote8 = 1,140,413 | percentage8 = 1.88% ([[Party list|PL]]) | swing8 = ''New'' | image9 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Mikhail Lapshin.jpg|bSize=125|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oLeft=2}} | leader9 = [[Mikhail Lapshin]] | party9 = Agrarian Party of Russia | leader_since9 = 26 February 1993 | leaders_seat9 = ''Federal list (lost)'' | last_election9 = 11 seats (inside [[Fatherland – All Russia|OVR]]) | seats9 = 2 | seat_change9 = {{decrease}} 9 | popular_vote9 = 2,205,850 | percentage9 = 3.64% ([[Party list|PL]]) | swing9 = – | map = {{switcher|[[File:2003 Russian legislative election PR map.svg|300px]]|Winning party by [[Districts of Russia|district]] (party-list vote)|[[File:2003 Russian legislative election constituency map.svg|300px]]|Party affiliation of [[Constituencies of Russia|constituency]] winners}} | map_caption = | title = [[Chairman of the State Duma]] | before_election = [[Gennadiy Seleznyov]] | before_party = Party of Russia's Rebirth | after_election = [[Boris Gryzlov]] | after_party = United Russia }}[[Image:Russian legislative election 2003.png|thumb|400px|Distribution of the constituency seats by federal subject.{{collapsible list|{{legend|#605ca8|United Russia}}{{legend|#fbbf5c|People's Party}}{{legend|#ed1b23|Communist Party}}{{legend|#f26b4e|Rodina}}{{legend|#38b549|Yabloko}}{{legend|#bc8cbf|Party of Rebirth/Party of Life}}{{legend|#00bff3|Union of Right Forces}}{{legend|#007236|Agrarian Party}}{{legend|#fff468|Great Russia}}{{legend|#a67c51|New Course — Automobile Russia}}{{legend|#827a00|Development of Enterprise}}{{legend|white|Self-nominations}}{{legend|black|Seat not filled}}}}]] '''Legislative elections''' were held in [[Russia]] on 7{{nbsp}}December 2003.[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1642 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} At stake were the 450 seats in the [[State Duma]] (''Gosudarstvennaya Duma''), the [[lower house]] of the [[Federal Assembly (Russia)|Federal Assembly]]. As expected, the pro-[[Vladimir Putin]] [[United Russia]] party received the most votes (38%) and won the most seats, gaining a [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]] in the Duma. The [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|Communist Party]] remained the second largest, though much reduced in strength. The [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|Liberal Democratic Party]] improved its position by 19 seats, while the liberal [[Yabloko]] and the liberal-conservative [[Union of Right Forces]] lost most of their seats. ==Political parties and blocs== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" !{{abbr|No.|Number on ballot}} !colspan=2|Party or bloc{{cite web |url=http://www.politika.su/vybory/rde03u.html |title=Избирательные объединения и блоки на выборах - 2003 |website=politika.su |trans-title=Electoral associations and blocs in the 2003 election |language=ru |access-date=10 February 2026}} !{{abbr|Abbr.|Abbreviation}} !Lead candidates !Political position !Ideology |- | 1 || style="background:{{party color|Conceptual Party "Unity"}}"| | [[Conceptual Party "Unity"]] || KPE || [[:ru:Петров, Константин Павлович|Konstantin Petrov]] • Vladimir Gribov • Dmitry Poltoratsky | Far-right || [[Conspiracy theory]] / [[Occultism]] |- | 2 || style="background:{{party color|Union of Right Forces}}"| | [[Union of Right Forces]] || SPS || [[Boris Nemtsov]] • [[Irina Khakamada]] • [[Anatoly Chubais]] | Centre-right to right-wing || [[Conservative liberalism]] / [[Neoliberalism]] / [[Atlanticism]] |- | 3 || style="background:{{party color|Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice}}"| | Russian Party of Pensioners and Party of Social Justice
[[Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice|RPP]], [[Party of Social Justice|PSS]] || RPP–PSS || Vladimir Kishenin • Galiya Zelenchukova • Dmitry Senyukov | Centre-left || [[Pensioners' interests]] / [[Social justice]] |- | 4 || style="background:{{party color|Yabloko}}"| | [[Yabloko|Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko"]] || Yabloko || [[Grigory Yavlinsky]] • [[Vladimir Lukin]] • [[Igor Artemyev]] | Centre || [[Social liberalism]] / [[Liberal democracy]] |- | 5 || style="background:#408080"| | {{ill|For a Holy Russia|ru|За Русь святую|nl|Voor een Heilig Rusland}} || ZRS || [[Sergey Borisovich Popov (politician)|Sergey Popov]] • Aleksey Kuimov • Igor Shatalov | Right-wing || [[Conservatism]] / [[Christian nationalism]] |- | 6 || style="background:#164C8C"| | United Russian Party Rus'{{efn|Russian Stability Party before 2003.{{Cite web |title=Претенденты-2008: Богданов Андрей Владимирович |url=https://www.scilla.ru/works/pret08/bogdanov.html |access-date=2 July 2026 |website=scilla.ru |language=ru}}}} || ORP Rus' || [[:ru:Киприан (Бурков)|Valery Burkov]] • Lidia Rusanova • [[Vladimir Medvedev (politician)|Vladimir Medvedev]] | Right-wing || [[Patriotism]] / [[Russian nationalism]] |- | 7 || style="background:{{party color|New Course — Automobile Russia}}"| | [[New Course — Automobile Russia]]
[[Liberal Russia]], [[Republican Party of Russia|RPRF]], {{abbr|DAR|Movement of Drivers of Russia}} || NCAR || [[:ru:Похмелкин, Виктор Валерьевич|Viktor Pokhmelkin]] • [[Boris Fyodorov]] • Leonid Olshansky | Centre-right || [[Liberalism]] / [[Single-issue politics|Drivers' interests]] |- | 8 || style="background:#7B746F"| | [[People's Republican Party of Russia]] || NRPR || [[:ru:Балтин, Эдуард Дмитриевич|Eduard Baltin]] • Vladimir Kushnerenko • [[:ru:Павлов, Виталий Егорович|Vitaly Pavlov]] | Right-wing || [[National conservatism]] / [[Patriotism]] / [[Single-issue politics|Military interests]] |- | 9 || style="background:{{party color|Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"}}"| | [[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"]] || REPZ || [[:ru:Панфилов, Анатолий Алексеевич|Anatoly Panfilov]] • [[Viktor Ignatov]] • Vladimir Yevstafyev | Centre || [[Green politics]] |- | 10 || style="background:{{party color|Agrarian Party of Russia}}"| | [[Agrarian Party of Russia]] || APR || [[Mikhail Lapshin]] • [[Aleksandr Nazarchuk]] • [[Alexey Chepa]] | Left-wing || [[Agrarianism]] / [[Agrarian socialism]] |- | 11 || style="background:#4D8D39"| | Genuine Patriots of Russia{{efn|Islamic Party of Russia before 2003.}} || IPR || Magomed Radzhabov • Kalsyn Tokayev • Zaur Radzhabov | Centre-right || [[List of Islamic political parties|Muslim interests]] |- | 12 || style="background:{{party color|People's Party of the Russian Federation}}"| | [[People's Party of the Russian Federation]] || NPRF || [[Gennady Raikov]] • [[Gennady Troshev]] • Nikolay Derzhavin | Centre-left || [[Populism]] / [[Social conservatism]] |- | 13 || style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party of Russia}}"| | [[Democratic Party of Russia]] || DPR || [[Vladimir Podoprigora]] • [[Mikhail Kislyuk]] • Gennady Pushko | Centre-right || [[Liberal conservatism]] / [[Federalism]] / [[Civic nationalism]] |- | 14 || style="background:#7C73CC"| | Great Russia–Eurasian Union
{{abbr|EAP–SPR|Eurasian Party – Union of Patriots of Russia}}, {{abbr|RPM|Russian Party of Peace}}, {{abbr|GPR|Civic Party of Russia}} || VR–EAS || [[Pavel Borodin]] • [[Ruslan Aushev]] • [[Leonid Ivashov]] | Centre-left || [[Eurasian integration]] / [[Left-wing populism]] |- | 15 || style="background:{{party color|Union of People for Education and Science}}"| | [[Union of People for Education and Science]] || SLON || [[Vyacheslav Igrunov]] • [[:ru:Латыпов, Нурали Нурисламович|Nurali Latypov]] • Andrey Sharomov | Centre to centre-left || [[Social liberalism]] / [[Single-issue politics|Scientists' interests]] |- | 16 || style="background:{{party color|Rodina (political bloc)}}"| | [[Rodina (political bloc)|Rodina (People's Patriotic Union)]]
[[Socialist United Party of Russia|SEPR]], [[People's Union (Russia)|People's Will]], {{abbr|PRR|Party of Russian Regions}} || Rodina || [[Sergey Glazyev]] • [[Dmitry Rogozin]] • [[Valentin Varennikov]] | Syncretic || [[Russian nationalism]] / [[Social conservatism]] / [[Statism]] |- | 17 || style="background:{{party color|Party of Peace and Unity}}"| | [[Party of Peace and Unity]] || PME || [[Sazhi Umalatova]] • [[Viktor Stepanov (actor)|Viktor Stepanov]] • Yevgeny Ishchenko | Left-wing || [[Soviet patriotism]] / [[Eurasianism]] |- | 18 || style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}"| | [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia]] || LDPR || [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]] • [[Alexey Ostrovsky]] • [[Igor Lebedev (politician)|Igor Lebedev]] | Right-wing || [[Right-wing populism]] / [[Political unitarism|Unitarism]] / [[Anti-communism]] |- | 19 || style="background:{{party color|Party of Russia's Rebirth}}"| | Party of Russia's Rebirth – Russian Party of Life
[[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]], [[Russian Party of Life|RPZh]] || PVR–RPZh || [[Gennadiy Seleznyov]] • [[Sergey Mironov]] • [[Valentina Tereshkova]] | Centre-left || [[Left-wing populism]] / [[Welfare state]] / [[Social democracy]] |- | 20 || style="background:{{party color|United Russia}}"| | [[United Russia]] || UR || [[Boris Gryzlov]] • [[Sergei Shoigu]] • [[Yury Luzhkov]] | Centre-right || [[Statism]] / [[Social conservatism]] / [[Conservative liberalism]] |- | 21 || style="background:#1F8CFC"| | Russian Constitutional Democratic Party || RKDP || Vyacheslav Volkov • [[Irina Alfyorova]] • Aleksandr Kotenev | Centre-right || [[Constitutionalism]] |- | 22 || style="background:#14589F"| | Development of Enterprise || RP || [[Ivan Grachev]] • [[Oksana Dmitriyeva]] • [[Andrey Nechayev]] | Centre-right || [[Economic liberalism]] |- | 23 || style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}"| | [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]] || CPRF || [[Gennady Zyuganov]] • [[Nikolai Kondratenko]] • [[Nikolay Kharitonov]] | Left-wing || [[Socialism]] / [[Left-wing conservatism]] |} === Not on ballot === {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" !colspan=2|Party !{{abbr|Abbr.|Abbreviation}} !Lead candidates !Political position !Ideology !style="width:40%"|Notes |- | style="background:#AAE0F9"| | All-National Russian Political Party "Union" || ORPP Soyuz || Aleksandr Kudimov • Dmitry Kaplin • Mikhail Trofimov | Centre || [[Protectionism]] / [[Welfare state]] || The party did not file paperwork for election. |- | style="background:#1093EC"| | [[Conservative Party of Russia]] || KPR || Yuriy Tegin • Vladimir Burenin • Natalya Korolyova | Centre-right || [[Conservatism]] / [[Anti-communism]] || The party did not file paperwork for election after a leadership split in October 2003.{{Cite web |title=Обращение к региональным отделениям Консервативной партии России |url=http://kpr.ru/contents/newsparty/29oct2003.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227091109/http://kpr.ru/contents/newsparty/29oct2003.shtml |archive-date=27 December 2004 |website=kpr.ru |language=ru}} |- | style="background:#354296"| | [[Liberal Russia]] (pro-Berezovsky faction) || LR || [[Boris Berezovsky (businessman)|Boris Berezovsky]] • [[Ivan Rybkin]] • Yuly Dubov | Centre-right || [[Liberalism]] / [[Liberal conservatism]] || Federal list of candidates was rejected by the Central Election Commission following a split in party leadership. The commission sided with the anti-Berezovsky faction of Liberal Russia which ran in this election as part of the [[New Course — Automobile Russia]] alliance.{{Cite web |title=На каждого БАБа свой Вешняков найдётся |url=https://www.pravda.ru/politics/38791-bab/ |date=7 October 2003 |access-date=28 July 2026 |website=[[pravda.ru]] |language=ru}}{{cite web |url=http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/328_post |title=Постановление ЦИК РФ от 3 октября 2003 года № 35/328-4 О документах, представленных уполномоченными представителями политической партии «Либеральная Россия» для заверения федерального списка кандидатов в депутаты Государственной Думы Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации четвертого созыва |language=ru |website=cikrf.ru |date=3 October 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225193613/http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/328_post |archive-date=25 February 2004 |url-status=dead}} |- | style="background:#09319F"| | National Patriotic Forces of the Russian Federation || NPS RF || Andrey Saltsinov • Schmidt Dzoblayev • [[Stanislav Terekhov]] | Left-wing || [[Left-wing populism]] / [[Multiculturalism]] / [[Federalism]] || Federal list of candidates was withdrawn by the party citing concerns about quality of signatures gathered in their support. NPS RF candidates remained on ballot in single-member constituencies.{{Cite news |title=Национально-патриотические силы сошли с дистанции |date=28 October 2003 |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/423513 |access-date=2026-07-28 |work=[[Kommersant]] |trans-title=National Patriotic Forces leave the race |page=4 |language=ru |issue=197 (2800)}} |} The following parties only competed in single-member constituencies: * People's Patriotic Party of Russia * [[Russian Communist Workers Party|Russian Communist Workers Party–Russian Party of Communists]] * [[Russian United Industrial Party]] * [[Patriots of Russia|Russian Party of Labour]] * Russian Political Party "Creation" * [[Social Democratic Party of Russia (2001)|Social Democratic Party of Russia]]. ==Opinion polls== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; line-height:14px" |- ! rowspan="3" |Polling firm ! rowspan="3" |Fieldwork date ! [[Unity (Russian political party)|Unity]] ! [[Fatherland – All Russia|OVR]] ! rowspan="2" |[[CPRF]] ! rowspan="2" |[[LDPR]] ! rowspan="2" |[[Rodina (political bloc)|Rodina]] ! rowspan="2" |[[Yabloko]] ! rowspan="2" |[[Union of Right Forces|SPS]] ! rowspan="2" |[[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]] ! rowspan="3" |Other ! rowspan="3" |Unsure ! rowspan="3" |Against
all ! rowspan="3" |Wouldn't
vote ! rowspan="3" |Lead |- ! colspan="2" |[[United Russia|United
Russia]] |- | colspan=2; bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Rodina (political bloc)}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Yabloko}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Union of Right Forces}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Agrarian Party of Russia}}" | |-style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |''[[1999 Russian legislative election|Election result]]'' |19 Dec 1999 |23.3 |13.3 |24.3 |5.9 |{{n/a}} |6.0 |8.5 |{{n/a}} |13.4 |{{n/a}} |3.3 |{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |1 |- | colspan="15" style="background:#A0A0A0" | |- | style="border-right-style:hidden;" | |26 Mar 2000 !colspan=13|[[2000 Russian presidential election]] |- | style="border-right-style:hidden;" | |1 May 2000 !colspan=13|End of the active phase of [[Second Chechen War]], effective Russian victory |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20041111001724/http://www.wciom.ru/?pt=42&article=436 VCIOM] |May 2000 |'''26'''||'''6'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''33'''|| 4 ||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''9'''|| 1 || 9{{efn|[[Women of Russia]] 4%, [[People's Republican Party of Russia|NRPR]] 2%, [[Our Home – Russia|NDR]], [[Russian National Unity (2000)|RNE]] 1%, other 1%.}} ||{{n/a}}|| 4 ||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |7 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20041111001724/http://www.wciom.ru/?pt=42&article=436 VCIOM] |24–27 Nov 2000 |'''19'''||'''6'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''33'''||'''7'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''8'''|| 2 || 12{{efn|[[Women of Russia]] 7%, [[Gennady Seleznyov|Russia]] 2%, [[People's Republican Party of Russia|NRPR]], [[Russian National Unity (2000)|RNE]] 1%, other 1%.}} ||{{n/a}}|| 4 ||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |14 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd011409 FOM] |2–3 Dec 2000 |'''16'''|| 3 ||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''17'''|| 3 ||{{n/a}}||'''5'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}|| 27 || 5 || 12 |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |1 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd011409 FOM] |10–11 Feb 2001 |'''19'''||'''7'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''21'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}||'''5'''|| 3 || 3 ||{{n/a}}|| 20 || 8 || 8 |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |2 |- | style="border-right-style:hidden;" | | Apr 2001 !colspan=13|[["Save NTV" protests]] |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd011409 FOM] |14–15 Apr 2001 |'''19'''||'''5'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''22'''||'''6'''||{{n/a}}||'''5'''|| 4 || 2 ||{{n/a}}|| 14 || 8 || 15 |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |3 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd012010 FOM] |21–22 Apr 2001 |style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''22'''||'''8'''||'''21'''|| 4 ||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''5'''|| 3 ||{{n/a}}|| 13 || 7 || 8 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |1 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd012010 FOM] |2–3 Jun 2001 |style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''23'''||'''5'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''23'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}||'''5'''||'''5'''|| 3 ||{{n/a}}|| 16 || 6 || 11 |Tie |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd014007 FOM] |14–15 Jul 2001 |'''22'''||'''6'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''23'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}|| 4 || 4 || 2 ||{{n/a}}|| 18 || 7 || 9 |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |1 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd014007 FOM] |8–9 Sep 2001 |'''22'''||'''6'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''23'''|| 4 ||{{n/a}}||'''5'''|| 3 || 2 ||{{n/a}}|| 20 || 6 || 9 |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |1 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd014007 FOM] |20–21 Oct 2001 |style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''25'''||'''6'''||'''22'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}|| 4 || 3 || 2 ||{{n/a}}|| 18 || 6 || 10 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |3 |- | style="border-right-style:hidden;" | | 1 Dec 2001 !colspan=13| [[United Russia]] party founded |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/party_rating_2002/dd020510 FOM] |2–3 Feb 2002 |colspan=2|'''21'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''24'''||'''7'''||{{n/a}}||'''6'''|| 4 || 3 ||{{n/a}}|| 14 || 10 || 10 |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |3 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/map/finfo/finfo2002/453_9152/of022706 FOM] |20 Jul 2002 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''31'''||'''22'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}|| 3 || 3 || 2 ||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |9 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20071201005124/http://www.levada.ru/press/2002090300.html VCIOM] |21–27 Aug 2002 |colspan=2|'''26'''|| style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''34'''||'''9'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''6'''|| 1 || 12{{efn|[[Women of Russia]] 6%, [[Democratic Party of Russia|DPR]], [[Russian National Unity (2000)|RNE]], [[Gennady Seleznyov|Russia]] 1%, other 3%.}} ||{{n/a}}|| 5 ||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |8 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/party_rating_2002/dd024104 FOM] |12–13 Oct 2002 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"| '''26'''||'''23'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}||'''5'''||'''5'''|| 2 || 1 || 15 || 6 || 10 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |3 |- | style="border-right-style:hidden;" | | 23–26 Oct 2002 !colspan=13|[[Nord-Ost Hostage Crisis]] |- | rowspan="2" |[https://web.archive.org/web/20040216201423/http://www.arpi.info/news/04_2003/21042003.htm ARPI] | rowspan="2" |5–9 Dec 2002 | colspan="2"; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''37'''||'''24'''||'''8'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''8'''||{{n/a}} |8||{{n/a}}||7||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |13 |- | colspan="2"; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''29'''||'''13'''||4||{{n/a}}||'''5'''||'''5''' |2||12||16||9||7 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |16 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20071130233125/http://www.levada.ru/press/2002122500.html VCIOM] |20–23 Dec 2002 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"| '''27''' || style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''27'''||'''9'''||{{n/a}}||'''7'''||'''5'''|| 2 || 20{{efn|[[Women of Russia]] 8%, [[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]] 3%, [[Russian National Unity (2000)|RNE]], [[Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice|RPP]], [[Oksana Dmitriyeva|Development of Enterprise]] 2%, [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]], [[Liberal Russia]] 1%, other 1%.}} ||{{n/a}}|| 5 ||{{n/a}} |Tie |- | rowspan="2" |[https://web.archive.org/web/20040216201423/http://www.arpi.info/news/04_2003/21042003.htm ARPI] | rowspan="2" |6–10 Feb 2003 | colspan="2"; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''30'''||'''29'''||'''9'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''6'''||{{n/a}} |8||{{n/a}}||10||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |1 |- | colspan="2"; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''21'''||'''18'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}||4||4||'''5''' |15||14||10||9 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |3 |- | rowspan="2" |[https://web.archive.org/web/20040216201423/http://www.arpi.info/news/04_2003/21042003.htm ARPI] | rowspan="2" |21–25 Feb 2003 | colspan="2"; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''34'''||'''29'''||'''7'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}} |9||{{n/a}}||8||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |5 |- | colspan="2"; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''20'''||'''16'''||4||{{n/a}}||'''5'''||4||2 |12||20||10||9 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |4 |- | rowspan="2" |[https://web.archive.org/web/20040216201423/http://www.arpi.info/news/04_2003/21042003.htm ARPI] | rowspan="2" |6–11 Mar 2003 | colspan="2"; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''32'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''32'''||'''8'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''6'''||{{n/a}} |6||{{n/a}}||8||{{n/a}} |Tie |- | colspan="2"; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''20'''||'''19'''||4||{{n/a}}||'''5'''||4||2 |9||16||11||12 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |1 |- | rowspan="2" |[https://web.archive.org/web/20040216201423/http://www.arpi.info/news/04_2003/21042003.htm ARPI] | rowspan="2" |20–24 Mar 2003 | colspan="2" |'''31'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''36'''||'''10'''||{{n/a}}||'''6'''||3||{{n/a}} |6||{{n/a}}||8||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |5 |- | colspan="2" |'''21'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''23'''||4||{{n/a}}||4||3||4 |6||16||10||9 |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |2 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/map/dominant/dominant2003/787_170/dd031404#d031402 FOM] |5–6 Apr 2003 |colspan=2|'''21'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''22'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}||'''5'''|| 3 || 3 || 1 || 25 || 5 || 11 |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |1 |- | rowspan="2" |[https://web.archive.org/web/20040216201423/http://www.arpi.info/news/04_2003/21042003.htm ARPI] | rowspan="2" |3–9 Apr 2003 | colspan="2"; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''35'''||'''34'''||'''7'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||4||{{n/a}} |7||{{n/a}}||5||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |1 |- | colspan="2"; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''23'''||'''18'''||3||{{n/a}}||3||2||1 |8||19||8||15 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |5 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/map/finfo/finfo2003/814_857/of031902 FOM] |17 May 2003 |colspan=2|'''19'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''21'''||'''7'''||{{n/a}}||'''5'''|| 3 ||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |2 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20071201005333/http://www.levada.ru/press/2003052800.html VCIOM] |23–26 May 2003 |colspan=2|'''23'''|| style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''28'''||'''10'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}|| 7 || 13 || 4 ||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |5 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20041112102114/http://www.arpi.info/news/05_2003/27052003.htm ARPI] |27 May 2003 |colspan=2|'''22'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''23'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}|| 4 ||'''5'''||{{n/a}} | 1 || 37 || 3 ||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |1 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20071201011129/http://www.levada.ru/press/2003062600.html VCIOM] |20–24 Jun 2003 |colspan=2|'''26'''|| style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''27'''||'''6'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''|| 3 || 1 || 10{{efn|[[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]], [[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"|Greens]] 2%, [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]], [[Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice|RPP]], [[Democratic Party of Russia|DPR]], [[Russian National Unity (2000)|RNE]], [[Social Democratic Party of Russia (2001)|SDPR]] 1%, other 1%.}} || 16 || 3 ||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |1 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20071130231348/http://www.levada.ru/press/2003082000.html VCIOM] |15–18 Aug 2003 |colspan=2|'''23'''|| style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''28'''||'''9'''||{{n/a}}||'''6'''||'''5'''|| 4 || 6{{efn|[[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]] 3%, [[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"|Greens]], [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]], [[Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice|RPP]] 1%, other <1%.}} || 12 || 5 ||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |5 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20031030025130/http://www.sheregi.ru:80/research.php?num_research=16 CSP] |2–10 Sep 2003 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''26.8'''||'''17.0'''||'''7.0'''||{{n/a}}||'''5.7'''||'''5.6'''||{{n/a}}|| 5.6{{efn|RPZh 3.1%, PVR 2.5%.}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |9.8 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20031011204603/http://www.vciom-a.ru/press/004.html VCIOM-A] |19–22 Sep 2003 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''28'''||'''23'''||'''5'''|| 2 ||'''5'''||'''5'''|| 2 || 6{{efn|[[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"|Greens]] 2%, [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]], [[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]]-[[Russian Party of Life|RPZh]], [[Democratic Party of Russia|DPR]] 1%, other 1%.}} || 20 || 5 || {{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |5 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/map/finfo/finfo2003/fi0340/of034001 FOM] |11 Oct 2003 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''20'''||'''18'''||'''7'''|| 2 || 4 || 4 || 2 || 4{{efn|[[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]]-[[Russian Party of Life|RPZh]] 2%, [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]], [[Pavel Borodin|Great Russia—Eurasian Union]] 1%, [[New Course — Automobile Russia|New Cource]] 0%.}} || 21 || 5 || 13 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |2 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20071130232338/http://www.levada.ru/press/2003112104.html VCIOM-A] |10–13 Oct 2003 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"| '''26''' || style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''26''' || '''5''' || 3 || '''5''' || 4 || 2 || 4{{efn|[[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"|Greens]], [[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]]-[[Russian Party of Life|RPZh]], [[Democratic Party of Russia|DPR]], [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]] 1%.}} || 20 || 5 || {{n/a}} | Tie |- | style="border-right-style:hidden;" | | 25 Oct 2003 !colspan=13|Arrest of [[Mikhail Khodorkovsky]], {{ill|Yukos affair|ru|Дело ЮКОСа}} |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20071130232338/http://www.levada.ru/press/2003112104.html VCIOM-A] |24–28 Oct 2003 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"| '''30''' || '''23''' || '''5''' || 1 || 4 || '''6''' || 2 || 5{{efn|[[Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice|RPP]]–[[Party of Social Justice|PSS]], [[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"|Greens]], {{abbr|VR–EAS|Great Russia–Eurasian Union}}, Development of Enterprise, [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]] 1%.}} || 17 || 6 || {{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |7 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/party_rating_2003/d034801 FOM] |8–9 Nov 2003 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''18.7'''||'''16.3'''||'''5.1'''|| 1.2 || 4.2 || 4.5 ||{{n/a}}|| 6.0 || 25.6 || 5.9 || 12.4 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |2.4 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20071130232338/http://www.levada.ru/press/2003112104.html VCIOM-A] |13–16 Nov 2003 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"| '''29''' || '''23''' || '''8''' || 3 || '''6''' || '''6''' || 2 || 4{{efn|[[Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice|RPP]]–[[Party of Social Justice|PSS]] 2%, [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]], Development of Enterprise 1%.}} || 14 || 5 || {{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |6 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/party_rating_2003/d034801 FOM] |15–16 Nov 2003 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''19.5'''||'''14.9'''||'''6.0'''|| 2.9 || 3.8 || 4.5 ||{{n/a}}|| 6.2 || 24.1 || 5.7 || 12.2 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |4.6 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20041107173605/http://www.wciom.ru/?pt=42&article=18 VCIOM] |15–16 Nov 2003 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''26.2'''||'''19.6'''||'''5.3'''|| 4.1 ||'''5.4'''||'''5.5'''|| 1.5 || 6.6{{efn|RPP–PSS 1.9%, Greens 1.1%, NPRF 1%, KPE 0.8%, ZRS 0.4%, NRPR, PVR–RPZh 0.3%, Development of Enterprise, VR–EAS 0.2%, ORP Rus, NC–AR, DPR, SLON 0.1%}} || 19.8 || 6.0 ||{{n/a}} |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |6.6 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/party_rating_2003/d034801 FOM] |22–23 Nov 2003 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''25.1'''||'''14.1'''||'''6.5'''|| 3.3 || 2.5 || 3.5 ||{{n/a}}|| 7.4 || 22.0 || 5.4 || 10.6 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |11 |- |[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117210827/http://www.arpi.info/news/11_2003/27112003.htm ARPI] |27 Nov 2003 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''32'''||'''9'''||'''5'''|| 2 || 4 ||'''7'''|| 2 || 7{{efn|RPP–PSS 3%, NPRF, ORP Rus, PVR–RPZh, KPE 1%.}} || 11 || 5 || 16 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |23 |- |[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/party_rating_2003/d034801 FOM] |29–30 Nov 2003 |colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''28.1'''||'''15.8'''||'''7.3'''|| 4.4 || 2.7 || 3.4 ||{{n/a}}|| 7.3 || 18.3 || 5.0 || 7.9 |bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |12.3 |} === Seat projections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; line-height:14px" |- ! rowspan="2" |Projector !! rowspan="2" |Date !! [[United Russia|United
Russia]] !! [[CPRF]] !! [[LDPR]] !! [[Yabloko]] !! [[Union of Right Forces|SPS]] !! Other |- | bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Yabloko}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Union of Right Forces}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Other}}" | |- | NAPP{{cite web |title=Если бы выборы были в сентябре, "Единая Россия" потеряла бы контроль над Думой |url=http://2003.newsru.com/article/408 |website=[[newsru.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040417194425/http://2003.newsru.com/article/408 |archive-date=17 April 2004 |language=ru |date=8 October 2003 |url-status=dead}} || 8 Oct 2003 || 185 || 135 || 21 || 21 || 22 || 66 |- | NAPP{{cite web |title=На выборах победят КПРФ, ЛДПР и «Яблоко» |url=https://www.gazeta.ru/2003/11/01/pobeditelami.shtml |website=[[gazeta.ru]] |access-date=26 April 2026 |language=ru |date=3 November 2003}} || 3 Nov 2003 || 173 || 108 || 21 || 25 || 20 || 103 |-style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | ''Election result'' || 7 Dec 2003 || 223 || 52 || 36 || 4 || 3 || 132 |} ===Exit polls=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; line-height:14px" |- ! rowspan="2" |Polling firm ! [[United Russia|United
Russia]] ! [[CPRF]] ! [[LDPR]] ! [[Rodina (political bloc)|Rodina]] ! [[Yabloko]] ! [[Union of Right Forces|SPS]] ! rowspan="2" |Against
all |- | bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Rodina (political bloc)}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Yabloko}}" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Union of Right Forces}}" | |- | FOM{{cite web |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/07/12/2003/5703b5c09a7947783a5a4e7b |title=ФОМ: СПС не проходит в Госдуму |language=ru |website=[[RBK Group|RBC]] |date=7 December 2003 |access-date=19 August 2025}} |'''36'''||'''13.3'''||'''11.6'''||'''9.2'''||'''5.1'''|| 4.7 ||{{n/a}} |- | ROMIR{{cite web |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/08/12/2003/5703b5c09a7947783a5a4e87 |title=Выборы в Госдуму: свежие результаты exit polls |language=ru |website=[[RBK Group|RBC]] |date=8 December 2003 |access-date=19 August 2025}} |'''34.1'''||'''13.2'''||'''10.9'''||'''9.5'''||'''5.8'''||'''6.1'''|| 6.8 |-style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |''Election result''||'''37.6'''||'''12.6'''||'''11.5'''||'''9.0'''|| 4.3 || 4.0 || 4.7 |} ==Results== {{Election results |firstround=Party-list|secondround=Constituency |image=[[File:2003 Russian State Duma election diagram.svg]] |party1=[[United Russia]]|votes1=22776294|seats1=120|votes1_2=14123625|seats1_2=103|totseats1=223|sc1=New |party2=[[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|Communist Party]]|votes2=7647820|seats2=40|votes2_2=6577598|seats2_2=12|totseats2=52|sc2=−61 |party3=[[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|Liberal Democratic Party]]|votes3=6944322|seats3=36|votes3_2=1860905|seats3_2=0|totseats3=36|sc3=+19 |party4=[[Rodina (political bloc)|Rodina (People's Patriotic Union)]]|votes4=5470429|seats4=29|votes4_2=1719147|seats4_2=8|totseats4=37|sc4=New |party5=[[Yabloko]]|votes5=2610087|seats5=0|votes5_2=1580629|seats5_2=4|totseats5=4|sc5=−16 |party6=[[Union of Right Forces]]|votes6=2408535|seats6=0|votes6_2=1764290|seats6_2=3|totseats6=3|sc6=−26 |party7=[[Agrarian Party of Russia|Agrarian Party]]|votes7=2205850|seats7=0|votes7_2=1104974|seats7_2=2|totseats7=2|sc7=New |party8=[[Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice|Russian Pensioners' Party]]–[[Party of Social Justice]]|votes8=1874973|seats8=0|votes8_2=342891|seats8_2=0|totseats8=0|sc8=−1 |party9=[[Party of Russia's Rebirth]]–[[Russian Party of Life]]|votes9=1140413|seats9=0|votes9_2=1584904|seats9_2=3|totseats9=3|sc9=New |party10=[[People's Party of the Russian Federation|People's Party]]|votes10=714705|seats10=0|votes10_2=2677889|seats10_2=17|totseats10=17|sc10=New |party11=[[Conceptual Party "Unity"]]|votes11=710721|seats11=0|votes11_2=9334|seats11_2=0|totseats11=0|sc11=New |party12=[[New Course — Automobile Russia]]|votes12=509302|seats12=0|votes12_2=222090|seats12_2=1|totseats12=1|sc12=New |party13=For a Holy Russia|votes13=298826|seats13=0|votes13_2=59986|seats13_2=0|totseats13=0|sc13=New|color13=#408080 |party14=[[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"]]|votes14=253985|seats14=0|votes14_2=69585|seats14_2=0|totseats14=0|sc14=0 |party15=[[Oksana Dmitriyeva|Development of Enterprise]]|votes15=212827|seats15=0|votes15_2=237527|seats15_2=1|totseats15=1|sc15=New|color15=#14589F |party16=[[Great Russia – Eurasian Union]]|votes16=170796|seats16=0|votes16_2=464602|seats16_2=1|totseats16=1|sc16=New|color16=#7C73CC |party17=Genuine Patriots of Russia|votes17=149151|seats17=0|votes17_2=2564|seats17_2=0|totseats17=0|sc17=New|color17=#4D8D39 |party18=[[Party of Peace and Unity]]|votes18=148954|seats18=0|votes18_2=10664|seats18_2=0|totseats18=0|sc18=0 |party19=United Russian Party Rus'|votes19=147441|seats19=0|votes19_2=570453|seats19_2=0|totseats19=0|sc19=New|color19=#164C8C |party20=[[Democratic Party of Russia|Democratic Party]]|votes20=136295|seats20=0|votes20_2=94810|seats20_2=0|totseats20=0|sc20=New |party21=Russian Constitutional Democratic Party|votes21=113190|seats21=0|totseats21=0|sc21=New|color21=#1F8CFC |party22=[[Union of People for Education and Science]]|votes22=107448|seats22=0|votes22_2=16111|seats22_2=0|totseats22=0|sc22=New|color22=#CACBFB |party23=[[People's Republican Party of Russia|People's Republican Party]]|votes23=80420|seats23=0|votes23_2=2995|seats23_2=0|totseats23=0|sc23=New|color23=#7B746F |party24=Other parties|votes24_2=288866|seats24_2=0|totseats24=0|sc24=– |party25=Independents|votes25_2=15843626|seats25_2=67|totseats25=67|sc25=−38 |row26=Against all|votes26=2851958|votes26_2=7744998|seats26_2=3|totseats26=3|sc26=−5 |invalid=948435|invalid2=1247491 |total_sc=0 |electorate=108906250|electorate2=108906250 |source=Nohlen & Stöver, [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2263_03.htm IPU], 2003 elections[http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/etc/protokol1.doc Сведения о зарегистрированных депутатах ГД ФС РФ четвертого созыва по одномандатным избирательным округам] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016222943/http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/etc/protokol1.doc |date=2006-10-16 }} {{in lang|ru}} }} ==Legacy== The 2003 election is cited by scholars as a turning point in Russian politics, as it marked the moment the federal parliament effectively became a [[Rubber stamp (politics)|rubber stamp body]].{{cite book |last1=Rosefielde |first1=Steven |last2=Hedlund |first2=Stefan |title=Russia Since 1980 |date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521849135 |page=174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNSiw3S8NIUC&dq=rubber+stamp+%22federal+assembly%22+of+russia+inpublisher:university+inpublisher:press&pg=PA174 |access-date=September 23, 2023|quote=Duma election of 2003, reducing the legislature to a rubber stamp.}}{{Cite news|last1=Troianovski|first1=Anton|author-link=Anton Troianovski|last2=Nechepurenko|first2=Ivan|author-link2=Ivan Nechepurenko|date=2021-09-19|title=Russian Election Shows Declining Support for Putin's Party|language=en|quote=Russian elections are not free and fair, and Parliament’s role in recent years has mainly been to rubber-stamp the Kremlin’s initiatives while providing a veneer of democratic legitimacy to Mr. Putin’s rule.|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/world/europe/russia-election-google.html|access-date=2021-09-27|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920000513/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/world/europe/russia-election-google.html |archive-date=2021-09-20 }}[https://prutland.faculty.wesleyan.edu/files/2015/07/Rutland-China-Russia-Compared.pdf China Russia Compared] wesleyan.edu July 2015{{Cite web|title=The End of the Putin Era. What Awaits Russia After the War?|first=Mykhailo Mykhailovych|last=Podolyak|date=2026|location=Ukraine|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4zqZhL-OII|authorlink=Mykhailo Podolyak}} == Notes == {{notelist}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/ Election results – official information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210041001/http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/ |date=10 December 2018}} {{in lang|ru}} {{Russian elections}} [[Category:Legislative elections in Russia]] [[Category:2003 elections in Russia|Legislative]] [[Category:2003 elections in Asia|Russia]] [[Category:2003 elections in Europe|Russia]] [[Category:December 2003 in Russia|Legislative]] [[Category:4th State Duma of the Russian Federation]] [[Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results]]