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President: Vladimir Putin · Prime Minister: Mikhail Mishustin · Governing party: ER
Legislative elections: State Duma, 5-year term, 450 seats, 5% threshold, parallel voting (FPTP/PR: 225/225 seats):

   2021 2016 2011 2007
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Edinaja Rossija (ER)
United Russia
Centrism
Statism
Social conservatism
49,8 324 54,2 343 49,3 238 64,3 315
Kommunističeskaja Partija Rossijskoj Federacii (KPRF)
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Communism
Marxism-Leninism  
18,9 57 13,3 42 19,2 92 11,6 57
Liberalno-Demokratičeskaja Partija Rossii (LDPR)
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Nationalism
Right-wing populism          
 7,6 21 13,1 39 11,7 56 8,1 40
Spravedlivaja Rossija-Patrioti-Za Pravdu (SR)
A Just Russia-Patriots-For Truth (a)
Social democracy
Democratic socialism 
7,5 27 6,2 23 13,2 64 7,7 38
Partija "Novyie Ljudi" (NL)
Party "New People"
Liberalism    5,3 13 - - - - - -
Vserossijskaja Političeskaja Partija "Rodina" (RODINA)
All-Russian Political Party "Motherland"
Nationalism    0,8 1 1,5 1 - - - -
Partija Rosta (ROST)
Party of Growth (b)
Liberal conservatism    0,5 1 1,3 - 0,6 - 1,0 -
Graždanskaja Platforma (GP)
Civic Platform
Liberal conservatism    0,2 1 0,2 1 - - - -
Independents - 5 - 1 - - - -
Others 9,5 - 10,2 - 6,0 - 7,3 -
Total - 450  - 450 - 450 - 450
Turnout 51,7 47,8 60,2 63,8

© 2021 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Central Election Commission (www.cikrf.ru).  For full coverage, click here (1990-present). Notes: (a) 2007: A Just Russia-Motherland, Pensioners, Life (SR); 2011/2016: A Just Russia (SR); (b) 2011: Right Cause (PD).