| |
|
Russia 1999 Legislative Election
|
Chamber
|
State
Duma
|
|
Dates of
Election
|
December 19, 1999 *
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Mixed
|
|
Number of
Seats Available
|
450
**
|
| Length
of Legislative Term |
4
years
|
|
|
Number
of Seats
|
Percentage
of Proportional Votes
|
|
Proportional
|
Constituency
|
Total
|
| Communist
Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) |
67
|
47
|
114
|
-
|
| Unity |
64
|
9
|
73
|
-
|
| Fatherland
- All Russia (OVR) |
37
|
29
|
66
|
-
|
| Union
of Right Forces (SPS) |
24
|
5
|
29
|
-
|
| Yabloko |
16
|
5
|
21
|
-
|
| Zhirinovsky
Bloc |
27
|
0
|
17
|
-
|
| Our
Home is Russia (NDR) |
0
|
8
|
8
|
-
|
| Movement
in Support of the Army (DPA) |
0
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
| Russian
National Union (ROS) |
0
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
| Bloc
of General Andrei Nikolayev and Academician Svytoslav Fyodorov |
0
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
| Congress
of Russian Communities and the Yuri Boldyrev Movement (KRO-DYB) |
0
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
| Party
of Pensionsers (PP) |
0
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
| Russian
Socialist Party (RSP) |
0
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
| Spiritual
Heritage (DN) |
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
| Independents |
0
|
113
|
113
|
|
* The election took
place on December 19, 1999, with reballoting on March 26, in 8 districts
(where a plurality of voters rejected all candidates), and on August 20,
2000 in Chechnya.
** Half of the seats
were filled by proportional representation from party lists obtaining
a minimum of 5%of the vote and half from single-member constituencies.
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 2000-02, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 2003.
| Population
Size |
157
065 478
|
| Registered
Voters |
108
073 956
|
|
Total Votes
|
65
370 690
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
60.5%
|
|
Spoilt Ballots
|
2.0%
|
Source: Voter
Turnout: Russia. [Internet]. International IDEA. 12 December 2001. |
