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Elections in Russia gives information on election and election results in Russia.

Russia elects on the federal level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a four year term by the people. The Federal Assembly (Federalnoe Sobranie) has two chambers. The State Duma (Gosudarstvennaja Duma) has 450 members, elected for a four year term, 225 members elected in single-seat constituencies and 225 members by proportional representation. The Federation Council (Sovet Federacii) has 178 members: 2 delegates for each region.

Main article: Russian presidential election, 2004

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**Summary of the 14 March 2004 Russian Presidential election results**
Candidates	Nominating parties	Votes	%
Vladimir Putin	none, but supported by United Russia	48,931,376	71.2
Nikolay Kharitonov	Communist Party of the Russian Federation, but a member of Agrarian Party of Russia	9,440,860	13.7
Sergey Glazyev	none, but supported by Rodina	2,826,641	4.1
Irina Khakamada		2,644,644	3.8
Oleg Malyshkin	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	1,394,070	2.0
Sergey Mironov	Russian Party of Life	518,893	0.8
Against all		2,319,056	3.5
TOTAL		66,307,156	100.0

Main article: Russian legislative election, 2003

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**Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian Duma election results**
Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	Seats
United Russia (Edinaja Rossija)		22,529,459	38.0	222
Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Kommunističeskaja partija Rossijskoj Federacii)		7,622,568	12.8	51
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (Liberal'no-demokratičeskaja partija Rossii)		6,923,444	11.7	37
Coalition (Rodina):	Party of Russian Regions (Partija rossijskich regionov)	5,443,053	9.2	37
	Party of National Revival "People's Will" (Partija nacional'nogo vozroždenija "Narodnaja volja")
	United Socialist Party of Russia (Socialističeskaja edinaja partija Rossii)
Russian Democratic Party "Yabloko" (Rossijskaja demokratičeskaja partija "Jabloko")		2,601,549	4.4	4
Union of Right Forces (Sojuz pravych sil)		2,390,868	4.0	3
Agrarian Party of Russia (Agrarnaja partija Rossii)		2,201,806	3.7	3
Coalition:	Russian Pensioners' Party (Rossijskaja partija pensionerov)	1,869,729	3.1	1
Coalition:	Russian Social Justice Party (Partija social'noj spravedlivosti)	1,869,729	3.1	1
Coalition:	Party of Russia's Rebirth (Partija vozroždenija Rossii)	1,137,193	1.9	3
Coalition:	Russian Party of Life (Rossijskaja partija žizni)	1,137,193	1.9	3
People's Party of the Russian Federation (Narodnaja partija Rossijskoj Federacii)		707,434	1.2	16
Unity (Edinenie)			1.2
Others and non-partisans			.	74
Total (turnout 54.7 %)		59,297,970		450
Registered voters		108,404,870
Source: These figures are from the Russian Election Commission and appear to be the final data.