1999 Russian legislative election

1999 Russian legislative election

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All 450 seats in the State Duma 226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	61.85% ( 2.53 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gennady Zyuganov Sergei Shoigu Yevgeny Primakov Party CPRF Unity OVR Leader since 14 February 1993 3 October 1999 21 August 1999 Leader's seat Federal list Federal list Federal list Last election 157 seats, 22.30% New New Seats won 113 73 68 Seat change 44 New New Popular vote 16,195,569 15,548,707 8,886,697 Percentage 24.29% (PL) 23.32% (PL) 13.33% (PL) Swing 1.99% New New   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Sergey Kiriyenko Grigory Yavlinsky Vladimir Zhirinovsky Party SPS Yabloko Zhirinovsky Bloc Leader since 24 August 1999 16 October 1993 13 December 1989 Leader's seat Federal list Federal list Federal list Last election New 45 seats, 6.89% 51 seats, 11.18% Seats won 29 20 17 Seat change New 25 34 Popular vote 5,676,982 3,955,457 3,989,932 Percentage 8.52% (PL) 5.93% (PL) 5.98% (PL) Swing New 0.96% 5.20%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Viktor Chernomyrdin Viktor Ilyukhin Sergey Baburin Party NDR DPA ROS Leader since 12 May 1995 8 July 1998 21 December 1991 Leader's seat Yamalo-Nenets Pervomaysky Federal list (lost) Last election 55 seats, 10.13% New 5 seats (inside VN) Seats won 7 2 2 Seat change 48 New 3 Popular vote 791,160 384,392 245,266 Percentage 1.19% (PL) 0.58% (PL) 0.37% (PL) Swing 8.94% New –
Winning party by region
Chairman of the State Duma before election Gennadiy Seleznyov CPRF Elected Chairman of the State Duma Gennadiy Seleznyov CPRF

Legislative elections were held in Russia on 19 December 1999 to elect the 450 seats in the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly.^[1] Like in the previous elections in 1995, the electoral system resulted in many parties competing for the proportional seats and a significant number of independent deputies elected.