IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Russian Federation

Chief of State: President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 7 May 2012)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Mikhail MISHUSTIN (since 21 January 2020)
Assembly: bicameral Federal Assembly (Федера́льное Собра́ние) with a 170-seat Federation Council (Сове́т Федера́ции) and a 450-seat State Duma (Госуда́рственная ду́ма)

The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. The President may serve up to two 6-year terms.
The Premier is appointed by the President and confirmed by the State Duma.
In the Federation Council, 170 members are appointed by the executive and the legislative officials of each federal unit of the Russian Federation. Members serve 4-year terms.
In the State Duma, 225 members are elected by plurality vote from single-seat constituencies, and an additional 225 members are elected by proportional representation vote from a single federation-wide constituency. All members serve 5-year terms.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Russian Federal Duma	1999-12-19	65,370,655	108,072,348	60.49
Russian Presidency	2000-03-26	75,070,776	109,372,046	68.64
Russian Federal Duma	2003-12-07	60,633,179	108,906,244	55.67
Russian Presidency	2004-03-14	69,581,761	108,064,281	64.39
Russian Federal Duma	2007-12-02	69,537,065	109,145,517	63.71
Russian Presidency	2008-03-02	102,767,070	107,222,016	95.85
Russian Federal Duma	2011-12-04	65,656,526	109,237,780	60.1
Russian Presidency	2012-03-04	71,701,665	109,860,331	65.27
Russian Federal Duma	2016-09-18	52,631,849	110,061,200	47.82
Russian Presidency	2018-03-18	73,578,992	109,008,428	67.5
Referendum	2020-07-01	74,114,217	109,190,337	67.88
Russian Federal Duma	2021-09-19	56,329,690	109,204,662	51.58
Russian Presidency	2024-03-17	87,394,861	112,782,115	77.49

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