Russian Federation: State Duma, 18 September 2016

At stake in this election:

• 450 seats in the Gosudarstvennaya Duma (State Duma)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 7 May 2012)
• Head of Government: Premier Dmitriy Anatolyevich MEDVEDEV (since 8 May 2012)
• Assembly: Russia has a bicameral Federalnoye Sobraniye (Federal Assembly) consisting of the Sovet Federatsii (Federation Council) with 170 seats and the Gosudarstvennaya Duma (State Duma) with 450 seats. Members of the Federation Council serve 4-year terms and members of the State Duma serve 5-year terms.

Description of electoral system:

• In the State Duma, one-half members are directly elected by simple majority vote and one-half members are directly elected by proportional representation vote.

Last Election:

• Elections for the State Duma were last held on 4 December 2011. United Russia won 238 seats, while the Communist Party took 92, A Just Russia took 64, and the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia won 56 seats.

Main candidates in the election:

• United Russia/Edinaya Rossiya
  • Leader: Dmitriy MEDVEDEV
  • Seats won in last election: 238
• Communist Party of the Russian Federation/Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii
  • Leader: Gennadiy ZYUGANOV
  • Seats won in last election: 92
• A Just Russia/Spravedlivaya Rossiya
  • Leader: Sergey MIRONOV
  • Seats won in last election: 64
• Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR)/Liberalno Demokraticheskaya Partiya Rossii
  • Leader: Vladimir ZHIRINOVSKIY
  • Seats won in last election: 56
• Russian United Democratic Party “Yabloko”/Rossiyskaya obyedinyonnaya demokraticheskaya partiya "Yabloko”
  • Leader: Grigory YAVLINSKY
  • Seats won in last election: 0

Population and number of registered voters:

·         Population: 142,423,773 (July 2015 est.)

·         Registered Voters: 109,237,780 (2011)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 76,521,956 (July 2015 est.)

·         Is Russia a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Russia ratified CEDAW: Yes (23 January 1981)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 90 (14.52%)[1]

·         Human Development Index Position: 50 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Russia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (24 September 2008)

·         Has Russia ratified CRPD: Yes (25 September 2012)

·         Population with a disability: 21,363,566