Party alignments in the Duma 1995-July 2003

Duma alignments Dec 1999-July 2003
Seats: On election:
19-Dec-99
At opening of Duma:
18 January 2000
July 2003
Communists 114 95 83
United Russia-Unity* 73 81 81
United Russia-OVR* 66 43 54
Union of Right Forces 29 33 31
Yabloko 20 21 16
Liberal Democrats 17 17 13
Our Home is Russia 8 - -
People's Deputy** - 58 53
Russian Regions** - 40 47
Agro-Industrial** - 36 43
Minor parties 9 - -
Independents 105 17 19
Total (441) (441) (440)
* Unity and Fatherland-All Russia (OVR) merged in 2001 and are registered as a single party, United Russia, for the 2003 election.
** In January 2000 these 'Duma-only' parties were formed principally by independent deputies.
Sources: Central Electoral Commission, Decision No. 65/764-3 of 29 December 1999 (www.fci.ru);
RFE/RL Newsline, www.rferl.org, 19 January 2000;
State Duma, 2002, Deputatskie obedineniya GD, www.duma.gov.ru/deputats/fraction.htm (1 May)
Duma Alignments Dec 1995- Oct 1999
Seats On election:
17-Dec-95
January 1996 October 1999 Change
Communists 157 149 127 -30
Our Home is Russia 55 66 61 6
Liberal Democrats 51 51 48 -3
Yabloko 45 46 46 1
Agrarians 20 35 35 15
Russian Regions* - 40 44 44
People's Power** - 38 46 46
Power to the People! 9 0 0 -9
Russia's Choice: Gaidar 9 0 0 -9
Russian Communities: Lebed 5 0 0 -5
Women of Russia 3 0 0 -3
Forward, Russia! 3 0 0 -3
Ivan Rybkin Bloc 3 0 0 -3
Minor parties 13 0 0 -13
Independents 77 25 32 -45
Total (450) (450) (439) (228)
* The Russian Regions group formed amongst independent deputies. The leader of the group is now Oleg Morozov.
** People's Power formed around the Power to the People! party led by Nikolai Ryzhkov in the 1995 Duma election.
Sources: Central Electoral Commission, 1996. Vybory Deputatov Gosudarstvennoy Dumy 1995 Moscow: Ves' Mir;
Central Election Commission, 25 June 1999. 'Informatsiya O Zameshchenia Deputatskikh Mandatov I Dopol'nitel'nykh Vyborov Deputatov Gosurdarstvennoi Dumy Federalnogo Sobrania Rossisskoi Federatsii Vtorogo Sozyva', (www.fci.ru/elections/zameshchenia6_2_0_0.htm);
Russian State Duma, 28 July 1999. 'Deputaty Gosudarstvennoy Dumy' (www.duma.gov.ru/deputats/list/1.htm)

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