State Duma Государственная дума Gosudarstvennaya duma | |
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8th State Duma | |
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History | |
Established | 12 December 1993 |
Preceded by | Soviet of the Republic Constitutional Conference of Russia |
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Seats | 450 |
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Political groups | Government (344)
Other parties (101) Vacant seats (5)
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Length of term | 5 years |
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Parallel voting | |
First election | 12 December 1993 |
Last election | 17–19 September 2021 |
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State Duma building 1 Okhotny Ryad Street, Moscow | |
Website | |
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The State Duma[b] is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia. It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993.
The Duma headquarters are located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to as deputies. The State Duma replaced the Supreme Soviet as a result of the new constitution introduced by Boris Yeltsin in the aftermath of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, and approved in a nationwide referendum.
In the 2007 and 2011 Russian legislative elections a full party-list proportional representation with 7% electoral threshold system was used, but this was subsequently repealed. The legislature's term length was initially 2 years in the 1993–1995 elections period, and 4 years in 1999–2007 elections period; since the 2011 elections the term length is 5 years.
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