State Duma

State Duma

Государственная дума

Gosudarstvennaya duma
8th State Duma
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Established12 December 1993 (1993-12-12)
Preceded bySoviet of the Republic
Constitutional Conference of Russia
Leadership
Vyacheslav Volodin, United Russia
since 5 October 2016
Alexander Zhukov, United Russia
since 5 October 2016
Ivan Melnikov, Communist Party
since 5 October 2016
Structure
Seats450
Political groups
Government (347)
  United Russia (324)
  LDPR (23)
  Civic Platform (1)
  Rodina (1)

Opposition (102)

  CPRF (57)
  DPA (1)[1]
  DZNS (1)[1]
  Left Front (1)[1]
  SRZP (28)
  New People (16)[a]
  Independent (1)

Vacant seats (1)

  Vacant seat (1)
Length of term
5 years
Elections
Parallel voting
First election
12 December 1993
Last election
17–19 September 2021
Meeting place
State Duma building
1 Okhotny Ryad Street, Moscow
Website
duma.gov.ru/en/

The State Duma[b] is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, the upper house being the Federation Council. 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a full party-list proportional representation with 7% electoral threshold system was used, but this was subsequently repealed.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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  2. ^ "Оксана Дмитриева возглавит реготделение партии «Новые люди» в Петербурге | Санкт-Петербург". ФедералПресс (in Russian). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/duma [bare URL]


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