Dominated by authoritarian parties: Communists, the Agrarian
Party, and Zhirinovsky’s LDPR
Communists controlled almost half of all the seats
State Duma Election Rules
450 seats in all
225 seats go to winners in individual constituencies, where
candidates are elected on a first-past-the-post system
(“single-mandate seats”)
The remaining 225 seats go to parties and political blocs
(“party-list vote”, when the votes are cast for one of the parties
listed on the ballot paper)
Parties and blocs must garner 5 percent of votes to enter parliament
