Russian Legislative Election, 2011

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The Russian Legislative Election, 2011 will be held on December 4, 2011.

The 450 seats in the State Duma, which is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia are up for election. 226 seats are needed for majority.

Parties

Party	Leader	Seats in Last Election	Percentage
United Russia	Vladimir Putin	315 seats	64.3%
Communist Party of Russian Federation	Gennady Zyuganov	57 seats	11.57%
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	Vladimir Zhirinovsky	40 seats	8.14%
A Just Russia	Nikolai Levichev	38 seats	7.74%

Timeline

2011

July 7:

The European Parliament called on Russia to guarantee free elections and lift curbs on the opposition People's Freedom Party, saying such restrictions showed continuing obstacles to political pluralism. A resolution was passed with a clear majority by the parliament in Strasbourg. Russia condemned the resolution saying that such a resolution amounted to interference in its internal affairs.

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