Liberal Democratic Party of Russia

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2A00:23C8:E52A:E501:C09D:39B:A5AB:35B: While true as stated on its own page this is a policy not an ideology.

{{short description|Political party in Russia}}
{{about|the nationalist party|Russian liberal parties|Liberalism in Russia}}
{{Redirect|LDPR|the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics collectively|LDNR (disambiguation){{!}}LDNR}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
| logo = Logo for Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.svg
| logo_size = 150
| colorcode = {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}
| chairman = [[Leonid Slutsky (politician)|Leonid Slutsky]]
| leader1_title = Deputy Head of the Supreme Council
| leader1_name = [[Alexey Ostrovsky]]<ref name=structure>{{Cite web|url=https://ldpr.ru/party|title=Структура}}</ref>
| leader2_title = [[List of Liberal Democratic Party of Russia deputies in the State Duma|State Duma faction]] leader
| leader2_name = [[Leonid Slutsky (politician)|Leonid Slutsky]]
| leader3_title = {{nowrap|[[List of Liberal Democratic Party of Russia deputies in the State Duma|State Duma faction]]'s apparatus head}}
| leader3_name = {{ill|Maxim Zaytsev|ru|Зайцев, Максим Сергеевич}}<ref name=structure/>
| founder = [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]]
| predecessor = [[Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union]] (LDPSU)
| foundation = {{start date and age|1992|4|18|df=yes}}<ref name="white"/><ref name="rp_ldpr">[http://www.russiaprofile.org/resources/political/majorparties/ldpr/index.wbp Russiaprofile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120021228/http://www.russiaprofile.org/resources/political/majorparties/ldpr/index.wbp|date=20 January 2011}}</ref>
| membership_year = 2019
| membership = 295,018<ref>{{in lang|ru}} [https://ldpr.ru/party/ Партия] — ЛДПР // архивировано [https://web.archive.org/web/20190306183027/https://ldpr.ru/party/ 06.03.2019]</ref>
| headquarters = {{ill|1st Basmanny Lane|ru|1-й Басманный переулок}}, 3 building 1, [[Moscow]]
| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
|[[Russian nationalism#Extremist nationalism|Russian ultranationalism]]{{refn|<ref name="reuters-2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-governor-idUSKCN24L1F7|title=Putin names new governor of restive Russian region hit by protests|website=Reuters|date=20 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130221/179612948/Ultranationalists-Move-to-Slap-Fines-on-Use-of-Foreign-Words.html|title=Ultranationalists Move to Slap Fines on Use of Foreign Words|date=21 February 2013|access-date=18 April 2014|archive-date=6 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006171450/https://en.ria.ru/russia/20130221/179612948/Ultranationalists-Move-to-Slap-Fines-on-Use-of-Foreign-Words.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-trump-vladimir-zhirinovsky-wants-to-build-a-wall-ban-muslims-and-nuke-the-white-house|title=Russia's Trump, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Wants to Build a Wall, Ban Muslims, and Nuke the White House|date=13 April 2017|publisher=The Daily Beast}}</ref>}}
|[[Right-wing populism]]<ref name="bbc-2012"/>
|[[Social conservatism]]<ref name="SocCon">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWyVtXxrY0AC&q=ldpr+social+conservatism&pg=PA123|title=Revolution Stalled: The Political Limits of the Internet in the Post-Soviet Sphere|first=Sarah|last=Oates|date=May 9, 2013|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=9780199735952|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|[[Pan-Slavism]]<ref name="IBP"/>}}
| position = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]{{refn|<ref>{{cite book|author1-link=Timothy Colton|first1=Timothy J.|last1=Colton|first2=Jerry F.|last2=Hough|title=Growing Pains: Russian Democracy and the Election of 1993|publisher=Brookings Institution Press|date=1 December 2010|isbn=9780815715009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kiUNU9cYuDgC&q=ldpr+right-wing&pg=PA177|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/world/europe/russian-news-media-boycott-parliament-harassment.html|title=Russian News Outlets Boycott Parliament After Harassment Decision|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=22 March 2018}}</ref>}} to [[Far-right politics in Russia|far-right]]{{refn|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dorell |first1=Oren |title=Putin's Russia: These are the candidates in an election some call a charade |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/03/06/these-brave-russian-candidates-running-against-president-putin/382592002/ |website=USA Today |access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Stanovaya |first1=Tatyana |title=The End of Kremlin's Dominance in the Regions |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/04/02/the-end-of-kremlins-dominance-in-the-regions-a65058 |website=The Moscow Times |date=2 April 2019 |access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref>}}
| affiliation1_title = Affiliated parties
| affiliation1 = [[Liberal Democratic Party of Azerbaijan]] [[Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus]] [[Liberal Democratic Party of Transnistria]]
| slogan = ''Freedom, Patriotism, Law'' ({{langx|ru|«Свобода, патриотизм, закон»}})
| anthem = [https://sevldpr.ru/gimn/ LDPR — Velikaya Rossiya!] (ЛДПР — Великая Россия!)
| abbreviation = LDPR ЛДПР
| native_name = {{nowrap|{{Nobold|{{lang|ru|Либерально-демократическая партия России}}}}}}
| newspaper = ''For the Russian People''
| youth_wing = {{nowrap|{{ill|Youth Organization of LDPR|ru|Молодёжная организация ЛДПР}}}}
| seats1_title = [[Federation Council (Russia)|Seats in the Federation Council]]
| seats1 = {{composition bar|3|178|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
| seats2_title = [[State Duma|Seats in the State Duma]]
| seats2 = {{composition bar|21|450|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
| seats3_title = [[List of current heads of federal subjects of Russia|Governors]]
| seats3 = {{composition bar|0|85|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
| seats4_title = [[Regional parliaments of Russia|Seats in the Regional Parliaments]]
| seats4 = {{composition bar|236|3928|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
| seats5_title = [[Government of Russia|Ministers]]
| seats5 = {{composition bar|1|31|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
| colours = {{color box|#FEFE01|border=darkgray}} {{color box|#004DAB|border=darkgray}} Yellow and blue (official) {{color box|#4488CC|border=darkgray}} Light blue (customary)
| flag = Flag of the LDPR (Current version).svg
| international = World Congress of Patriotic Parties (2003)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shekhovtsov |first=Anton |author-link=Anton Shekhovtsov |date=2017-02-06 |title=Moscow and the far right in France and Austria |url=https://www.eurozine.com/from-plan-a-to-plan-b-and-back/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=[[Eurozine]]}}</ref>
| website = {{Official URL}}
| country = Russia
}}
'''LDPR – Liberal Democratic Party of Russia''' ({{langx|ru|ЛДПР – Либерально-демократическая партия России|LDPR – Liberalno-demokraticheskaya partiya Rossii}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ldpr.ru/party/ustav/|title=Устав ЛДПР|website=ldpr.ru|access-date=27 June 2018|archive-date=16 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016073612/https://ldpr.ru/party/ustav/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ldpr.ru/party/|title=Партия — Официальный сайт ЛДПР, информационное агентство ЛДПР, новости ЛДПР|website=ldpr.ru|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref> is a Russian [[Ultranationalism|ultranationalist]] and [[Right-wing populism|right-wing populist]] [[List of political parties in Russia|political party]]. It succeeded the [[Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union]] (LDPSU) in [[Russia]] after the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]]. The party was led by [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]] since its inception until his death in April 2022. Opposing both [[communism]] and [[state capitalism]] of the 1990s, the party scored a major success in the [[1993 Russian legislative election|1993 Duma elections]] with almost 23% of the vote, giving it 64 seats of the 450 seats in the [[State Duma]]. In the [[2021 Russian legislative election|2021 elections]], the party received 7.55% of the vote, giving it 21 seats.

Despite the party's name, it has been described as "neither liberal nor democratic nor a party".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Colton |first=Timothy J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lIA4DgAAQBAJ |title=Yeltsin: A Life |publisher=[[Basic Books]] |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7867-3212-8 |page=282 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Raleigh |first=Donald J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y98SDAAAQBAJ |title=Soviet Baby Boomers: An Oral History of Russia's Cold War Generation |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-19-931123-1 |page=327 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=McFaul |first1=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0JV-QtLl3I0C |title=The Troubled Birth of Russian Democracy: Parties, Personalities, and Programs |last2=Markov |first2=Sergei |date=1993 |publisher=[[Hoover Press]] |isbn=978-0-8179-9233-0 |pages=244 |language=en}}</ref> The LDPR was centered around Zhirinovsky,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=White |first1=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTCmPwAACAAJ |title=Developments in Russian Politics 7 |last2=Sakwa |first2=Richard |last3=Hale |first3=Henry E. |date=2010 |publisher=[[Duke University Press]] |isbn=978-0-8223-4459-9 |language=en |chapter=}}</ref><ref name="bbc-2012" /> and is often described as [[Populism|populist]],<ref name="bbc-2012" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Laruelle |first=Marlène |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Apq_AAAAQBAJ |title=In the Name of the Nation: Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary Russia |publisher=[[Axel Springer]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-230-10123-4 |pages=85–117 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/7/9/russia-arrests-governor-on-suspicion-of-ordering-murders|title=Russia arrests governor on suspicion of ordering murders|website=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]|date=9 July 2020}}</ref> [[Russian nationalism|nationalist]],<ref>{{cite web |date=20 April 2021 |title=Supporter Of Jailed Former Governor Sentenced In Russia's Far East |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/supporter-jailed-former-governor-sentenced-in-russia-far-east-/31213308.html |website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Luxmoore |first=Matthew |date=17 July 2020 |title='The Kremlin Is Shocked': Moscow Scrambles For A Response As Protests Rock Russia's Far East |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-scrambles-for-a-response-as-protests-rock-russia-far-east/30733192.html |website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=19 September 2016 |title=Russian election: Big victory for Putin-backed party United Russia |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37403242 |website=[[BBC News Russian]]}}</ref> or [[Ultranationalism|ultranationalist]].<ref name="reuters-2020" /><ref>{{cite web |date=17 July 2020 |title=Sergei Furgal: The arrest fuelling anti-Moscow anger in Russia's far east |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53441687 |website=[[BBC News Russian]]}}</ref> It has been described as adhering to [[statism]] and [[authoritarianism]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dunlop |first=John B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zPG5RoVgVgYC |title=The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-691-00173-9 |pages=167 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Merkl |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=40aQAgAAQBAJ |title=Right-wing Extremism in the Twenty-first Century |publisher=[[Psychology Press]] |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-135-76421-0 |pages=X |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Betz |first=Hans-Georg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eESuCwAAQBAJ |title=Radical Right-Wing Populism in Western Europe |date=1994 |publisher=[[Axel Springer]] |isbn=978-1-349-23547-6 |pages=23 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanson |first=Stephen E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iwRIvFgiArYC&dq=Post-Imperial+Democracies:+Ideology+and+Party+Formation+in+Third+Republic+France,+Weimar+Germany,+and+Post-Soviet+Russia&pg=PR1 |title=Post-Imperial Democracies: Ideology and Party Formation in Third Republic France, Weimar Germany, and Post-Soviet Russia |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-139-49149-5 |pages=220–222 |language=en}}</ref> and has also been described as [[Fascism|fascist]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Umland |first=Andreas |date=2008 |title=Zhirinovsky's Last Thrust to the South and the Definition of Fascism |url=https://www.academia.edu/177969 |journal=Russian Politics & Law |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=31–44 |doi=10.2753/RUP1061-1940460402 |s2cid=145642992 |issn=1061-1940}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kailitz |first1=Steffen |last2=Umland |first2=Andreas |date=2017 |title=Why fascists took over the Reichstag but have not captured the Kremlin: a comparison of Weimar Germany and post-Soviet Russia |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nationalities-papers/article/abs/why-fascists-took-over-the-reichstag-but-have-not-captured-the-kremlin-a-comparison-of-weimar-germany-and-postsoviet-russia/5117CE46E75323CFB02A799C4787A178 |journal=[[Nationalities Papers]] |language=en |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=206–221 |doi= 10.1080/00905992.2016.1258049|s2cid=157501716 |issn=0090-5992|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fascism |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism/Russia#ref742252 |access-date= |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref> though this label has been disputed.<ref name=":0" /> The party, as part of the "[[Non-system opposition|systemic opposition]]", is considered to be traditionally loyal to the Kremlin.<ref name="bbc-2012">{{cite news |date=6 March 2012 |title=Russia parliament elections: How the parties line up |work=[[BBC News Russian]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15939801 |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Semenov |first=Andrei |date=16 June 2020 |title=Electoral Performance and Mobilization of Opposition Parties in Russia |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/rupo/5/2/article-p236_5.xml |journal=Russian Politics |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=236–254 |doi=10.30965/24518921-00502005 |s2cid=225675903 |issn=2451-8913|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Coalson |first=Robert |date=4 June 2019 |title=Managing To Win: Sagging Popularity Forces Russia's Ruling Party To Dig Into Its Bag Of Election Tricks |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/sagging-popularity-forces-russia-s-ruling-party-to-dig-into-its-box-of-election-tricks/30036639.html |website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]}}</ref> Besides the aforementioned accusations, it has also been described as [[Conservative liberalism|right-liberal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Либерально-демократическая партия России |url=https://asafov.ru/parties/ldpr |website=ASAFOV.RU |language=ru}}</ref> The party has been a part of the [[Government of Russia|federal government]] since May 14, 2024, with [[Mikhail Degtyarev]] serving as [[Ministry of Sport (Russia)|Minister of Sport]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Госдума утвердила Михаила Дегтярева на должность министра спорта РФ |url=https://tass.ru/sport/20794755 |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=TACC |language=ru}}</ref> Its members are generally called "zhirinovets" ([[Russian language|Russian]]: ''жириновец,'' [[Literal translation|lit]]. 'Zhirinovite').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Значение слова ЖИРИНОВЕЦ. Что такое ЖИРИНОВЕЦ? |url=https://kartaslov.ru/%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86 |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=kartaslov.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=жириновец |date=2022-05-20 |url=https://ru.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=жириновец&oldid=12310381 |work=Викисловарь |language=ru |access-date=2022-11-25}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Logo of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (old).svg|250x250px|thumb|Former version of the logo]]
=== Creation ===
====Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union====
{{see also|Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union}}
An effectively [[multi-party system]] emerged in the [[Soviet Union]] in the late 1980s in wake of [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]'s [[Perestroika|reforms]]. A formal law for this purpose was introduced in October 1990. In April 1991, the [[Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union]] (LDPSU) became the second officially registered [[political party]] in the country.<ref name=white>{{cite book|last=White|first=Stephen|title=Developments in Russian Politics |editor=White |editor2=Gitelman |editor3=Sakwa|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2005|volume=6|chapter=The Political Parties|isbn=0-8223-3522-0}}</ref>

Former KGB General [[Filipp Bobkov]] has stated that "in line with [[Sergei Zubatov|Zubatov]]'s ideas," the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] "proposed creating a pseudo-party controlled by the KGB" to direct the interests and sentiments of certain social groups, however he said that he was against the idea. Former [[Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Politburo]] member [[Alexander Yakovlev]] described how KGB director [[Vladimir Kryuchkov]] proposed the creation of the party with Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] at a meeting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2014/545703/EPRS_ATA(2014)545703_REV1_EN.pdf|title=Russia: political parties in a 'managed democracy'|website=European Parliament|date=December 2014}}</ref> He also stated that the Central Committee took over which led to the creation of the Liberal Democratic Party. Yakovlev called the creation of the party a joint effort of the Central Committee and the KGB.<ref>[[Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev]] ''Time of darkness'', Moscow, 2003, {{ISBN|5-85646-097-9}}, page 574 ({{langx|ru|Яковлев А. Сумерки. Москва: Материк 2003 г.}}, [http://www.pseudology.org/democracy/YakovlevSumerki.pdf www.pseudology.org)</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bidder |first1=Benjamin |title=Nuclear Threats and Busty Ladies in the Race for Second-Place in Russia |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/zhirinovsky-s-follies-nuclear-threats-and-busty-ladies-in-the-race-for-second-place-in-russia-a-538403.html |access-date=14 February 2021 |work=Der Spiegel |date=28 February 2008}}</ref> In the early 1990s, Mayor of [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Anatoly Sobchak]] claimed that party leader [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]] was a "reserve" KGB captain, and a number of key supporters in the LDPR leadership quit the party, accusing Zhirinovsky of KGB ties.<ref name= "WP">{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Jack |last2=Binstein |first2=Michael |title=SHADOWS FROM ZHIRINOVSKY'S PAST |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/01/31/shadows-from-zhirinovskys-past/e6b8e45a-43e3-4438-80d1-28084166e6e1/ |access-date=19 February 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=31 January 1994}}</ref>

The outspoken leader of the party, [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]], an effective media performer,<ref name=white/> gained 8% of votes during the [[1991 Russian presidential election|1991 presidential elections]].<ref name=hale>{{cite book|last1=Hale|first1=Henry E.|editor1-first=Stephen|editor1-last=White|title=Developments in Russian Politics 7|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York|year=2010|isbn=978-0-230-22449-0|chapter=Russia's political parties and their substitutes}}</ref> He also supported the [[1991 Soviet coup attempt|August 1991 coup attempt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3082418|title=Либерально-демократическая партия России|website=Kommersant|date=12 September 2016}}</ref>

====Liberal Democratic Party of Russia====
In 1992, the LDPSU broke apart into its regional offsprings and the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) was created as its successor in Russia.
=== Zhirinovsky's leadership ===
==== 1993–1999 ====
In the [[1993 Russian legislative election|1993 Duma elections]], the pro-reform party supporting [[List of presidents of Russia|President]] [[Boris Yeltsin]], [[Democratic Choice of Russia|Russia's Choice]], received only 15% of the vote and the new [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]] only 12.4%. The LDPR emerged as the winner with 22.9% of the popular vote. In effect, the Russian population was divided between those who supported Yeltsin's reforms and to those who did not. It is regarded that the popularity of Zhirinovsky and his party arose from the electorate's dissatisfaction with Yeltsin and their desire for a non-communist solution.<ref name=mcfaul>{{cite book|last1=McFaul|first1=Michael|last2=Stoner-Weiss|first2=Kathryn|editor1-first=Stephen|editor1-last=White|title=Developments in Russian Politics 7|year=2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=978-0-230-22449-0|chapter=Elections and Voters}}</ref>

Zhirinovsky is credited with having successfully identified the problems of ordinary Russians and offering simple remedies to solve them. For example, he has suggested that all leaders of [[organized crime]] should be shot and all [[Chechens]] deported from Russia.<ref name=white/> Zhirinovsky also called for territorial expansion of Russia. Many of Zhirinovsky's views are highly controversial and the LDPR's success in the early 1990s shocked observers both inside and outside Russia.<ref name="hale"/>

The [[State Duma|Duma]] elected in 1993 was as an interim solution and its mandate expired in 1995. During the two years, Zhirinovsky's popularity waned and his party's support was halved in the [[1995 Russian legislative election|1995 elections]] (11.2%). The Communists emerged as the winners, with 22.3% of the vote.<ref name="mcfaul"/>

In the [[1996 Russian presidential election|presidential elections of 1996]], the LDPR nominated Vladimir Zhirinovsky as a candidate. Zhirinovsky gained 5.7% of the votes in the first round.

In 1999, the party participated in the [[1999 Russian legislative election|elections]] as a "Bloc of Zhirinovsky" since the [[Central Election Commission (Russia)|Central Election Commission]] initially refused to register in the election lists of LDPR, which received 6.0% of the votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panorama.ru/works/vybory/index.html|title=ИТОГИ ВЫБОРОВ В ГОСУДАРСТВЕННУЮ ДУМУ|website=panorama.ru|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref> In the [[3rd State Duma]], Zhirinovsky took up the post of [[List of deputy chairmen of the State Duma|Deputy Chair of the State Duma]] and the post of the head of the faction occupied by his son [[Igor Lebedev (politician)|Igor Lebedev]].

==== 2000–2009 ====
In the [[2000 Russian presidential election|presidential election of 2000]], the party has again put forward Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who won 2.7% of votes.

In the [[2003 Russian legislative election|parliamentary elections of 2003]], the party won 11.5% of the votes and received 36 seats.

In the [[2004 Russian presidential election|2004 presidential election]], the LDPR nominated [[Oleg Malyshkin]]. The party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky was hoping to take the post of [[Prime Minister of Russia]] in case of Malyshkin's victory on elections. In the end, Malyshkin scored 2% of votes, having lost the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nv.kz/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1386|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235954/http://www.nv.kz/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1386|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2007|title=По отработанному сценарию|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref>

In the [[2007 Russian legislative election|legislative elections in 2007]], the LDPR received 5,660,823 votes (8.14%) and received 40 seats in the State Duma.<ref name="mcfaul"/>

In the [[2008 Russian presidential election|2008 presidential election]], Zhirinovsky was re-nominated as a candidate and scored 9.4% of the vote.

==== 2010–2019 ====
[[File:Trip to Ryazan (2016-08-02) 11.jpg|thumb|Vladimir Zhirinovsky speaks at an rally during the party's [[2016 Russian legislative election|legislative election campaign]]]]

In the [[2011 Russian legislative election|parliamentary elections of 2011]], the party scored 11.7% of the vote and won 56 seats. In the [[6th State Duma]], Vladimir Zhirinovsky returned to the post of head of the LDPR faction and his son Igor Lebedev has held the position of Vice Chairman of the State Duma. In these elections the LDPR gained over one-fifth of votes in [[Russian Far East]] (e. g. [[Primorsky Krai]]).

In the [[2012 Russian presidential election|presidential elections 2012]], the party again put forward by Zhirinovsky, whose campaign slogan for 2012 was "Vote Zhirinovsky, or things will get worse".<ref name=clown-showman>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16750990|title=Profiles of Russia's 2012 presidential election candidates|date=1 March 2012|publisher=BBC|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref> [[Prokhor|Proshka]], a [[donkey]] owned by Zhirinovsky, became prominent during the presidential campaign when he was filmed in an [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky's donkey video|election advertisement video]]. On the last episode of debates with [[Mikhail Prokhorov]] just before the elections, Zhirinovsky produced a scandal by calling those Russian celebrities which supported Prokhorov, including a pop-[[diva]] and a veteran of Russian pop scene [[Alla Pugacheva]], "prostitutes" ("I thought you are an artful person, politician, cunning man, but you are just a clown and a psycho", replied Pugacheva. "I am what I am. And such is my charm", replied Zhirinovsky).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lenta.ru/news/2012/02/28/scandal/|title=Жириновский устроил скандал на дебатах с Пугачевой|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref> As a result, Zhirinovsky gained 6.2% of the votes.

During the [[International incident|diplomatic crisis]] following the [[2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown]] by Turkey, Zhirinovsky suggested to bomb the [[Bosporus]] with nuclear weapons.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2015 |title=Jirinovski'den korkunç teklif: "İstanbul Boğazına atom bombası atalım!" |url=https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2015/dunya/jirinovski-istanbul-bogazina-atom-bombasi-atalim-996865/ |access-date=15 April 2023 |website=Sözcü |language=tr}}</ref>

In the [[2016 Russian legislative election|parliamentary elections in 2016]], the party improved its result compared to the previous elections. The LDPR surpassed the [[Centre-left politics|center-left]] party [[A Just Russia – For Truth|A Just Russia]], becoming the third largest party in the State Duma. The LDPR won 39 seats, gaining 13.1% of the vote, nearly reaching the second placed Communist Party, which won 13.3% of votes and 42 seats. Also, the party gained single-member constituencies in Russian Far East (notably in [[Khabarovsk Krai]]).

In 2015, Zhirinovsky expressed a desire to participate in the [[2018 Russian presidential election|presidential elections in 2018]]. In the past, key figures in the LDPR other than Zhirinovsky had been discussed as potential presidential candidates, such as Zhirinovsky's son Igor Lebedev as well as his close associates [[Mikhail Degtyarev]], [[Yaroslav Nilov]] and [[Alexei Didenko]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://life.ru/p/860843|title=Жириновский пойдёт на выборы президента с четырьмя преемниками|website=Life.ru|date=2 March 2016 }}</ref> After the parliamentary elections of 2016, Zhirinovsky said he would run himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3130177|title=Владимир Жириновский снова собрался в президенты|date=28 October 2016|access-date=15 September 2017|via=Kommersant}}</ref>

==== 2020–2022 ====
On 9 July 2020, the popular governor of the Khabarovsk Krai and member of the LDPR, [[Sergei Furgal]], who defeated the candidate of Putin's [[United Russia]] party in elections two years previously, was arrested and flown to Moscow on charges of involvement in the murders of several businessmen in 2004 and 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=News Russia's city Khabarovsk rises against Vladimir Putin |url=https://www.dw.com/en/russias-city-khabarovsk-rises-against-vladimir-putin/a-54437316 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=4 August 2020}}</ref> He denied the allegations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sergei Furgal: The arrest fuelling anti-Moscow anger in Russia's far east |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53441687 |work=BBC News |date=17 July 2020}}</ref> Starting on 11 June, [[2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests|mass protests]] were held in Khabarovsk Krai in support of Furgal. On 20 July, President Vladimir Putin dismissed Furgal from his position of governor and appointed Moscow-based politician [[Mikhail Degtyarev]], who is also a member of the LDPR, as acting governor. Several regional lawmakers in Khabarovsk opted to leave the LDPR in protest against Furgal's dismissal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-Putin Protests in Russia's Far East Gather Steam |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/east-asia-pacific_anti-putin-protests-russias-far-east-gather-steam/6193439.html |work=VOA News |date=25 July 2020}}</ref> The protests included chants of "shame on LDPR",<ref>{{cite news |title=Anger at Kremlin Grows in Latest Massive Russian Far East Protest |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/07/25/mass-anti-kremlin-rallies-grip-russias-far-east-a70977 |work=The Moscow Times |date=25 July 2020}}</ref> with LDPR loyalists outraged at the party leadership's failure to rally around Furgal.<ref name="tmt-apr-22"/>

==== Zhirinovsky's death ====
{{see also|34th Congress of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}
[[File:Farewell to Vladimir Zhirinovsky 13.jpg|thumb|Party members and State Duma Speaker [[Vyacheslav Volodin]] at the funeral service of Zhirinovsky]]

In February 2022, Zhirinovsky was hospitalized in [[Medical state|critical condition]] in [[Moscow]] with [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-zhirinovsky-hospitalized-covid/31694843.html|title=Russian Ultranationalist Zhirinovsky Reportedly Hospitalized In Serious Condition With COVID|newspaper=Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty |publisher=Radio Free Europe|accessdate=25 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1075119.html|title=Russian State Duma legislator Vladimir Zhirinovsky hospitalized in serious condition in Moscow|date=9 February 2022 |publisher=Armen Press|accessdate=25 March 2022}}</ref> In March, he was reportedly placed in a [[Induced coma|medically induced coma]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Умер Владимир Жириновский |url=https://ria.ru/20220325/zhirinovsky-1780024705.html |website=ria.ru |date=25 March 2022 |access-date=25 March 2022}}</ref> and underwent treatment for COVID-19 complications such as [[sepsis]] and [[respiratory failure]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://akipress.com/news:669356:Vladimir_Zhirinovsky_reported_dead,_Duma_Speaker_denies_reports/|title=Vladimir Zhirinovsky reported dead, Duma Speaker denies reports|publisher=AKI Press|accessdate=25 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.am/eng/news/692372.html|title=Telegram Channel 112: Vladimir Zhirinovsky is in a critical condition|publisher=News.Am|accessdate=25 March 2022}}</ref> Zhirinovsky claimed to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 eight times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/06/russian-far-right-politician-vladimir-zhirinovsky-dies-at-75|title=Russian far-right politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky dies at 75|website=The Guardian|date=6 April 2022}}</ref>

On 25 March 2022, Zhirinovsky was reported to have died in a hospital. Despite confirmation from several sources, including his own political party, the news was quickly denied by family members.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-60308294|title=СМИ ошибочно сообщили о смерти Жириновского. Минздрав и спикер Госдумы заявили, что он жив|newspaper=BBC News Русская Служба}}</ref> On 6 April 2022, [[Vyacheslav Volodin]], the [[Chairman of the State Duma|Speaker of the Duma]], announced that Zhirinovsky had died following a long illness. He was 75.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-far-right-politician-vladimir-zhirinovsky-has-died-parliament-speaker-2022-04-06/|title=Russian far-right politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky dies at 75|date=6 April 2022|website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/06/vladimir-zhirinovsky-far-right-court-jester-of-russian-politics-dies-at-75-a77240|title=Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Far-Right Court Jester of Russian Politics, Dies at 75|date=6 April 2022|website=[[The Moscow Times]]}}</ref>

After Zhirinovsky's death, [[Leonid Slutsky (politician)|Leonid Slutsky]], the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, was elected party leader.<ref name="tmt-apr-22">{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/12/zhirinovskys-presence-missed-as-ldpr-scrabbles-for-successor-a77302|title=Zhirinovsky's Presence Missed as LDPR Scrabbles For Successor|website=The Moscow Times|date=12 April 2022}}</ref>

=== Slutsky's leadership ===
==== Election ====
{{see also|34th Congress of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}

In May 2022, an extraordinary congress of the party was held, at which its new leader was elected. Initially, Leonid Slutsky and Khabarovsk Governor [[Mikhail Degtyarev]] were considered the main candidates. However, shortly before the congress, Degtyarev declined to run for party leader and publicly endorsed Slutsky.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/20/05/2022/628772e69a794751851956a6|title=Дегтярев предложил выдвинуть Леонида Слуцкого на пост лидера ЛДПР|website=РБК|date=20 May 2022}}</ref> Other persons who declared their intention to run for the leadership of the party were not allowed to vote. In this connection, Slutsky was elected the new leader of the party on an uncontested basis.<ref name="tmt-apr-22">{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/12/zhirinovskys-presence-missed-as-ldpr-scrabbles-for-successor-a77302|title=Zhirinovsky's Presence Missed as LDPR Scrabbles For Successor|website=The Moscow Times|date=12 April 2022}}</ref>

==== 2022–present ====
[[File:Launch of Leonid Slutsky's 2024 presidential campaign buses (2023-01-17) 02.jpg|thumb|Slutsky during his [[Leonid Slutsky 2024 presidential campaign|2024 presidential campaign]]]]

In 2024, Slutsky was nominated as the party's presidential candidate. Speculation about Slutsky's possible intention to run for president began immediately after his election as party leader. At the same time, Slutsky himself refused to give a clear answer about his participation in the elections, stating only that the party would definitely nominate its presidential candidate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20230615/vybory-1878333236.html|title=Слуцкий ответил на вопрос об участии в президентских выборах|website=РИА Новости|date=15 June 2023}}</ref>

According to media reports, the nomination of Slutsky was the main option for the party's participation in the election. In addition, according to political scientists, participation in the elections was necessary for Slutsky to strengthen his position in the party. If Zhirinovsky was one of the founders and the undisputed party leader, then Slutsky did not have such authority, and he had to fight several intra-party groups at once, including [[Alexei Didenko]] and [[Yaroslav Nilov]], who previously were removed by Slutsky from leadership positions in the party's apparatus,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20221025/didenko-1826747422.html|title=Источник: Слуцкий снял с должности руководителя центрального аппарата ЛДПР|website=РИА Новости|date=25 October 2022}}</ref> and also such as [[Boris Chernyshov]], Deputy Chairman of the State Duma and [[2023 Moscow mayoral election|2023 candidate for Mayor of Moscow]], applying for the post of party leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloknot.ru/politika/ldpr-e-to-vam-ne-novy-e-lyudi-1085865.html|title="ЛДПР – это вам не "Новые люди"": Леонид Слуцкий уволил политтехнологов, готовивших его к президентским выборам|website=Блокнот|date=4 April 2023}}</ref>

In May 2024, when the [[Mikhail Mishustin's Second Cabinet|second Mishustin government]] was formed, [[Mikhail Degtyarev]] was appointed [[Ministry of Sport (Russia)|Russian Minister of Sport]]. Degtyarev became the first Liberal Democratic Party member to join the government since 1999.

A number of Russian media outlets noted that Slutsky had purged the party of disloyal politicians.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloknot.ru/politika/ne-lider-a-predsedatel-leonid-slutskij-vyrezaet-iz-ldpr-poslednih-neloyalnyh-1427779.html|title=«Не лидер, а председатель». Леонид Слуцкий вырезает из ЛДПР последних нелояльных|website=Блокнот|date=11 June 2025}}</ref> So, in December 2023, former State Duma deputy [[Vasily Vlasov]], who was one of Zhirinovsky's closest associates, was expelled from the Liberal Democratic Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/6579b0e59a79477fb7c33e26|title=Бывшего самого молодого депутата исключили из ЛДПР за «предательство»|website=РБК|date=13 December 2023}}</ref> In June 2025, Yaroslav Nilov was expelled from the party, whom Zhirinovsky publicly announced as one of his possible successors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/society/540480-ldpr-ob-avila-ob-isklucenii-iz-partii-deputata-aroslava-nilova|title=ЛДПР объявила об исключении из партии депутата Ярослава Нилова|website=Forbes|date=25 June 2025}}</ref>

== Political positions ==
{{see also|Political positions of Vladimir Zhirinovsky}}
{{Conservatism in Russia|Parties}}
The LDPR seeks "a revival of Russia as a great power". It opposes both [[communism]] and [[capitalism]]. It prefers a [[mixed economy]] with [[Private property|private ownership]], but with a strong management role reserved for the state.<ref name=FEAR>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BA7xCQAAQBAJ&q=ldpr+ideology&pg=PA203|title=The Politics of Fear: What Right-Wing Populist Discourses Mean|first=Ruth|last=Wodak|date=21 September 2015|publisher=SAGE|isbn=9781473914179|access-date=15 September 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> In [[foreign policy]], the party places a strong emphasis on "[[Feliks Koneczny#Theory of Civilizations|civilizations]]". It has supported the restoration of Russia with its "natural borders" (which the party believes include [[South Caucasus|Transcaucasia]], [[Central Asia]], [[Belarus]] and Ukraine).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ldpr.ru//party|title=СТРУКТУРА | ИСТОРИЯ | ПРОГРАММА | УСТАВ | ГИМН || ЛДПР|website=ldpr.ru}}</ref> The LDPR regards the United States and [[NATO]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1rA0DwAAQBAJ&dq=zhirinovsky+anti+nato&pg=PT90 Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir].</ref> as Russia's main external threats.

The party has harshly criticised the [[Human rights in Estonia|discrimination against ethnic Russians]] in the [[Baltic states]] and demanded that they should be given [[Russian citizenship law|Russian citizenship]] and protected against discriminatory legislation.<ref name=white/> The LDPR is also against [[corruption]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/20661/ |title=Caucasian Knot | LDPR activists mark start of road repairs in Stavropol with anti-corruption picket |access-date=2017-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905051912/https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/20661/ |archive-date=2017-09-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[enlargement of the European Union]], identifying as a [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]] party,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://informnapalm.org/en/moscow-spreading-propaganda-using-eu-funded-media/|title=How Moscow is spreading its propaganda using EU-funded media - InformNapalm.org (English)|date=12 March 2017|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref> instead preferring [[pan-Slavism]].<ref name="IBP">IBP USA ''Russia Parliament Encyclopedic Directory Strategic Information and Contacts'' p. 259.</ref> Professor Henry E. Hale lists the party's main policy stands as [[Russian nationalism|nationalism]] and a focus in [[law and order (politics)|law and order]].

Although it often uses radical opposition rhetoric, the LDPR frequently votes for government proposals. This has led to speculation that the party receives funding from the [[Kremlin]].<ref name="hale"/> Political parties in Russia that had broken the 3% voting barrier and entered the parliament (State Duma) are officially financed by government, according to federal law. As such, all opposition parties in the State Duma are largely funded by the federal budget (e. g. in 2018, LDPR received 99.7% of its funding from the government, [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|CPRF]] 90%, and [[A Just Russia – For Truth|A Just Russia]] 81%).<ref name="party-finance">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cikrf.ru/politparty/finance/svodn_otchet_18.php |title=Summary Financial Reports of Political Parties for 2018 - Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation |access-date=2021-01-03 |archive-date=2021-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519184709/http://www.cikrf.ru/politparty/finance/svodn_otchet_18.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ridl.io/en/why-does-the-russian-state-pick-up-the-bill-for-political-parties/|title=Why Does the Russian State Pick Up the Bill For Political parties?|website=Riddle|first=Stanislav|last=Andreychuk|date=3 April 2019|access-date=4 January 2021|archive-date=26 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526102611/https://ridl.io/en/why-does-the-russian-state-pick-up-the-bill-for-political-parties/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Zhirinovsky had stated that he wants to see a [[monarch]] titled "supreme ruler" lead Russia and had promised to shoot his political opponents if elected president.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zhirinovski: 'I'll take the world to the brink of war' DW English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nzSqIVfPu4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/-nzSqIVfPu4| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|website=DW News | date=15 March 2018 |access-date=14 February 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name= "NTW">{{cite news |title=Who Will Be Russia's Next President?|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vFOSh77Mc8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/9vFOSh77Mc8| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|access-date=13 February 2021 |work=NowThisWorld |date=19 October 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russian Politician Zhirinovsky Pledges to 'Shoot' Opponents in Parliament |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2017/03/15/ldpr-walks-out-of-duma-in-protest-of-proposed-commission-to-investigate-zhirinovsky-hate-speech-a57428 |access-date=14 February 2021 |work=The Moscow Times |date=15 March 2017}}</ref>

== Structure and membership ==
The party's organization was almost entirely centered on its former leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who died on 6 April 2022.<ref name=hale/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/obituary-vladimir-zhirinovsky-dark-showman-russian-far-right-2022-04-06/|title=OBITUARY Vladimir Zhirinovsky, dark showman of the Russian far right|website=Reuters|date=6 April 2022}}</ref>

The party is in alliance with several parties in the former [[Soviet Union|Soviet republics]], including [[Armenia]], [[Belarus]], [[Estonia]] and Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2005-12-07|title=Председатель Либерально-демократической партии Азербайджана Фуад Алиев встретится с Владимиром Жириновским|url=https://www.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/765182.html|access-date=2021-09-13|website=Trend.Az|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=13 March 2013|title=С кем дружат белорусские партии?|url=http://bdg.by/articles/2013/03/13/%D0%A1-%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BC-%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%82-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8%3F|website=Белорусская деловая газета|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=28 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328161026/http://bdg.by/articles/2013/03/13/%D0%A1-%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BC-%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%82-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8%3F|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2003, the party claimed 600,000 members and had issued 475,000 party cards.<ref name="white"/> According to a 2008 survey by Colton, Hale and McFaul, 4% of the Russian population are loyalists of the party.<ref name=hale/>

===Party leaders===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! No.
! colspan="2" | Leader (birth–death)
! Took office
! Left office
! Tenure
|-
|1
|[[File:Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2015-06-29 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]] (1946–2022)
|18 April 1992
|6 April 2022 ''(died in office)''
|{{age in years and days|April 18, 1992|April 6, 2022}}
|-
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA|―
|rowspan=2|[[File:Leonid Eduardovich Slutsky.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2|[[Leonid Slutsky (politician)|Leonid Slutsky]] (b. 1968)
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA|6 April 2022
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA|27 May 2022
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA|{{age in years and days|April 6, 2022|May 27, 2022}}
|-
|2
|27 May 2022 ''([[34th Congress of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|elected]])''
|Incumbent
|{{age in years and days|May 27, 2022}}
|}

== Electoral results ==
=== Presidential ===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|-
! rowspan="2" | Election
! rowspan="2" | Candidate
! colspan="2" scope="col" | First round
! colspan="2" | Second round
! rowspan="2" | Result
|-
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
![[1991 Russian presidential election|1991]]
|align=left rowspan=3| [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]]
|6,211,007
|7.81
|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|
|{{no2|Lost}}
|-
![[1996 Russian presidential election|1996]]
|4,311,479
|5.70
|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|
|{{no2|Lost}}
|-
![[2000 Russian presidential election|2000]]
|2,026,513
|2.70
|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|
|{{no2|Lost}}
|-
![[2004 Russian presidential election|2004]]
|align=left| [[Oleg Malyshkin]]
|1,405,315
|2.02
|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|
|{{no2|Lost}}
|-
![[2008 Russian presidential election|2008]]
|align=left rowspan=3| [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]]
|6,988,510
|9.35
|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|
|{{no2|Lost}}
|-
![[2012 Russian presidential election|2012]]
|4,458,103
|6.22
|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|
|{{no2|Lost}}
|-
![[2018 Russian presidential election|2018]]
|4,154,985
|5.65
|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|
|{{no2|Lost}}
|-
![[2024 Russian presidential election|2024]]
|align=left| [[Leonid Slutsky (politician)|Leonid Slutsky]]
|2,795,629
|3.24
|bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=2|
|{{no2|Lost}}
|}

===State Duma===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Rank
! Government
|-
![[1993 Russian legislative election|1993]]
|align=left rowspan="11" |[[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]]
|12,318,562
|22.92
|{{composition bar|64|450|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
|bgcolor=lightgrey|
|'''1st'''
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
!rowspan=3|[[1995 Russian legislative election|1995]]
|rowspan=3|7,737,431
|rowspan=3|11.18
|rowspan=3|{{composition bar|51|450|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
|rowspan=3|{{decrease}} 13
|rowspan=3|{{decrease}} 3rd
|{{no2|Opposition {{small|(1995–98)}}}}
|-
|{{yes2|[[Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet|Coalition]] {{small|(1998–99)}}}}
|-
|{{partial2|Support {{small|(1999)}}}}
|-
![[1999 Russian legislative election|1999]]
|3,990,038
|5.98
|{{composition bar|17|450|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
|{{decrease}} 34
|{{decrease}} 5th
|{{partial2|Support}}
|-
![[2003 Russian legislative election|2003]]
|6,944,322
|11.45
|{{composition bar|36|450|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
|{{increase}} 19
|{{increase}} 3rd
|{{partial2|Support}}
|-
![[2007 Russian legislative election|2007]]
|5,660,823
|8.14
|{{composition bar|40|450|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
|{{steady}} 3rd
|{{partial2|Support}}
|-
![[2011 Russian legislative election|2011]]
|7,664,570
|11.67
|{{composition bar|56|450|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
|{{increase}} 16
|{{decrease}} 4th
|{{partial2|Support}}
|-
![[2016 Russian legislative election|2016]]
|6,917,063
|13.14
|{{composition bar|39|450|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
|{{decrease}} 17
|{{increase}} 3rd
|{{partial2|Support}}
|-
!rowspan=2|[[2021 Russian legislative election|2021]]
|rowspan=2|4,252,096
|rowspan=2|7.55
|rowspan=2|{{composition bar|21|450|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}}}
|rowspan=2|{{decrease}} 18
|rowspan=2|{{decrease}} 4th
|{{partial2|Support {{small|(2021–2024)}}}}
|-
|{{yes2|[[Mikhail Mishustin's Second Cabinet|Coalition]] {{small|(2024–present)}}}}
|-
|}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Conservatism|Politics|Russia}}
* [[Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus]]
* [[Liberal Democratic Party of Transnistria]]
* [[List of Liberal Democratic Party of Russia deputies in the State Duma]]
* [[Leader (political party)|Miflaga Mitkademet Liberalit Demokratit]]
* [[Serbian Radical Party]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{commonscatinline}}
* [http://www.ldpr.ru/ Official Website] {{in lang|ru}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090126081208/http://www.ldpr.ru/partiya/prog/ Political Program LDPR]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513061716/http://www.sras.org/the_world_according_to_zhirinovsky Zhirinovsky's 2007 political manifesto] {{in lang|en|ru}}
* [http://www.ldpr.de/ Non-official Website] {{in lang|ru}}
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