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{{Infobox election
| country = Russian Federation
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1999 Russian legislative election
| previous_year = 1999
| election_date = 7 December 2003
| next_election = 2007 Russian legislative election
| next_year = 2007
| seats_for_election = All 450 seats in the [[State Duma]]
| majority_seats = 226
| opinion_polls = 
| turnout = 55.75% ({{decrease}} 6.10 [[percentage point|pp]])

| image1 = [[File:Boris Gryzlov 2006 (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
| candidate1 = 
| leader1 = [[Boris Gryzlov]]
| party1 = United Russia
| leader_since1 = 20 November 2002
| leaders_seat1 = Federal list
| last_election1 = ''New''
| seats1 = '''223'''
| seat_change1 = ''New''
| popular_vote1 = '''22,776,294'''
| percentage1 = '''37.56%''' ([[Party list|PL]])<!-- It's official party percentage. CEC of Russia is counting the percentage including invalid votes -->
| swing1 = ''New''

| image2 = [[File:Zyuganov-2002 (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
| candidate2 = 
| leader2 = [[Gennady Zyuganov]]
| party2 = Communist Party of the Russian Federation
| leader_since2 = 14 February 1993
| leaders_seat2 = Federal list
| last_election2 = 113 seats, 24.29% <!-- It's official party percentage in 1999. CEC of Russia is counting the percentage including invalid votes -->
| seats2 = 52
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 61
| popular_vote2 = 7,647,820 
| percentage2 = 12.61% ([[Party list|PL]])<!-- It's official party percentage. CEC of Russia is counting the percentage including invalid votes -->
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 11.68%

| image3 = [[File:Sergey Glazyev RN MOW 04-2011.jpg|150x150px]]
| leader3 = [[Sergey Glazyev]]
| party3 = National Patriotic Union "Rodina"
| leader_since3 = 14 September 2003
| leaders_seat3  = [[Podolsk constituency|Podolsk]]
| last_election3 = ''New''
| seats3 = 37
| seat_change3 = ''New''
| popular_vote3 = 5,470,429 
| percentage3 = 9.02% ([[Party list|PL]])
| swing3 = ''New''

| image4 = [[File:Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2009 portrait (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
| leader4 = {{nowrap|[[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]]}}
| party4 = Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
| leader_since4 = 13 December 1989
| leaders_seat4  = Federal list
| last_election4 = 17 seats, 5.20% <!-- It's official party percentage in 1999. CEC of Russia is counting the percentage including invalid votes -->
| seats4 = 36
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 19
| popular_vote4 = 6,944,322 
| percentage4 = 11.35% ([[Party list|PL]])
| swing4 = {{increase}} 6.15%

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| leader5 = [[Gennady Raikov]]
| party5 = People's Party of the Russian Federation
| leader_since5 = 29 September 2001
| leaders_seat5  = [[Tyumen constituency|Tyumen]]
| last_election5 = ''New''
| seats5 = 17
| seat_change5 = ''New''
| popular_vote5 = 714,705
| percentage5 = 1.18% ([[Party list|PL]])
| swing5 = ''New''

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| leader6 = [[Grigory Yavlinsky]]
| party6 = Yabloko
| leader_since6 = 16 October 1993
| leaders_seat6  = ''Federal list (lost)''
| last_election6 = 20 seats, 5.93% <!-- It's official party percentage in 1999. CEC of Russia is counting the percentage including invalid votes -->
| seats6 = 4
| seat_change6 = {{decrease}} 16
| popular_vote6 = 2,610,087
| percentage6 = 4.30% ([[Party list|PL]])
| swing6 = {{decrease}} 1.63%

| image7 = [[File:Boris Nemtsov 2008-11-23 crop.png|Boris_Nemtsov_2008-11-23_crop|150x150px]]
| leader7 = [[Boris Nemtsov]]
| party7 = Union of Right Forces
| leader_since7 = 27 May 2001
| leaders_seat7  = ''Federal list (lost)''
| last_election7 = 29 seats, 8.52% <!-- It's official party percentage in 1999. CEC of Russia is counting the percentage including invalid votes -->
| seats7 = 3
| seat_change7 = {{decrease}} 26
| popular_vote7 = 2,408,535	
| percentage7 = 3.97% ([[Party list|PL]])
| swing7 = {{decrease}} 4.55%

| image8 = [[File:Gennady Seleznyov (2000-01-18).jpg|150x150px]]
| leader8 = [[Gennadiy Seleznyov]]
| party8 = [[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]]–[[Russian Party of Life|RPZh]]
| leader_since8 = 7 September 2002
| leaders_seat8  = [[Northern constituency (Saint Petersburg)|Northern SPb]]
| last_election8 = ''New''
| seats8 = 3
| seat_change8 = ''New''
| popular_vote8 = 1,140,413
| percentage8 = 1.88% ([[Party list|PL]])
| swing8 = ''New''

| image9 = [[File:Mikhail Lapshin.jpg|150x150px]]
| leader9 = [[Mikhail Lapshin]]
| party9 = Agrarian Party of Russia
| leader_since9 = 26 February 1993
| leaders_seat9  = ''Federal list (lost)''
| last_election9 = 11 seats (inside [[Fatherland – All Russia|OVR]])
| seats9 = 2
| seat_change9 = {{decrease}} 9
| popular_vote9 = 2,205,850 
| percentage9 = 3.64% ([[Party list|PL]])
| swing9 = –

| map = {{switcher|[[File:2003 Russian legislative election PR map.svg|300px]]|Winning party by [[Districts of Russia|district]] (party-list vote)|[[File:2003 Russian legislative election constituency map.svg|300px]]|Winning party by [[Constituencies of Russia|constituency]]}}
| map_caption = 

| title = [[Chairman of the State Duma]]
| before_election = [[Gennadiy Seleznyov]]
| before_party = Party of Russia's Rebirth
| after_election = [[Boris Gryzlov]]
| after_party = United Russia
}}[[Image:Russian legislative election 2003.png|thumb|400px|Distribution of the constituency seats by federal subject.{{collapsible list|{{legend|#605ca8|United Russia}}{{legend|#fbbf5c|People's Party}}{{legend|#ed1b23|Communist Party}}{{legend|#f26b4e|Rodina}}{{legend|#38b549|Yabloko}}{{legend|#bc8cbf|Party of Rebirth/Party of Life}}{{legend|#00bff3|Union of Right Forces}}{{legend|#007236|Agrarian Party}}{{legend|#fff468|Great Russia}}{{legend|#a67c51|New Course — Automobile Russia}}{{legend|#827a00|Development of Enterprise}}{{legend|white|Self-nominations}}{{legend|black|Seat not filled}}}}]]

'''Legislative elections''' were held in [[Russia]] on 7{{nbsp}}December 2003.<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1642 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> At stake were the 450 seats in the [[State Duma]] (''Gosudarstvennaya Duma''), the [[lower house]] of the [[Federal Assembly (Russia)|Federal Assembly]].

As expected, the  pro-[[Vladimir Putin]] [[United Russia]] party received the most votes (38%) and won the most seats, gaining a [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]] in the Duma. The [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|Communist Party]] remained the second largest, though much reduced in strength. The [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|Liberal Democratic Party]] improved its position by 19 seats, while the liberal [[Yabloko]] and the liberal-conservative [[Union of Right Forces]] lost most of their seats.

==Opinion polls==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; line-height:14px"
|-
! rowspan="3" |Polling firm
! rowspan="3" |Fieldwork date
! [[Unity (Russian political party)|Unity]]
! [[Fatherland – All Russia|OVR]]
! rowspan="2" |[[CPRF]]
! rowspan="2" |[[LDPR]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Rodina (political party)|Rodina]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Yabloko]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Union of Right Forces|SPS]]
! rowspan="3" |Other
! rowspan="3" |Unsure
! rowspan="3" |Against<br>all
! rowspan="3" |Wouldn't<br>vote
! rowspan="3" |Lead
|-
! colspan="2" |[[United Russia|United<br>Russia]]
|-
| colspan=2; bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Rodina}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Yabloko}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of Right Forces}}" |
|-style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|''[[1999 Russian legislative election|Election result]]''
|19 Dec 1999
|23.3
|13.3
|24.3
|5.9
|{{n/a}}
|6.0
|8.5
|13.4
|{{n/a}}
|3.3
|{{n/a}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">1</span>
|-
| colspan="14" style="background:#A0A0A0" |
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20041111001724/http://www.wciom.ru/?pt=42&article=436 VCIOM]
|May 2000
|'''26'''||'''6'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''33'''|| 4 ||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''9'''|| 10{{efn|[[Women of Russia]] 4%, [[Alexander Lebed|People's Republican Party]] 2%, [[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]], [[Our Home – Russia|NDR]], [[Russian National Unity (2000)|RNE]] 1%, other 1%.}} ||{{n/a}}|| 4 ||{{n/a}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">7</span>
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20041111001724/http://www.wciom.ru/?pt=42&article=436 VCIOM]
|24-27 Nov 2000
|'''19'''||'''6'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''33'''||'''7'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''8'''|| 14{{efn|[[Women of Russia]] 7%, [[Gennady Seleznyov|Russia]], [[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]] 2%, [[Alexander Lebed|People's Republican Party]], [[Russian National Unity (2000)|RNE]] 1%, [[Our Home – Russia|NDR]] <1%, other 1%.}} ||{{n/a}}|| 4 ||{{n/a}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">14</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd011409 FOM]
|2-3 Dec 2000
|'''16'''|| 3 ||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''17'''|| 3 ||{{n/a}}||'''5'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}|| 27 || 5 || 12
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">1</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd011409 FOM]
|10-11 Feb 2001
|'''19'''||'''7'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''21'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}||'''5'''|| 3 || 3{{efn|name=a|[[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]] 3%, other 0%.}} || 20 || 8 || 8
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">2</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd011409 FOM]
|14-15 Apr 2001
|'''19'''||'''5'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''22'''||'''6'''||{{n/a}}||'''5'''|| 4 || 2{{efn|[[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]] 2%, other 0%.}} || 14 || 8 || 15
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">3</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd012010 FOM]
|21-22 Apr 2001
|style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''22'''||'''8'''||'''21'''|| 4 ||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''5'''|| 3{{efn|name=a}} || 13 || 7 || 8
|bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |<span style="color:white;">1</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd012010 FOM]
|2-3 Jun 2001
|style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''23'''||'''5'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''23'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}||'''5'''||'''5'''|| 3{{efn|name=a}} || 16 || 6 || 11
|Tie
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd014007 FOM]
|14-15 Jul 2001
|'''22'''||'''6'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''23'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}|| 4 || 4 || 2{{efn|name=b|[[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]] 2%.}} || 18 || 7 || 9
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">1</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd014007 FOM]
|8-9 Sep 2001
|'''22'''||'''6'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''23'''|| 4 ||{{n/a}}||'''5'''|| 3 || 2{{efn|name=b}} || 20 || 6 || 9
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">1</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/politicheskie_partii__monitoring/dd014007 FOM]
|20-21 Oct 2001
|style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''25'''||'''6'''||'''22'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}|| 4 || 3 || 2{{efn|name=b}} || 18 || 6 || 10
|bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |<span style="color:white;">3</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/party_rating_2002/dd020510 FOM]
|2-3 Feb 2002
|colspan=2|'''21'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''24'''||'''7'''||{{n/a}}||'''6'''|| 4 || 3{{efn|name=a}} || 14 || 10 || 10
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">3</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/map/finfo/finfo2002/453_9152/of022706 FOM]
|20 Jul 2002
|colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''31'''||'''22'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}|| 3 || 3 || 2{{efn|name=b}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |<span style="color:white;">9</span>
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071201005124/http://www.levada.ru/press/2002090300.html VCIOM]
|21-27 Aug 2002
|colspan=2|'''26'''|| style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''34'''||'''9'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''6'''|| 13{{efn|[[Women of Russia]] 6%, [[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]], [[Democratic Party of Russia|DPR]], [[Russian National Unity (2000)|RNE]], [[Gennady Seleznyov|Russia]] 1%, other 3%.}} ||{{n/a}}|| 5 ||{{n/a}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">8</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/party_rating_2002/dd024104 FOM]
|12-13 Oct 2002
|colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"| '''26'''||'''23'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}||'''5'''||'''5'''|| 3{{efn|[[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]] 2%, other 1%.}} || 15 || 6 || 10
|bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |<span style="color:white;">3</span>
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071130233125/http://www.levada.ru/press/2002122500.html VCIOM]
|20-23 Dec 2002
|colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"| '''27''' || style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''27'''||'''9'''||{{n/a}}||'''7'''||'''5'''|| 22{{efn|[[Women of Russia]] 8%, [[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]] 3%, [[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]], [[Russian National Unity (2000)|RNE]], [[Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice|RPP]], [[Oksana Dmitriyeva|Development of Enterprise]] 2%, [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]], [[Liberal Russia]] 1%, other 1%.}} ||{{n/a}}|| 5 ||{{n/a}}
|Tie
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/map/dominant/dominant2003/787_170/dd031404#d031402 FOM]
|5-6 Apr 2003
|colspan=2|'''21'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''22'''||'''5'''||{{n/a}}||'''5'''|| 3 || 4{{efn|[[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]] 3%, other 1%.}} || 25 || 5 || 11
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">1</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/map/finfo/finfo2003/814_857/of031902 FOM]
|17 May 2003
|colspan=2|'''19'''||style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''21'''||'''7'''||{{n/a}}||'''5'''|| 3 ||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">2</span>
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071201005333/http://www.levada.ru/press/2003052800.html VCIOM]
|23-26 May 2003
|colspan=2|'''23'''|| style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''28'''||'''10'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''||'''5'''|| 7 || 13 || 4 ||{{n/a}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">5</span>
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071201011129/http://www.levada.ru/press/2003062600.html VCIOM]
|20-24 Jun 2003
|colspan=2|'''26'''|| style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''27'''||'''6'''||{{n/a}}||'''8'''|| 3 || 11{{efn|[[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]], [[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"|Greens]] 2%, [[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]], [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]], [[Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice|RPP]], [[Democratic Party of Russia|DPR]], [[Russian National Unity (2000)|RNE]], [[Social Democratic Party of Russia (2001)|SDPR]] 1%, other 1%.}} || 16 || 3 ||{{n/a}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">1</span>
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071130231348/http://www.levada.ru/press/2003082000.html VCIOM]
|15-18 Aug 2003
|colspan=2|'''23'''|| style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''28'''||'''9'''||{{n/a}}||'''6'''||'''5'''|| 10{{efn|[[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]] 4%, [[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]] 3%, [[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"|Greens]], [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]], [[Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice|RPP]] 1%, other <1%.}} || 12 || 5 ||{{n/a}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |<span style="color:white;">5</span>
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20031011204603/http://www.vciom-a.ru/press/004.html VCIOM-A]
|19-22 Sep 2003
|colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''28'''||'''23'''||'''5'''|| 2 ||'''5'''||'''5'''|| 8{{efn|[[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]], [[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"|Greens]] 2%, [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]], [[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]]-[[Russian Party of Life|RPZh]], [[Democratic Party of Russia|DPR]] 1%, other 1%.}} || 20 || 5 || {{n/a}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |<span style="color:white;">5</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/map/finfo/finfo2003/fi0340/of034001 FOM]
|11 Oct 2003
|colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''20'''||'''18'''||'''7'''|| 2 || 4 || 4 || 6{{efn|[[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]], [[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]]-[[Russian Party of Life|RPZh]] 2%, [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]], [[Pavel Borodin|Great Russia—Eurasian Union]] 1%, [[New Course — Automobile Russia|New Cource]] 0%.}} || 21 || 5 || 13
|bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |<span style="color:white;">2</span>
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071130232338/http://www.levada.ru/press/2003112104.html VCIOM-A]
|10-13 Oct 2003
|colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"| '''26''' || style="background:#F8C1BE"|'''26''' || '''5''' || 3 || '''5''' || 4 || 6{{efn|[[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]] 2%, [[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"|Greens]], [[Party of Russia's Rebirth|PVR]]-[[Russian Party of Life|RPZh]], [[Democratic Party of Russia|DPR]], [[People's Party of the Russian Federation|NPRF]] 1%.}} || 20 || 5 || {{n/a}}
| Tie
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071130232338/http://www.levada.ru/press/2003112104.html VCIOM-A]
|24-28 Oct 2003
|colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"| '''30''' || '''23''' || '''5''' || 1 || 4 || '''6''' || || 17 || 6 || {{n/a}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |<span style="color:white;">7</span>
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071130232338/http://www.levada.ru/press/2003112104.html VCIOM-A]
|13 Nov 2003
|colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"| '''29''' || '''23''' || '''8''' || 3 || '''6''' || '''6''' || || 14 || 5 || {{n/a}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |<span style="color:white;">6</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/party_rating_2003/d034801 FOM]
|8-9 Nov 2003
|colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''18.7'''||'''16.3'''||'''5.1'''|| 1.2 || 4.2 || 4.5 || 6.0 || 25.6 || 5.9 || 12.4
|bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |<span style="color:white;">2.4</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/party_rating_2003/d034801 FOM]
|15-16 Nov 2003
|colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''19.5'''||'''14.9'''||'''6.0'''|| 2.9 || 3.8 || 4.5 || 6.2 || 24.1 || 5.7 || 12.2
|bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |<span style="color:white;">4.6</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/party_rating_2003/d034801 FOM]
|22-23 Nov 2003
|colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''25.1'''||'''14.1'''||'''6.5'''|| 3.3 || 2.5 || 3.5 || 7.4 || 22.0 || 5.4 || 10.6
|bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |<span style="color:white;">11</span>
|-
|[https://bd.fom.ru/report/cat/polit/rat_par/party_rating_2003/d034801 FOM]
|29-30 Nov 2003
|colspan=2; style="background:#BDBDFF"|'''28.1'''||'''15.8'''||'''7.3'''|| 4.4 || 2.7 || 3.4 || 7.3 || 18.3 || 5.0 || 7.9
|bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |<span style="color:white;">12.3</span>
|}

===Exit polls===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; line-height:14px"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Polling firm
! [[United Russia|United<br>Russia]]
! [[CPRF]]
! [[LDPR]]
! [[Rodina (political party)|Rodina]]
! [[Yabloko]]
! [[Union of Right Forces|SPS]]
! rowspan="2" |Against<br>all
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|United Russia}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Rodina}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Yabloko}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of Right Forces}}" |
|-
| FOM<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/07/12/2003/5703b5c09a7947783a5a4e7b |title=ФОМ: СПС не проходит в Госдуму |language=ru |website=[[RBK Group|RBC]] |date=7 December 2003 |access-date=19 August 2025}}</ref>
|'''36'''||'''13.3'''||'''11.6'''||'''9.2'''||'''5.1'''|| 4.7 ||{{n/a}}
|-
| ROMIR<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/08/12/2003/5703b5c09a7947783a5a4e87 |title=Выборы в Госдуму: свежие результаты exit polls |language=ru |website=[[RBK Group|RBC]] |date=8 December 2003 |access-date=19 August 2025}}</ref>
|'''34.1'''||'''13.2'''||'''10.9'''||'''9.5'''||'''5.8'''||'''6.1'''|| 6.8
|-style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|''Election result''||'''37.6'''||'''12.6'''||'''11.5'''||'''9.0'''|| 4.3 || 4.0 || 4.7
|}

==Results==
{{Election results
|firstround=Party-list|secondround=Constituency
|image=[[File:Russian State Duma 2003.svg]]
|party1=[[United Russia]]|votes1=22776294|seats1=120|votes1_2=14123625|seats1_2=103|totseats1=223|sc1=New
|party2=[[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|Communist Party]]|votes2=7647820|seats2=40|votes2_2=6577598|seats2_2=12|totseats2=52|sc2=−61
|party3=[[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|Liberal Democratic Party]]|votes3=6944322|seats3=36|votes3_2=1860905|seats3_2=0|totseats3=36|sc3=+19
|party4=[[Rodina (political party)|National Patriotic Union "Rodina"]]|votes4=5470429|seats4=29|votes4_2=1719147|seats4_2=8|totseats4=37|sc4=New
|party5=[[Yabloko]]|votes5=2610087|seats5=0|votes5_2=1580629|seats5_2=4|totseats5=4|sc5=−16
|party6=[[Union of Right Forces]]|votes6=2408535|seats6=0|votes6_2=1764290|seats6_2=3|totseats6=3|sc6=−26
|party7=[[Agrarian Party of Russia|Agrarian Party]]|votes7=2205850|seats7=0|votes7_2=1104974|seats7_2=2|totseats7=2|sc7=New
|party8=[[Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice|Russian Pensioners' Party]]–[[Party of Social Justice]]|votes8=1874973|seats8=0|votes8_2=342891|seats8_2=0|totseats8=0|sc8=−1
|party9=[[Party of Russia's Rebirth]]–[[Russian Party of Life]]|votes9=1140413|seats9=0|votes9_2=1584904|seats9_2=3|totseats9=3|sc9=New
|party10=[[People's Party of the Russian Federation|People's Party]]|votes10=714705|seats10=0|votes10_2=2677889|seats10_2=17|totseats10=17|sc10=New
|party11=[[Conceptual Party "Unity"]]|votes11=710721|seats11=0|votes11_2=9334|seats11_2=0|totseats11=0|sc11=New
|party12=[[New Course — Automobile Russia]]|votes12=509302|seats12=0|votes12_2=222090|seats12_2=1|totseats12=1|sc12=New
|party13=For a Holy Russia|votes13=298826|seats13=0|votes13_2=59986|seats13_2=0|totseats13=0|sc13=New|color13=#408080
|party14=[[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"]]|votes14=253985|seats14=0|votes14_2=69585|seats14_2=0|totseats14=0|sc14=0
|party15=[[Oksana Dmitriyeva|Development of Enterprise]]|votes15=212827|seats15=0|votes15_2=237527|seats15_2=1|totseats15=1|sc15=New|color15=#14589F
|party16=[[Great Russia – Eurasian Union]]|votes16=170796|seats16=0|votes16_2=464602|seats16_2=1|totseats16=1|sc16=New|color16=#7C73CC
|party17=Genuine Patriots of Russia|votes17=149151|seats17=0|votes17_2=2564|seats17_2=0|totseats17=0|sc17=New|color17=#4D8D39
|party18=[[Party of Peace and Unity]]|votes18=148954|seats18=0|votes18_2=10664|seats18_2=0|totseats18=0|sc18=0
|party19=United Russian Party Rus'|votes19=147441|seats19=0|votes19_2=570453|seats19_2=0|totseats19=0|sc19=New|color19=#164C8C
|party20=[[Democratic Party of Russia|Democratic Party]]|votes20=136295|seats20=0|votes20_2=94810|seats20_2=0|totseats20=0|sc20=New
|party21=Russian Constitutional Democratic Party|votes21=113190|seats21=0|totseats21=0|sc21=New|color21=#1F8CFC
|party22=[[Union of People for Education and Science]]|votes22=107448|seats22=0|votes22_2=16111|seats22_2=0|totseats22=0|sc22=New|color22=#CACBFB
|party23=People's Republican Party|votes23=80420|seats23=0|votes23_2=2995|seats23_2=0|totseats23=0|sc23=New|color23=#7B746F
|party24=Other parties|votes24_2=288866|seats24_2=0|totseats24=0|sc24=–
|party25=Independents|votes25_2=15843626|seats25_2=67|totseats25=67|sc25=−38
|row26=Against all|votes26=2851958|votes26_2=7744998|seats26_2=3|totseats26=3|sc26=−5
|invalid=948435|invalid2=1247491
|total_sc=0
|electorate=108906250|electorate2=108906250
|source=Nohlen & Stöver, [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2263_03.htm IPU], 2003 elections<ref>[http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/etc/protokol1.doc Сведения о зарегистрированных депутатах ГД ФС РФ четвертого созыва по одномандатным избирательным округам] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016222943/http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/etc/protokol1.doc |date=2006-10-16 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
}}

==Legacy==
The 2003 election is cited by scholars as a turning point in Russian politics, as it marked the moment the federal parliament effectively became a [[Rubber stamp (politics)|rubber stamp body]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rosefielde |first1=Steven |last2=Hedlund |first2=Stefan |title=Russia Since 1980 |date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521849135 |page=174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNSiw3S8NIUC&dq=rubber+stamp+%22federal+assembly%22+of+russia+inpublisher:university+inpublisher:press&pg=PA174 |access-date=September 23, 2023|quote=Duma election of 2003, reducing the legislature to a rubber stamp.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Troianovski|first1=Anton|author-link=Anton Troianovski|last2=Nechepurenko|first2=Ivan|author-link2=Ivan Nechepurenko|date=2021-09-19|title=Russian Election Shows Declining Support for Putin's Party|language=en|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/world/europe/russia-election-google.html|access-date=2021-09-27|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920000513/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/world/europe/russia-election-google.html |archive-date=2021-09-20 }}</ref><ref>[http://prutland.faculty.wesleyan.edu/files/2015/07/Rutland-China-Russia-Compared.pdf China Russia Compared] wesleyan.edu July 2015</ref>

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/ Election results – official information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210041001/http://gd2003.cikrf.ru/ |date=10 December 2018}} {{in lang|ru}}

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