First, to secure a place on the proportional representation ballot, parties had to have registered with the Ministry of Justice no later than six months before the election, and the number of signatures they had to gather rose from 100,000 to 200,000.

Our Home – Russia had weightier resources and soon acquired the nickname of "party of power" for its reliance on elite political and economic office holders.

[4] The party program called for "stability and development, democracy and patriotism, confidence and order" as well as "pragmatism" and "a civilized market".

In the election, the Our Home – Russia bloc took 10.1% of the vote, enough to form a faction in the State Duma but not enough to serve as a dominant or pivotal force in parliament or in the regions.

As in the previous Duma, the parliamentary groups of independent deputies had a significant influence on the balance of power in the parliament.