Russian legislative elections

[1] As of 2021, these elections have been held eight times: According to the current Russian legislation, 225 from the 450 mandates of the State Duma are distributed among the lists of political parties that received more than 5% of the votes.

The layout and number of single-mandate districts are established in federal law by the State Duma in agreement with the Central Election Commission.

To pass the list for elections, it is necessary to collect more than 200,000 signatures, but not less than 7,000 in one subject of the Russian Federation.

The following do not require signatures: lists that overcame the 3% threshold for the federal district in the previous elections; and the list of candidates nominated by a political party that was admitted to the distribution of deputy mandates in the legislative body of at least one subject of the Russian Federation.

Parties that do not pass the 5% threshold on the lists are not allowed to distribute deputy mandates.