2005 Chechen legislative election

2005 Chechen legislative election

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Turnout	69.56%
Party Leader Seats Council of the Republic United Russia Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov 9 CPRF Said-Khamzat Arsanov 3 Eurasian Union Said Yusupov 1 Independents n/a 5 People's Assembly United Russia Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov 24 SPS Zinaida Magomadova 4 CPRF Said-Khamzat Arsanov 3 Independents n/a 9 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

2005 Chechen legislative election took part on November 27 of that year. This was the first parliamentary election in the Chechen Republic since the constitutional referendum that took place in 2003 and resulted in the adoption of the Constitution of the Chechen Republic.

Background

In August 2005 Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree "On the election to Parliament of the Chechen Republic of the first convocation" announcing the election were to be held on November 27. ^[1]

Electoral system

The first Parliament of the Chechen Republic was a bicameral legislative body with Council of the Republic as its upper house and People's Assembly as lower house. 18 members of the Council were elected in municipality-based single-member districts. 40 members of the People's Assembly were elected via parallel voting (20 seats in a republic-wide party-list vote with 5% electoral threshold and 20 seats in single-member districts). ^[2]

Results

People's Assembly ^[2]

Party		Proportional			District seats	Total seats
Votes	%	Seats
	United Russia	251,737	60.65%	14	10	24
	Union of Right Forces	51,419	12.39%	3	1	4
	Communist Party	50,644	12.20%	3	0	3
	Eurasian Union	15,973	3.85%	0	0	0
	Yabloko	13,087	3.15%	0	0	0
	Rodina	9,904	2.39%	0	0	0
	Liberal Democratic Party	6,044	1.46%	0	0	0
	People's Will	5,343	1.29%	0	0	0
	Independent	–	–	0	9	9
Against all		6,274	1.51%
Invalid ballots		4,606	1.10%
Total	415,031	100%	20	20	40
Registered voters/turnout	596,567	69.56%

References

1. "Путин назначил выборы в парламент Чечни на 27 ноября". newsru.com. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
2. Кынев, Александр (2009). Выборы парламентов российских регионов 2003-2009: Первый цикл внедрения пропорциональной избирательной системы (PDF) (in Russian). М.: Панорама. pp. 169–173. ISBN   978-5-94420-036-5 . Retrieved 23 November 2025.