Elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the VI convocation were held on December 4, 2011. The State Duma was first elected not for four, but for five years, seven political parties took part in it.
In order to get into the State Duma, political parties had to overcome the 7 percent barrier, however, some innovations allowed parties that were a little short of this line to nevertheless draw their representatives to the Duma. So, a party that gained from 5 to 6 percent could get one seat in the State Duma, and a party that received from 6 to 7 percent - two places. Nevertheless, not a single party took advantage of these innovations - the fact that they confidently passed into the Duma, this turned out to be unnecessary, and the remaining parties did not reach the 5 percent mark. The following parties took part in the elections of the State Duma of the VI convocation (in order on the ballot): Fair Russia, LDPR, Patriots of Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Yabloko, United Russia, Just Cause. Thus, seven parties participated in the elections. The election results, as a percentage, are as follows: United Russia - 49.32 KPRF - 19.19. Just Russia - 13.24. LDPR - 11.67. Apple - 3.43.Patriots of Russia - 0.97. Just cause - 0.60. Voter turnout amounted to 60.2% of the number registered. According to the election results, seats in the Duma were distributed as follows: United Russia - 238. KPRF - 92. Fair Russia - 64. LDPR - 56. According to many experts, the election campaign was not entirely honest, numerous attempts by the ruling United Russia party were noted. "affect the outcome of the vote. After the preliminary results of the election were announced, protests were held in Moscow and a number of other cities, and protesters announced falsification of the election results. Statements by observers were quite traditional - observers from the CIS and the SCO countries agreed that the elections were completely honest and legitimate. At the same time, observers from the OSCE and PACE said that during the voting there were massive violations and ballot stuffing, so the quality of the vote was badly damaged.
