The election system in Russia, as in any other democratic state, is an essential element of the political system. It is governed by suffrage - a set of norms, laws that are binding on all subjects of the Russian Federation. The electoral system reflects the principles and conditions for the formation of state bodies, and also establishes the procedure and organization of the election process.
The main laws governing the election system in Russia are the Constitutions of the states and republics that are part of it. In addition, other local normative acts also apply in this area: the charters of the constituent entities of the Federation, federal and republican laws, decrees and orders of the President, heads of administrations, other executive bodies. The basis of the electoral right in the country is equal, direct, general elections by secret ballot.. It is designed to ensure freedom of election campaigning and equal rights of all candidates participating in the elections. When conducting an election campaign. A feature of the election process in Russia is the mixed principle of the representation system. It uses both a majority and a proportional method of nominating candidates. In a majority approach, one candidate is elected from one constituency by an absolute or relative majority. But in this case, the minority does not have its own representation in government. Using a proportional scheme allows the minority to get seats in parliament and have a representation adequate to the size of this minority. It establishes a correspondence between the number of votes cast for a particular party and the number of seats that representatives of that party will receive in parliament. A significant drawback of this system is that the connection between the electorate and the specific deputy who is the representative of the party who won the election is lost. The proportional scheme has proven itself in those countries where there is a long-established multiparty system. Since in Russia this process has not yet been completed and new parties are constantly appearing on the political field, recently there has been talk of staying on the majority election system for the time being.
