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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

The total number of the elected deputies – 450. Of 8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB
these, 225 are elected in single-mandate electoral  Elections of the President of the Russian Feder-
districts (one district – one deputy), and 225 – in ation.
federal electoral districts in proportion to the num-  Elections of the State Duma of the Federal As-
ber of votes cast for federal lists of candidates.
sembly of the Russian Federation.
4. Popular House  Names of the Other Bodies Related with the
Gosudarstvennaya Duma - State Duma of the Fed- Electoral Process in the country No
eral Assembly of the Russian Federation.
 Titles of Electoral Legislation(s) - Federal Law

5. Type of Electoral System No. 19-FZ of 10 January 2003 “On the Election
Elections of the President of the Russian Federation of the President of the Russian Federation”
are held under the majoritarian electoral system.  Federal Law No.51-FZ of 18 May 2005 “On the
Election of Deputies of the State Duma of the
Elections to the State Duma of the Russian Fed- Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation”
eration, senior officials and deputies of legislative
(representative) bodies of the subjects of the Rus-  Federal Law No. 95-FZ of 12 May 2009 “On the
sian Federation, as a rule, provide for a mixed elec- Guarantees of the Equality of the Parliamenta-
toral system. ry Parties in the Coverage of their Activity by the
State-Run Public TV Channels and Radio Chan-
part iii nels”
ELECtorAL sYstEM  Federal Law No. 67-FZ of 12 June 2002 “On Ba-
sic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right

(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Partici-
pate in a Referendum”
1. Name of the EMB(S)  Federal Law No. 20-FZ of 10 January 2003 “On
Central Election Commission of the Russian Fed- the State Automated System of the Russian
eration (CEC) Federation “Vybory”
2. Website Address  Federal Law No. 95-FZ of 11 July 2001 “On Po-
www.cikrf.ru litical Parties”.

3. Nature of EMB (B) ELECTORAL PROCESS
Independent
1. Total Population
4. No. of Members in EMB 14.6 Million (January 2020)
15
2. Registered Electors
5. Terms of office 11.05 Million (January 2020)
5 years
3. Voter turnout in last National Elections
6. EMB Members selected by At the elections of the President of the Russian
5 members are designated by the Federal Council Federation in March 2018:
of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;
5 – by the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of  total 73, 578, 992;
the Russian Federation; 5 – by the President of the  percentage 67.54%.
Russian Federation.
4. Voting Method
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority Manual marking of Ballot papers
EMB

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