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2005 Chechen legislative election
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2005 Chechen legislative election Chechnya 1997 2008 2005 11 27 y 69.56% yes yes Council of the Republic United Russia Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov 9 Communist Party of the Russian Federation Said-Khamzat Arsanov 3 Eurasian Union #7C73CC Said Yusupov 1 Independents n/a 5 People's Assembly United Russia Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov 24 Union of Right Forces Zinaida Magomadova 4 Communist Party of the Russian Federation Said-Khamzat Arsanov 3 Independents n/a 9
The 2005 Chechen legislative election was held 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.http://www.newsru.com/russia/23aug2005/vybory.html Путин назначил выборы в парламент Чечни на 27 ноября newsru.com 23 August 2005 22 March 2014
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).Кынев Александр Выборы парламентов российских регионов 2003-2009: Первый цикл внедрения пропорциональной избирательной системы 2009 Панорама М. Москва 978-5-94420-036-5 169-173 https://www.hse.ru/data/2015/02/26/1090631792/Kynev%20-%20book.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20241208032227/https://www.hse.ru/data/2015/02/26/1090631792/Kynev%20-%20book.pdf 8 December 2024 ruPan Esther Elections in Chechnya https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/elections-chechnya Council on Foreign Relations 21 December 2025 23 November 2005
Results
+ People's AssemblyParty Proportional DistrictseatsTotalseats Votes % SeatsUnited Russia 60.65% 14 10 24 Union of Right Forces 12.39% 3 1 4Communist Party 12.20% 3 0 3Eurasian Union 3.85% 0 0 0Yabloko 3.15% 0 0 0Rodina 2.39% 0 0 0Liberal Democratic Party 1.46% 0 0 0People's Will 1.29% 0 0 0Independent – – 0 9 9 Against all 1.51% Invalid ballots 1.10% Total 100% 20 20 40Registered voters/turnout 69.56%
References
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Category:2005 elections in Russia
Category:2005 in Chechnya