People's Party of the Russian Federation

Not to be confused with People's Party of Russia.

People's Party of
the Russian Federation
Народная Партия Российской Федерации
LeaderGennady Gudkov
FounderGennady Raikov
Founded19 December 1999 (1999-12-19) (as parliamentary group)
29 September 2001 (2001-09-29)
Dissolved14 April 2007 (2007-04-14)
Merged intoA Just Russia
Headquarters39th Building, Nizhnyaya Krasnoselskaya Street, Moscow, Russia. 107066
IdeologyCivic nationalism
Lobbyism
Political positionBig tent
Colours  Yellow
  Blue
Seats in the 3rd State Duma
(1999–2003)
58 / 450
Seats in the 4th State Duma
(2003–2007)
17 / 450
Website
narod-party.ru

The People's Party of the Russian Federation[a] was a centrist[1] political party in Russia. The leader of the party was Gennady Raikov.

History

Before official registration of the People's Party on 29 September 2001, the "People's Deputy" group[b] existed in the 3rd State Duma. It included 58 deputies. Most of them later became members of the People's Party of the Russian Federation. The "People's Deputy" consisted of independent members of the State Duma elected exclusively in single-mandate constituencies. The faction supported the initiatives of the new President of Russia Vladimir Putin.

At the 2003 parliamentary election which saw the election of the fourth convocation of the State Duma, the party had won 1.2% of the popular vote and 16 out of 450 seats. Most deputies were elected in single mandate districts and later joined United Russia faction.

The People's Party joined A Just Russia on 14 April 2007.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Народная партия Российской Федерации (НПРФ), romanized: Narodnaja partija Rossijskoj Federacii (NPRF), IPA: [nɐˈrodnəjə ˈpartʲɪjə rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ (ˌɛnˌpɛˌɛrˌɛf)]
  2. ^ Russian: депутатская группа «Народный депутат», romanized: deputatskaja gruppa «Narodnyj deputat», IPA: [dʲɪpʊˈtatskəjə ˈɡrup(ː)ə nɐˈrodnɨj dʲɪpʊˈtat]

References

  1. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2007). "Russia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 5 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Two Russian left-leaning parties unite". People. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016.


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