Elections to the State Duma-2021: results and prospects

Abstract

The article analyzes the results of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation, in comparison with the previous parliamentary elections, assesses the prospects of political leaders in the future elections of the President of Russia. The methods used are comparative-descriptive, analysis of electoral statistics, analysis of documents, scnariy method etc. The main result of the elections was a convincing victory for the ruling party. United Russia lost its record in terms of the number of seats in the State Duma, but retained its constitutional majority and thus consolidated the one-and-a-half-party system or the system of the dominant party in Russia at the beginning of the 21st century, in which power is exercised by the most powerful party, occupying a special position, ahead of all others in elections with an absolute majority. The elections showed that V.V. Putin remains the main contender for victory in the presidential elections in 2024.