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.
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).
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%
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