page_title: 2016 Russian legislative election
section_title: Opinion polls
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 Russian legislative election / Opinion polls
caption_attribution_description: English: Opinion polls on Russian election,2016, opposition parties
context_page_description: Legislative elections were held in Russia on 18 September 2016, having been brought forward from 4 December. At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma of the 7th convocation, the lower house of the Federal Assembly. Prior to the election United Russia had been the ruling party since winning the 2011 elections with 49.32% of the vote, and taking 238 seats of the seats in the State Duma.
  Prior to the election, observers expected that turnout would be low and called the election campaign the dullest in recent memory.
  109,820,679 voters were registered in the Russian Federation on 1 January 2016. Taking into account people registered outside the Russian Federation and the voters in Baikonur, the total number of eligible voters for 1 January 2016 was 111,724,534. The vote had a record low turnout of 47.88%, with just 28% of Muscovites casting their votes before 6pm.
caption: Opinion polling for opposition parties (WCIOM)
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