Putin's Party emerges victorious

Russia held parliamentary election on december2 2007 that further strengthened President Putin’s grip on power. The Putin led United Russia which controlled two thirds of the previous House swept the elections again. Out of the other 10 parties in the field not more than 4 succeeded in leaving any considerable impact in the 450 member State Duma.


It was the first election after the electoral law was modified to eliminate constituency seats raising the threshold for gaining seats from 5% to 7%.Mr.Putin energized the otherwise uninspiring campaign by agreeing to lead the electoral list of united Russia. With his approval rating holding steady at 80% mr.putin has led more popularity to united Russia which is largely seen as a party of bureaucrats. mr.putin who is barred by the constitution from seeking a third consecutive term in the office in the march 2 ,2008 presidential election said united Russia must convincingly win the parliamentary poll in order to ensure that his plans do not go down the drain after he steps down next year.