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Democratic Party of Russia Демократическая партия России | |
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| Leader | Timur Bogdanov |
| Founder | Nikolay Travkin |
| Founded | 26 May 1990; 35 years ago (1990-05-26) 12 February 2012; 13 years ago (2012-02-12) (restored) |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Youth wing | Youth union of DPR |
| Membership(2015) | 500 |
| Ideology | Conservatism Liberalism Populism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | AEN (2002–before 2006) EPP (2007–2008) |
| Colours | Gold Blue |
| Seats in the State Duma | 0 / 450 |
| Seats in the Regional Parliaments | 0 / 3,787 |
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| Website | |
| democrats.ru | |
TheDemocratic Party of Russia (DPR)[a] is a conservative Russian political party that was founded in 1990. Under the leadership ofAndrey Bogdanov, the party advocated the entry of Russia into theEuropean Union.[1] In 2008, the party merged with several others to form theRight Cause. It was re-established as a party and officially registered again in 2012.
The Democratic Party of Russia was founded byNikolay Travkin. Other early leaders includedStanislav Govorukhin andSergey Glazyev. In the 1990s it was a prominent democratically oriented party holding seats in the firstState Duma and was a member of theDemocratic Russia coalition. After thecoup in 1991, the party evolved from liberalanticommunism tocentrism (1992–1993) and later to moderate Russiannationalism (1994–1995).[2]
In 1991, the Democratic Party differed from other liberal/democratic organizations with its 'demopatriotic' stance (similar to Aksyuchits' Christian-Democratic Party andAstafyev'sConstitutional Democrats). The Democratic Party was opposed to the dissolution of theSoviet Union and criticised Latvia's and Estonia's policies towards their Russian-speaking minorities. After the signing of the Belovezhye treaty, the DP organized a number of demonstrations against the treaty.
In the 1993parliamentary elections in Russia, the party received 5.52% of the Proportional Representation ballot vote (2,969,533 votes) as well as 2.1% (1,094,066 votes) of votes on individual district ballots. This translated into 14 and 7 seats, respectively, for a total of 21 seats in the 450-seat Duma.
The party's stance onYegor Gaidar's economic reforms was confusing but developed more critical in the course of time. During the1993 Russian constitutional crisis, the party did not have a unanimous position. The party called for balloting both for the re-election of the President as well as of the legislative bodies on the referendum in April 1993; however, some of the party's leaders took the pro-Yeltsin side. Similarly, during the October 1993 events in Moscow, Travkin initially supported the so-called zero variants (annulling both Yeltsin's decree nr 1400 and the Supreme Soviet's subsequent decisions). On 4 October, Travkin supported Yeltsin's actions in suppressing the armed rebellion. The party split, however, on the issue of support for theChernomyrdin cabinet. Travkin who took a more conciliatory stand lost the power struggle to Govorukhin and Glazyev, who were determined opponents of the government course, and Travkin consequently left the party and joined theOur Home is Russia movement.
Glazyev was made the leader in 1994 but was disbanded before the following year'slegislative election. The rump DRP split further betweenGovorukhin and Glazyev supporters. In the1995 Russian legislative election, the Glazyev wing took part within theCongress of Russian Communities list, whilst Govorukhin formed his own list, called the Stanislav Govorukhin Bloc.[3]
In the1996 presidential election, the Democratic Party supportedAlexander Lebed, though some of its regional leaders supported Yeltsin's campaign. In the2000 presidential election, the party supportedVladimir Putin.
In 2001 the party was reformed byMikhail Prusak. In 2005Mikhail Kasyanov tried to be elected chairman of the party, but lost toAndrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov. In June 2007, the party proposed a referendum on joining theEuropean Union and in December it took part in thelegislative election, but it did not win any seats.[4] The DPR of that time was accused of being a virtual party used to draw away votes from the realopposition parties.
17 September 2007, with the support of theEuropean People's Party in the headquarters of theEuropean Union in Brussels, hosted the XXI Congress of the Democratic Party of Russia, which adopted the decision on the accession of Russia to the European Union.[1]
In the2007 Russian legislative election the party won 0.13% of votes, not breaking the 7% barrier, and thus no seats in the Duma. As of 1 January 2007, according to the Federal Registration Service, the party had 82,183 members.
According to the results of the regional elections of 2012, 2013, and 2014, the party failed to win in regional and city parliaments.
In 2014Andrei Bogdanov head created by the participation of theCommunist Party of Social Justice, leader of the Democratic Party of Russia was elected his brother Timur Bogdanov.[5]
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 1991 | EndorsedBoris Yeltsin | 45,552,041 | 57.30% | Elected Y | ||
| 1996 | EndorsedAlexander Lebed | 10,974,736 | 14.52% | Lost N | ||
| 2000 | EndorsedVladimir Putin | 39,740,434 | 52.94% | ElectedY | ||
| 2004 | Boycotted the elections | |||||
| 2008 | Andrei Bogdanov | 968,344 | 1.30% | LostN | ||
| 2012 | Party was part ofRight Cause and did not participate in the elections | |||||
| 2018 | EndorsedOleg Bulayev | Withdrew from the elections | ||||
| 2024 | EndorsedVladimir Putin | 76,277,708 | 88.48% | ElectedY | ||
| Election | Party leader | Performance | Rank | Government | ||||
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| Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/– | ||||
| 1993 | Nikolay Travkin | 2,969,533 | 5.52% | New | 15 / 450 | New | 8th | Opposition(1993–1994) |
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| 1995 | Sergey Glazyev | 7,737,431 | 4.31% |  1.21 | 5 / 450 | 10 |  8th | Opposition |
| 1999 | Georgy Hatsenkov | Did not contest | Extra-parliamentary | |||||
| 2003 | Vladimir Podoprigora | 136,295 | 0.22% | 4.09 | 0 / 450 | 0 | 20th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2007 | Andrei Bogdanov | 89,780 | 0.13% | 0.09 | 0 / 450 | 0 |  11th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2011 | Party was part ofRight Cause and did not participate in the elections | |||||||
| 2016 | Timur Borganov | Did not contest | Extra-parliamentary | |||||
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