People's Party of the Russian Federation

Not to be confused with People's Party of Russia.

The People's Party of the Russian Federation^[a] was a centrist^[1] political party in Russia. The leader of the party was Gennady Raikov.

People's Party of the Russian Federation Народная Партия Российской Федерации
Leader	Gennady Gudkov
Founder	Gennady Raikov
Founded	19 December 1999 (1999-12-19) (as parliamentary group) 29 September 2001 (2001-09-29)
Dissolved	14 April 2007 (2007-04-14)
Merged into	A Just Russia
Headquarters	39th Building, Nizhnyaya Krasnoselskaya Street, Moscow, Russia. 107066
Ideology	Civic nationalism Lobbyism
Political position	Big tent
Colours	Yellow   Blue
Seats in the 3rd State Duma (1999–2003)	58 / 450
Seats in the 4th State Duma (2003–2007)	17 / 450
Website
narod-party.ru
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History

Before official registration of the People's Party on 29 September 2001, the "People's Deputy" group^[b] existed in the 3rd State Duma. It included 58 deputies. Most of them later became members of the People's Party of the Russian Federation. The "People's Deputy" consisted of independent members of the State Duma elected exclusively in single-mandate constituencies. The faction supported the initiatives of the new President of Russia Vladimir Putin.

At the 2003 parliamentary election which saw the election of the fourth convocation of the State Duma, the party had won 1.2% of the popular vote and 16 out of 450 seats. Most deputies were elected in single mandate districts and later joined United Russia faction.

The People's Party joined A Just Russia on 14 April 2007.^[2]

Notes

1. Russian: Народная партия Российской Федерации (НПРФ), romanized: Narodnaja partija Rossijskoj Federacii (NPRF), IPA: [nɐˈrodnəjə ˈpartʲɪjə rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ (ˌɛnˌpɛˌɛrˌɛf)]
2. Russian: депутатская группа «Народный депутат», romanized: deputatskaja gruppa «Narodnyj deputat», IPA: [dʲɪpʊˈtatskəjə ˈɡrup(ː)ə nɐˈrodnɨj dʲɪpʊˈtat]