In 2006, 30 parties were eligible to nominate candidates for Duma Elections. They were:

Agrarian Party of Russia
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Just Russia
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR)
Party of National Revival "Narodnaya Volya"
Party of Russia's Rebirth (Partiya Vozrozhdeniya Rossii)
People's Party of the Russian Federation
Russian Social Justice Party
Union of Right Forces (SPS)
United Russia
United Socialist Party of Russia
Yabloko
For Holy Russia
Pamyat
Peace and Unity
People's National Party (Russia)
Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists
Russian Libertarian Party
Russian Maoist Party
Russian National Socialist Party (previously Russian National Union)
Russian National Unity
Social Democratic Party of Russia
Constitutional Democratic Party
Jewish Bund
Left Socialist Revolutionaries
Our Home is Russia
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
Factions:
Socialist-Revolutionary Party (Партия Социалистов-революционеров, Partija Socialistov-revoljucionerov)
Trudoviks
Unity (Yedineniye)
Merged into Russia of Justice (”Just Russia”):
Rodina or Motherland-National Patriotic Union (Rodina - Narodno-Patrioticheskiy Soyuz)
Russian Party of Life (Rossiyskaya Partiya Zhizni)
Russian Pensioners' Party (Rossiyskaya Partiya Pensionerov)

In 2003, there were 44 parties eligible to nominate candidates for Duma elections. They were:

Agrarian Party of Russia (APR), M.I. Lapshin, leader
Citizens’ Party of Russia, D.O. Serezhetdinov. Leader
Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), Gennady Zyuganov, leader
Conceptual Party Unity (KPE), K.P. Petrov, leader
Conservative Party of Russia (KPR), L.G. Ubozhko, leader
Democratic Party of Russia (DPR), V.A. Zhidilyaev, leader
Development of Enterprise (RP), I.D. Grachev, leader
Eurasia, A.G. Dugin, leader
Eurasian Party-Union of Patriots of Russia, A.V. Niyazov, leader
For Holy Russia, S. B. Popov, leader
Freedom and People's Power (SN), V.I. Cherepkov, leader
Greens, A. A. Panfilov, leader
International Russia (IR), O. O. Begov, leader
Liberal Russia (LR), V.V. Pokhmelkin, B.A. Zolotukhin, leaders
Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), Igor Lebedev, leader
National-Patriotic Forces of the Russian Federation (NPS RF), Sh.D. Dzoblaev, leader
Party of National Rebirth People's Will, (PNV-NV)
Party of Russian Regions (PRR), O.V. Denisov, O.E. Kutafin, Yu. V. Skokov, Sh. Z. Sultanov,
          V. V. Chistyakov, leaders
Party of Social Fairness, L.V. Babukh, M.N. Lazutova, M.P. Karpenko, A.S. Sidorenko,
B. M. Tomaev, A.G. Shabanov, V.V. Shadrikov, leaders
Party of the Rebirth of Russia, Gennady Seleznev, leader
Peace and Unity (ME), S. Z. Umalatova, leader
People's Party of the Russian Federation (NPRF), G.I. Raikov, leader
People's Patriotic Party of Russia (NPPR), I. N. Rodionov, leader
People's Republican Party of Russia, V. G. Kushnerenko, leader
Real Patriots of Russia, Z.M. Radzhabov, leader
Republican Party of Russia (RPR), B. G. Fedorov, leader
Russian Communist Workers' Party-Russian Party of Communists (RKRP-RPK), V.A. Tyulkin,
          A.V. Kryuchkov, leaders
Russian Constitutional-Democratic Party (RKdP), V.V. Volkov, leader
Russian Labour Party (RPT), O.A. Shein, S.V. Khramov, leaders
Russian Network Party of Support for Small and Medium-sized Business, A. Yu. Ryavkin, leader
Russian Party of Life (RPZh), R. Z. Alytinbaev, S.A. Bozhenov, N.V. Levichev,
         E.V. Nikonorova, I.A. Tyryshkin, V. A. Chereshnev, V.M. Shuravlev, leaders
Russian Party of Pensioners (RPP), S.P. Atroshenko, leader
Russian Party of Workers' Self-government (RPST), L.Kh. Chakhmakhchyan, leaders
Russian Peace Party (RPM), I.D. Kobzon, leader
Russian United Industrial Party (ROPP), E.V. Panina, leader
Social Democratic Party of Russia (SDPR), Mikhail Gorbachev, leader
Socialist Unified Party of Russia (Spiritual Heritage), A. I. Podberezkin, leader
Sozidanie, M.A. Moiseev, leader
Union, A.V. Pronin, leader
Union of People for Education and Science (SLON)
Union of Right Forces (SPS), Nikita Belikh, leader
United Russian Party "Rus,’” V.A. Sokolov, leader
United Russia (ER), A. D. Bespalov, leader
Yabloko, Grigory Yavlinsky, leader