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Legislative elections will be held in Russia on 18 September 2016, having been brought forward from 4 December.[1] At stake are the 450 seats in the State Duma of 7th convocation, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia. United Russia is the ruling party after having won the 2011 elections with 49.32% of the vote, taking 238 seats (53%) of the seats in the State Duma.
Background
Although the elections are planned for 4 December 2016, deputies have been discussing the question of rescheduling to an earlier date since the spring of 2015, with the second and third Sundays of September or October 2016 being considered possible alternatives. According to opposition figures[citation needed] this initiative is explained by the desire of the government to prevent the victory of opposition forces.
On 1 July 2015 the Constitutional Court of Russia accepted the possibility of conducting early elections to the Duma in 2016 under certain conditions. According to the Court, the constitution does not require the election date to be exactly five years after the previous elections and the election date can be shifted if the following conditions are met:[2]
- Shifting of the election date does not disrupt reasonable periodicity of elections.
- Limiting of the real terms of the Duma deputies is insignificant (less than a few months).
- Shifting of the election dates is announced in advance, so to give all the parties enough time to prepare for the elections.
On 19 June 2015 the State Duma approved the first reading of a bill to bring the election to the State Duma forward from 4 December 2016 to the third Sunday of September in 2016. The corresponding bill was adopted by the State Duma on the second and third (and final) reading with 339 deputies in favour and 102 against, with no abstentions. The document was developed by the speaker of the Duma, Sergei Naryshkin, and the three leaders of the Duma factions, Vladimir Vasilyev (United Russia), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR), and Sergei Mironov (A Just Russia). The initiative to transfer the date of elections was originally not supported by the deputies of the Communist Party, who called it an unconstitutional decision. Earlier, a similar opinion was expressed by the leader of the Russian Communist Party, Gennady Zyuganov. The September elections were not satisfactory to the Communists in part because the debate fell in August, "when one will be in the garden, the latter on the beach, others with children" said Zyuganov. The Russian government supported the bill.
On 17 June 2016 President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the appointment of the State Duma elections on September 18, 2016.[3] From that day the party have the right to start the nomination process for deputies to hold congresses and transmit documents of candidates to the CEC for registration.[4]
Electoral system
The State Duma will be elected on a single day for a term of five years, with parallel voting that used between 1993 and 2003. Half of the 450 seats will be elected by proportional representation from party lists with a 5% electoral threshold with the whole country as a single constituency. Seats are allocated using Hare quota and largest remainder method. The other 225 seats are elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system [5]
Campaign
Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation determined the 14 political parties that can expose lists of candidates without collecting signatures.[6] Whilst other parties are required to present at least 200,000 signatures (with a maximum of 7,000 signatures per region).[7]
Party with the right to participate without collecting signatures
Other parties intending to participate
| Number | Party | Abb. | Party leader | № 1 in party list | Convention date | Ideology | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Progress Party[9] | PP | Alexei Navalny | — | — | Liberalism / E-democracy / Pro-Europeanism | Will participate in the elections together with People's Freedom Party. | |
| 2 | Monarchist Party[10] | MP | Anton Bakov | Monarchism | ||||
| 3 | Alliance of Greens and Social Democrats[11] | AGSD | Alexander Zakondyrin | Alexander Zakondyrin | 2 July 2016 | Grassroots democracy | Non-admission to the election, as the party leadership has not notified the CEC to conduct pre-election convention.[12] | |
| 4 | Civic Initiative[13] | CI | Andrey Nechaev | — | — | Liberalism | Will participate in the elections together with Party of Growth. | |
| 5 | Great Fatherland Party[14] | GFP | Nikolai Starikov | 28 June 2016 | Centrism / National conservatism | |||
| 6 | Open Russia[15] | OR | Mikhail Khodorkovsky | — | — | Liberalism | The organization is not a political party, therefore candidates will participate in the elections as a self-nominated, as well as candidates from the Party of People's Freedom. | |
| 7 | Union of Labor | UL | Alexander Shershukov | Svetlana Antropova | 21 June 2016 | |||
| 8 | Party of the Parents of Future | PPF | Marina Voronova | — | — | CEC was refused to certify the list of candidates due to the violation of the procedure of nomination of candidates.[16] | ||
| 9 | People Against Corruption | PAC | Grigory Anisimov | 22 June 2016 | ||||
| 10 | Native Party | NP | Alexander Samokhin | 24 June 2016 | ||||
| 11 | Volya Party | WP | Svetlana Peunova | 25 June and 2 July 2016 | Left-wing nationalism / Democratic socialism / Narodniks | |||
| 12 | Party of Social Reforms | PSR | Stanislav Polishchuk | 26 June 2016 | Not admitted to the elections due to deficiencies in the documents filed with the CEC.[17] | |||
| 13 | Party of Good Deeds | PGD | Andrey Kirillov | 2 July 2016 | ||||
Single-seat constituencies
225 single-member constituencies candidates can be nominated as the party, and by self-nomination.
| No. | Name of county | Region | Candidates | Party | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adygea single-mandate constituency |
 Adygea
|
Alexander Loboda | A Just Russia | |
| Yevgeny Salov | Communist Party | ||||
| 92 | Kineshma single-mandate constituency |
 Ivanovo Oblast
|
Yuri Smirnov | United Russia | |
| Ivan Melnikov | Yabloko | ||||
| Dmitry Sivokhin | A Just Russia | ||||
| Vladimir Klenov | Communist Party | ||||
| 196 | Babushkinsky single-mandate constituency |
 Moscow
|
Ivan Teterin | United Russia | |
| Sergey Mitrokhin | Yabloko | ||||
| Oleg Belyaev | A Just Russia | ||||
| Alexander Potapov | Communist Party | ||||
| Nikolay Lyaskin | People's Freedom Party | ||||
| 197 | Kuntsevo single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Vyacheslav Lysakov | United Russia | |
| Igor Nikolayev | Yabloko | ||||
| Oleg Kazenkov | A Just Russia | ||||
| Yuliya Mikhailova | Communist Party | ||||
| Vadim Lukashevich | People's Freedom Party | ||||
| Yaroslav Nilov | Liberal Democratic Party | ||||
| 198 | Leningradsky single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Ivan Teterin | Liberal Democratic Party | |
| Yuliya Galyamina | Yabloko | ||||
| Galina Khovanskaya | A Just Russia | ||||
| Anton Tarasov | Communist Party | ||||
| Vyacheslav Makarov | People's Freedom Party | ||||
| 199 | Lyublino single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Sergey Kozadaev | Liberal Democratic Party | |
| Vladimir Semago | Yabloko | ||||
| Valery Katkov | A Just Russia | ||||
| Valery Rashkin | Communist Party | ||||
| Pyotr Tolstoy | United Russia | ||||
| Vladimir Markin | Patriots of Russia | ||||
| 200 | Medvedvkovo single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Sergey Dobrynin | Liberal Democratic Party | |
| Andrey Babushkin | Yabloko | ||||
| Yuliya Rublyova | A Just Russia | ||||
| Denis Parfyonov | Communist Party | ||||
| Tatyana Barsukova | United Russia | ||||
| 201 | Nagatinsky single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Dmitry Nikolayev | Liberal Democratic Party | |
| Kirill Goncharov | Yabloko | ||||
| Andrey Nagibin | A Just Russia | ||||
| Vladimir Svyatoshenko | Communist Party | ||||
| Yelena Panina | United Russia | ||||
| 202 | New Moscow single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Andrey Rudkovsky | Liberal Democratic Party | |
| Alina Salnikova | Yabloko | ||||
| Alexander Tarnavsky | A Just Russia | ||||
| Igor Sagenbayev | Communist Party | ||||
| Dmitry Sablin | United Russia | ||||
| 203 | Oryekhovo–Borisovo single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Lyubov Dukhanina | United Russia | |
| Igor Dranin | Yabloko | ||||
| Dariya Sorokina | A Just Russia | ||||
| Alexander Medvedev | Communist Party | ||||
| Sergey Yerokhov | People's Freedom Party | ||||
| Boris Chernyshov | Liberal Democratic Party | ||||
| 204 | Perovo single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Sergey Zheleznyak | United Russia | |
| Maxim Kruglov | Yabloko | ||||
| Alexander Korsunov | A Just Russia | ||||
| Alexander Timchenko | Communist Party | ||||
| Vladimir Zalishak | People's Freedom Party | ||||
| Igor Boyko | Liberal Democratic Party | ||||
| 205 | Preobrazhensky single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Anton Zharkov | United Russia | |
| Olga Demicheva | Yabloko | ||||
| Anatoly Wasserman | A Just Russia | ||||
| Nikolay Korsakov | Communist Party | ||||
| Vadim Korovin | People's Freedom Party | ||||
| Andrey Kireev | Liberal Democratic Party | ||||
| 206 | Tushino single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Gennady Onishchenko | United Russia | |
| Dmitry Gudkov | Yabloko | ||||
| Ilya Sviridov | A Just Russia | ||||
| Sergey Baburin | Communist Party | ||||
| Sergey Marusov | Liberal Democratic Party | ||||
| Eduard Bagirov | Patriots of Russia | ||||
| 207 | Khovrino single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Irina Byelykh | United Russia | |
| Mikhail Peskov | Yabloko | ||||
| Alexey Alexeev | A Just Russia | ||||
| Yelena Pavlova | Communist Party | ||||
| Yuliya Timoshina | Liberal Democratic Party | ||||
| 208 | Centre single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Nikolay Gonchar | United Russia | |
| Andrey Zubov | People's Freedom Party | ||||
| Kristina Simonyan | A Just Russia | ||||
| Pavel Tarasov | Communist Party | ||||
| Mikhail Dyegtyaryov | Liberal Democratic Party | ||||
| 209 | Cheryomushki single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Dmitry Morozov | United Russia | |
| Konstantinas Yankauskas | People's Freedom Party | ||||
| Sergey Vasilyev | A Just Russia | ||||
| Vladimir Rodin | Communist Party | ||||
| Anton Yurikov | Liberal Democratic Party | ||||
| Yelena Rusakova | Yabloko | ||||
| 210 | Chertanovo single-mandate constituency |
Moscow
|
Anatoly Vyborny | United Russia | |
| Alexey Krapukhin | Yabloko | ||||
| Vladimir Kochetkov | A Just Russia | ||||
| Denis Davydov | Communist Party | ||||
| Platon Grekov | Liberal Democratic Party |
Opinion polls
Graph below represents weekly opinion polls by WCIOM, 7 parties that were registered at the beginning of 2012 political reform are included
Table below represents mostly 2016 polls of Russian citizens
| Date | Poll source | UR | CPRF | LDPR | JR | PFP | Yabloko | CPl | Rodina | PoR | Greens | PoG[18] | CoR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:United Russia/meta/color| | bgcolor=Template:Communist Party of the Russian Federation/meta/color| | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democratic Party of Russia/meta/color| | bgcolor=Template:A Just Russia/meta/color| | bgcolor=Template:Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party/meta/color| | bgcolor=Template:Yabloko/meta/color| | bgcolor=Template:Rodina/meta/color| | bgcolor=Template:Patriots of Russia/meta/color| | ||||||
| 3 July 2016 | WCIOM | 44.3% | 10.4% | 9.0% | 7.9% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| 3 July 2016 | FOM | 46% | 10% | 11% | 7% | <1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | – | <1% | 1% |
| 26 June 2016 | WCIOM | 45.1% | 9.4% | 10.1% | 6.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| 26 June 2016 | FOM | 45% | 10% | 11% | 6% | <1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | – | <1% | <1% |
| 24 June 2016 | FBK | 39% | 6% | 5% | 4% | <1% | <1% | - | - | - | – | - | - |
| 19 June 2016 | WCIOM | 43.1% | 9.5% | 11.4% | 6.9% | 0.6% | 1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| 12 June 2016 | WCIOM | 45.5% | 8.9% | 9.7% | 6.8% | 0.1% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| 5 June 2016 | FOM | 48% | 10% | 11% | 5% | <1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | – | <1% | <1% |
| 5 June 2016 | WCIOM | 46.7% | 10.3% | 10.1% | 5.1% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| 29 May 2016 | WCIOM | 45.4% | 9.9% | 9.9% | 5.5% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| 22 May 2016 | WCIOM | 46.2% | 9.3% | 11% | 5.9% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| 15 May 2016 | WCIOM | 47.9% | 10.1% | 10.8% | 5.8% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| 1 May 2016 | WCIOM | 49% | 10.7% | 10.5% | 6.4% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| 24 April 2016 | WCIOM | 48.5% | 9.1% | 9.9% | 6.4% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| 17 April 2016 | WCIOM | 47.6% | 10% | 9.2% | 5.6% | 0.4% | 1% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| 10 April 2016 | FOM | 46% | 9% | 11% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 1% | – | <1% | <1% |
| 10 April 2016 | WCIOM | 45.7% | 10.3% | 10.6% | 6.6% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| 3 April 2016 | WCIOM | 47.9% | 9% | 8.5% | 6.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 27 March 2016 | WCIOM[19] | 47.5% | 9.1% | 9.3% | 5.4% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| 20 March 2016 | WCIOM | 44.1% | 10.1% | 9.6% | 6.3% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| 28 February 2016 | WCIOM | 46.2% | 9.3% | 8.1% | 6.3% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| 10 February 2016 | Levada Centre | 39% | 10% | 5% | 3% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | <1% | – | – |
| December 2015 | WCIOM[19] | 50% | 9% | 6% | 5% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 December 2015 | Levada Centre | 44% | 10% | 5% | 2% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | – | – |
| November 2015 | WCIOM[19] | 53% | 8% | 7% | 5% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| October 2015 | WCIOM[19] | 55% | 8% | 6% | 5% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 October 2015 | Levada Centre | 40% | 11% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | – | – |
| 7 September 2015 | Levada Centre | 43% | 11% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | – | – |
| 20–23 February 2015 | Levada Centre[20] | 46% | 9% | 6% | 2% | – | 1% | 2% | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 December 2011 | 2011 Result | 49.32% | 19.19% | 11.67% | 13.24% | — | 3.43% | — | — | 0.97% | — | 0.60% | — |
Results
Summary on 18 September 2016 election results
| No | Party | PR Vote result | Single-member result | Total result | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Seats | +/- | |||
| width="1" bgcolor="Template:United Russia/meta/color"| | United Russia | ||||||||||
| bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of the Russian Federation/meta/color"| | Communist Party of the Russian Federation | ||||||||||
| bgcolor="Template:A Just Russia/meta/color"| | A Just Russia | ||||||||||
| bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democratic Party of Russia/meta/color"| | Liberal Democratic Party of Russia | ||||||||||
| bgcolor="Template:People's Freedom Party/meta/color"| | People's Freedom Party | ||||||||||
| bgcolor="Template:Yabloko/meta/color"| | Yabloko | ||||||||||
| bgcolor="Template:Rodina/meta/color"| | Rodina | ||||||||||
| bgcolor="Template:Patriots of Russia/meta/color"| | Patriots of Russia | ||||||||||
| The Greens | |||||||||||
| Party of Growth | |||||||||||
| Communists of Russia | |||||||||||
| Civilian Power | |||||||||||
| Civic Platform | |||||||||||
| Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice | |||||||||||
| PR Vote result | Single-member result | Total result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Seats | +/- | |||
| Valid votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 225 | 0 | 100.00 | 225 | 450 | 0 | ||
| Voters turnout | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Source: Central Electoral Comission | |||||||||||
Results per region
References
- ^ "The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill to postpone the elections". Vedomosti. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "1 июля 2015 года Конституционный Суд РФ провозгласил Постановление по делу о толковании части 1 статьи 96 и частей 1, 2 и 4 статьи 99 Конституции Российской Федерации". Constitutional Court of Russia.
- ^ Vladimir Putin appointed Duma elections of September 18
- ^ It began the official campaign
- ^ On the Election of Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
- ^ "Information on political parties allowed to participate in the election of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation without the collection of voter signatures (in accordance with Article 44 of the Federal Law of 22 February 2014 "On elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation")" (doc). Central Election Commission of Russia (cikrf.ru). 28 October 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ law on the new procedure for the election to the State Duma
- ^ Parade of party conventions
- ^ Will participate in the elections on the basis of People's Freedom Party
- ^ «If Putin decides to declare himself king...»
- ^ Non-parliamentary parties are preparing for elections 2016
- ^ ПАМФИЛОВА ЗАЯВИЛА О НЕПРАВОМЕРНОСТИ СЪЕЗДА ПАРТИИ «АЛЬЯНС ЗЕЛЕНЫХ»
- ^ Party of Growth and "Civil Initiative" nominated for election to the State Duma a single list of candidates
- ^ The collection of signatures for the election
- ^ "Open Russia" has published the list of candidates to the State Duma
- ^ ЦИК отказал "Партии родителей будущего" в заверении списка одномандатников
- ^ ЦИК отказал в регистрации списку «Партии социальных реформ»
- ^ In opinion polls often found under the old name of "Right Cause"
- ^ a b c d The average result for the month
- ^ In the absence of the column "against all"
- ^ a b Recognized by most members of UN as part of Ukraine
