2016 Russian elections

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Russian Election Day, 2016
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 201518 September 2016 2017  

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Election Day in Russia was 18 September 2016. Among them were the legislative election for the 7th State Duma, nine gubernatorial elections, 39 regional parliamentary elections, and many elections on the municipal and local level.

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State Duma

All 450 seats of the State Duma were up for re-election on 18 September.

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PartyParty-listConstituencyTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
United Russia 28,527,82855.2314025,162,77050.12203343+105
Communist Party 7,019,75213.59356,492,14512.93742−50
Liberal Democratic Party 6,917,06313.39345,064,79410.09539−17
A Just Russia 3,275,0536.34165,017,64510.00723−41
Communists of Russia 1,192,5952.3101,847,8243.6800New
Yabloko 1,051,3352.0401,323,7932.64000
Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice 910,8481.7600New
Rodina 792,2261.5301,241,6422.4711New
Party of Growth 679,0301.3101,171,2592.33000
The Greens 399,4290.770770,0761.5300New
People's Freedom Party 384,6750.740530,8621.0600New
Patriots of Russia 310,0150.600704,1971.40000
Civic Platform 115,4330.220364,1000.7311New
Civilian Power 73,9710.14079,9220.1600New
Independents429,0510.8511+1
Total51,649,253100.0022550,200,080100.002254500
Valid votes51,649,25398.1350,200,08096.60
Invalid/blank votes982,5961.871,767,7253.40
Total votes52,631,849100.0051,967,805100.00
Registered voters/turnout110,061,20047.82109,636,79447.40
Source: Central Election Commission

Gubernatorial elections

Regional legislative elections

Mayoral elections in regional capitals

Local self-government elections in regional capitals

Other local elections

On election day in 2016 there were more than five thousand other elections of heads of municipalities and for local municipal councils of deputies in cities across the country, along with 148 local referendums. [1]

Notes

  1. "ГАС "Выборы"". Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-08-07.

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