2017 Moscow municipal elections

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2017 Moscow municipal elections
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 201210 September 2017 2022  

1,502
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
Party United Russia Yabloko Independent
Seats won1,153176108

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party CPRF SR Party of Growth
Seats won44105

 Seventh partyEighth party
 
Party LDPR PARNAS
Seats won42

2017 Moscow municipal elections map.svg
Share of winning party's seats by district.

The 2017 Moscow municipal elections took place in Moscow on 10 September 2017. Elections took place for deputies of the municipal councils in 124 of 125 districts of Moscow and in one administrative okrug, for a total of 1,502 seats, which were contested by around 7,500 candidates. [1] The voter turnout was 14.82%. [2] Although the post of municipal council member is relatively powerless, candidates for mayor of Moscow are required to obtain support from municipal deputies to stand in elections.[ citation needed ]

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While United Russia gained the majority with 1,153 seats, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) was replaced in second place by the liberal opposition party Yabloko with 176 seats. The Communist Party only received 44 seats, while 108 went to independents, ten to A Just Russia, five to the Party of Growth, four to the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), and two to the People's Freedom Party (PARNAS). Because of the large number of seats that went to opposition parties and independents, and the fact that in several districts they obtained the majority, the elections were regarded as progress for the liberal opposition in Russia. Dmitry Gudkov, opposition politician and former member the State Duma who organized the effort to get opposition candidates on the municipal councils, stated that "our victory wasn't complete, but it is a victory." [3] [4]

Results

Overview

Composition of the municipal council seats Seats in 2017 Moscow municipal elections.svg
Composition of the municipal council seats

In multiple districts in the center of Moscow as well as some on the periphery of the city, the ruling party United Russia suffered defeats to opposition candidates, who in total received a combined total of nearly 20% of the seats. [5] The opposition had formed a coalition called 'United Democrats' to get candidates elected to municipal councils of deputies. [6]

In the Gagarinsky District, where President Vladimir Putin voted, twelve out of the twelve seats went to members of the liberal party Yabloko. [7] In the Tverskoy District, where the Moscow Kremlin is located, Yabloko received ten of the twelve seats.

Dmitry Gudkov stated after the municipal election that his intent was to run for mayor of Moscow in the 2018 election, but Yabloko did not pass the minimum requirement for the municipal filter, according to Moscow Election Commission. [4]

By district

Listed in Russian alphabetical order:

DistrictSeats ER Yabloko Independents KPRF SR PR LDPR PARNAS
Akademichesky 1205130201
Alexeyevsky 1044200000
Altufyevsky 12110100000
Arbat 1054100000
Aeroport 1236100200
Babushkinsky 1091000000
Basmanny 1274100000
Begovoy 1073000000
Beskudnikovsky 10100000000
Bibirevo 15150000000
Biryulyovo Vostochnoye 15150000000
Biryulyovo Zapadnoye 10100000000
Bogorodskoye 15101202000
Brateyevo 10100000000
Butyrsky 1061020100
Veshnyaki 15150000000
Vnukovo 10100000000
Voikovsky 1072100000
Vostochnoye Degunino 10100000000
Vostochnoye Izmaylovo 10100000000
Vostochny 1040006000
Vykhino-Zhulebino 20190100000
Gagarinsky 12012000000
Golovinsky 15132000000
Golyanovo 15150000000
Danilovsky 1292100000
Dmitrovsky 10100000000
Donskoy 1082000000
Dorogomilovo 1266000000
Zamoskvorechye 1064000000
Zapadnoye Degunino 10100000000
Zyuzino 1572600000
Zyablikovo 15150000000
Ivanovskoye 15150000000
Izmaylovo 1234310010
Kapotnya 10100000000
Konkovo 1566300000
Koptevo 15150000000
Kosino-Ukhtomsky 10100000000
Kotlovka 10100000000
Krasnoselsky 1030700000
Krylatskoye 1050500000
Kryukovo 10100000000
Kuzminki 15150000000
Kuntsevo 1043120000
Kurkino 10001000000
Levoberezhny 1091000000
Lefortovo 15110130000
Lianozovo 15150000000
Lomonosovsky 1026110000
Losinoostrovsky 12101010000
Lyublino 20200000000
Marfino 10100000000
Maryina Roshcha 1055000000
Maryino 20200000000
Matushkino 10100000000
Metrogorodok 10100000000
Meshchansky 1053200000
Mitino 12111000000
Mozhaisky 1081010000
Molzhaninovsky 1010620010
Moskvorechye-Saburovo 10100000000
Nagatino-Sadovniki 10100000000
Nagatinsky Zaton 10100000000
Nagorny 10100000000
Nekrasovka 15140010000
Nizhegorodsky 10100000000
Novogireyevo 12120000000
Novokosino 15150000000
Novo-Peredelkino 10100000000
Obruchevsky 10100000000
Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye 15150000000
Orekhovo-Borisovo Uzhnoye 15150000000
Ostankinsky 1201470000
Otradnoye 18151101000
Ochakovo-Matveyevskoye 10100000000
Perovo 15140010000
Pechatniki 15110220000
Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo 12111000000
Preobrazhenskoye 1064000000
Presnensky 1551900000
Prospekt Vernadskogo 1072010000
Ramenki 1204620000
Rostokino 1070300000
Ryazansky 10100000000
Savyolki 10100000000
Savyolovsky 12111000000
Sviblovo 12111000000
Severnoye Butovo 10100000000
Severnoye Izmaylovo 12101100000
Severnoye Medvedkovo 15120100020
Severnoye Tushino 15123000000
Severny District 10100000000
Silino 1090100000
Sokol 1035110000
Sokolinaya Gora 12120000000
Sokolniki 10100000000
Solntsevo 10100000000
Staroye Kryukovo 10100000000
Strogino 16151000000
Tagansky 15122001000
Tverskoy 12110100000
Tekstilshchiki 10100000000
Tyoply Stan 15140100000
Timiryazevsky 1584210000
Troparyovo-Nikulino 1009100000
Filyovsky Park 1044100001
Fili-Davydkovo 1070120000
Khamovniki 1509510000
Khovrino 1283100000
Khoroshyovo-Mnyovniki 15102030000
Khoroshyovsky 1044110000
Tsaritsyno 10100000000
Cheryomushki 1252050000
Chertanovo Severnoye 10100000000
Chertanovo Tsentralnoye 10100000000
Chertanovo Yuzhnoye 15150000000
Yuzhnoye Butovo 12120000000
Yuzhnoye Medvedkovo 10100000000
Yuzhnoye Tushino 12110100000
Yuzhnoportovy 10100000000
Yakimanka 1019000000
Yaroslavsky 12120000000
Yasenevo 15150000000
Troitsk 20190100000
Total150211531761084410542

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