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By-elections to the 8th Russian State Duma will be held to fill vacancies in the State Duma between the 2021 election and the 2026 election.
According to article 97 of the Federal Law "On elections of deputies of the State Duma", by-elections are appointed on the second Sunday of September (single voting day), but not less than 85 days before the day of voting. This means that if a vacant seat occurs before a single voting day, but less than 85 days before it, the election will be scheduled for next year. Also, by-elections are not appointed and are not held if, as a result of these elections, a Deputy can not be elected for a term of more than one year before the end of the constitutional term for which the State Duma was elected. [1]
The nearest by-election will be held in September 2025, in at least four constituencies.
On 3 September 2022, Deputy Alexey Chernyak of Simferopol constituency asked for his resignation from the State Duma to focus on work in Crimea. [2] The request was approved on 13 September, however, the by-election was scheduled for next single election day, 10 September 2023, 372 days after the resignation. [13] On 10 September 2023, Simferopol City Council member Yury Nesterenko won the by-election.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yury Nesterenko | United Russia | 97,343 | 68.71% | |
Stepan Kiskin | A Just Russia – For Truth | 10,589 | 7.47% | |
Vasily Sayenko | Communist Party | 10,472 | 7.39% | |
Aleksandr Turov | Communists of Russia | 9,233 | 6.52% | |
Dmitry Fridman | Liberal Democratic Party | 9,167 | 6.47% | |
Total | 141,679 | 100% | ||
Source: | [28] |
Longtime Deputy Nikolay Bortsov, a wealthy agribusinessman who represented Lipetsk Oblast in the State Duma for nearly 20 years, died on 23 April 2023 at the age of 77. [3] A by-election was held on the nearest single election day, 10 September 2023. On 10 September 2023, Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies chairman Dmitry Averov won the by-election.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dmitry Averov | United Russia | 106,525 | 58.78% | |
Sergey Tokarev | Communist Party | 25,305 | 13.96% | |
Anatoly Yemelyanov | Liberal Democratic Party | 17,553 | 9.69% | |
Larisa Ksenofontova | A Just Russia – For Truth | 15,618 | 8.62% | |
Oleg Tokarev | Communists of Russia | 11,783 | 6.50% | |
Total | 181,222 | 100% | ||
Source: | [35] |
Freshman State Duma member Dzhasharbek Uzdenov from Karachay-Cherkessia died on 23 April 2023 after battling with a severe illness since his initial election in 2021. [4] A by-election will be held on the nearest single election day, 10 September 2023. On 10 September 2023, Cherkessk City Duma member and son of the previous late incumbent Soltan Uzdenov won the by-election.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Soltan Uzdenov | United Russia | 148,692 | 71.16% | |
Kemal Bytdayev | Communist Party | 27,216 | 13.03% | |
Zaur Akbashev | A Just Russia – For Truth | 16,280 | 7.79% | |
Oleg Zhedyayev | Liberal Democratic Party | 13,180 | 6.31% | |
Akhmed Abazov | Yabloko | 3,213 | 1.54% | |
Total | 208,947 | 100% | ||
Source: | [39] |
Four-term State Duma member Viktor Zubarev from Krasnoyarsk Krai died on 31 May 2023 in Moscow. [5] A by-election was held on the nearest single election day, 10 September 2023. On 10 September 2023, Krasnoyarsk Krai Deputy Governor Sergey Yeryomin won the by-election.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sergey Yeryomin | United Russia | 111,032 | 57.54% | |
Dmitry Semirenko | Communist Party | 20,352 | 10.55% | |
Grigory Gavrilov | Liberal Democratic Party | 19,732 | 10.23% | |
Ivan Serebryakov | Rodina | 14,849 | 7.70% | |
Ksenia Kadakina | A Just Russia – For Truth | 12,159 | 6.30% | |
Andrey Kucheryavy | Yabloko | 5,665 | 2.94% | |
Total | 192,967 | 100% | ||
Source: | [46] |
First-term State Duma member Sergey Sokol was elected to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Khakassia on 10 September 2023 and decided to resigned from the State Duma in preparation to assume the speakership of the regional parliament. [6] A by-election was held on the nearest single election day, 8 September 2024, which was won by former Minister of Energy of Russia Nikolay Shulginov.
After candidates had already filed for the United Russia primary, former deputy for this seat and secretary of the United Russia regional office Sergey Sokol suggested the party not standing its own candidate and supporting a "united candidate from all political forces in Khakassia", which was endorsed by Senator Sergey Perminov, Deputy Secretary General of United Russia. [47] The United Russia primary for the seat was ultimately cancelled.
Vitaly Minakov, a professional MMA fighter and four-time World Sambo champion who ran in the Unecha constituency in 2021 from A Just Russia – For Truth, was initially reported as potential unity candidate, supported by Rusal – a major enterprise in the republic. [48] Later the role of a consensus candidate was left for former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Viktoria Abramchenko, a Chernogorsk native, who was not reappointed to the Mikhail Mishustin's Second Cabinet, [49] however, in late May 2024 she was announced as United Russia candidate in a Southern constituency by-election. [50] Among other mentioned candidates were Moscow City Duma member and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev and even Head of Khakassia Valentin Konovalov. [51] On June 10, 2024, Konovalov and Sokol held a joint meeting with former Minister of Energy of Russia Nikolay Shulginov, where they offered Shulginov to run for State Duma with their support, which Shulginov accepted. [52]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nikolay Shulginov | Independent | 59,730 | 55.30% | |
Vladimir Smyshlyayev | A Just Russia – For Truth | 32,189 | 29.80% | |
Mikhail Gayday | Green Alternative | 3,332 | 3.09% | |
Sergey Izmaylov | Civic Platform | 2,539 | 2.35% | |
Anton Palyulin | Party of Direct Democracy | 1,938 | 1.79% | |
Georgy Slyvus | The Greens | 1,783 | 1.65% | |
Total | 108,002 | 100% | ||
Source: | [83] |
Vitaly Kushnarev, first-term State Duma member and former mayor of Rostov-on-Don, announced his intention to resign his seat in the Duma after he was appointed Deputy Governor of Rostov Oblast – Minister of Transport of Rostov Oblast on May 23, 2024. [7] A by-election was held on the nearest single election day, 8 September 2024, which was won by former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Viktoria Abramchenko.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Viktoria Abramchenko | United Russia | 154,908 | 75.73% | |
Natalya Oskina | Communist Party | 23,069 | 11.28% | |
Maksim Fyodorov | A Just Russia – For Truth | 9,075 | 4.44% | |
Dmitry Velichko | New People | 6,827 | 3.34% | |
Roman Klimov | Liberal Democratic Party | 5,693 | 2.78% | |
Aleksandr Yefimov | Yabloko | 2,972 | 1.45% | |
Total | 204,566 | 100% | ||
Source: | [90] |
First-term State Duma member Nikolay Alekseyenko announced his intention to resign his seat in the Duma on May 27, 2024. [8] A by-election will be held on the nearest single election day, 8 September 2024, which was won by former Minister of Sport of Russia Oleg Matytsin.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oleg Matytsin | United Russia | 180,650 | 68.01% | |
Andrey Arkhitsky | Communist Party | 32,432 | 12.21% | |
Ruslan Titov | Liberal Democratic Party | 20,626 | 7.76% | |
Aleksey Timoshkov | A Just Russia – For Truth | 13,721 | 5.17% | |
Sergey Gorelov | New People | 13,541 | 5.10% | |
Total | 204,566 | 100% | ||
Source: | [96] |
Three-term State Duma member Aleksandr Prokopyev resigned on June 25, 2024, after he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government – Minister of Economic Development of the Altai Republic by acting Head Andrey Turchak. [9] As 2024 by-elections had already been scheduled, a by-election for this seat will be held next year, in September 2025.
First-term State Duma member and former Chairman of the Duma Committee on Health (2021–2023) Dmitry Khubezov resigned on October 8, 2024, after he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government – Minister of Health of the Altai Republic by republic Head Andrey Turchak. [10] He became the second 8th State Duma member to step down from the parliament and leave for the Siberian republic after Aleksandr Prokopyev 3 month earlier.
First-term State Duma member and former Mayor of Krasnodar Yevgeny Pervyshov resigned on November 4, 2024, after he was appointed acting Head of Tambov Oblast. [11]
Five-term State Duma member and Chairman of the Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications Alexander Khinshtein resigned on December 5, 2024, after he was appointed acting Governor of Kursk Oblast. [12]
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