2018 Khakassia Supreme Council election

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2018 Khakassia Supreme Council election
Flag of Khakassia.svg
 20139 September 20182023 

All 50 seats to the Supreme Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout41.73%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Valentin Konovalov (vskhakasia.ru).jpg Viktor Zimin (2018-02-26).jpg Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2015-06-29.jpg
Leader Valentin Konovalov Viktor Zimin Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Party CPRF United Russia LDPR
Last election6345
Seats won16179
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10Decrease2.svg 17Increase2.svg 4
Popular vote49,46040,60433,437
Percentage31.01%25.46%20.97%

2018 Khakassian legislative election map.svg
Results by all-republican constituency (left) and single-member constituencies (right)

Speaker before election

Vladimir Shtygashev
United Russia

Elected Speaker

Vladimir Shtygashev
United Russia

Elections to the Supreme Council of Khakassia took place on Common Electoral Day 9 September 2018. The Supreme Council is elected for a term of five years, with parallel voting. 25 seats are elected by proportional representation from party lists with a 5% electoral threshold, the whole Republic forming a single constituency, and another 25 seats are elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system.

Contents

Going into the elections, United Russia is the ruling party after winning the 2013 elections with 34 seats. As a result of the elections, none of the parties received an absolute majority (26 seats). The Communist Party won the majority of votes in the all-republican constituency, United Russia won the majority of single-member constituencies and received a relative majority of seats.

Elections to the Supreme Council were held on the same day as the first round of elections of the Head of Republic.

Participating parties

Parties participating in the elections: [1]

PartyNo. 1 in party list2013 election
United Russia Viktor Zimin 46.3%
34 / 50
Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky 16.6%
5 / 50
Communist Party Valentin Konovalov 14.4%
6 / 50
Communists of Russia Denis Brazauskas 6.4%
2 / 50
A Just Russia Andrey Filyagin 3.9%
0 / 50
Patriots of Russia Vasily Shiroky 3.8%
1 / 50
Party of Pensioners None3.2%
1 / 50
The Greens None1.8%
0 / 50
Party of Small Business NoneDNP
0 / 50
Independent NoneNone
2 / 50

Opinion polls

DatePoll source UR CPRF LDPR JR CR PR Spoil the ballotUndecidedAbstentionLead
27-31 August FOM 30%16%12%2%2%1%3%24%12%14%
8 September 2013 election result 46.3%14.4%16.6%3.9%6.4%3.8%29.7%

Result

Supreme Council of the Republic of Khakassia (2018 election).svg
PartyParty listSMCTotal result
Votes%±pp SeatsSeatsSeats+/–
Communist Party 49,46031.01%Increase2.svg 16.61%8816Increase2.svg 10
United Russia 40,60425.46%Decrease2.svg 20.86%71017Decrease2.svg 17
Liberal Democratic Party 33,43720.97%Increase2.svg 4.42%639Increase2.svg 4
Communists of Russia 12,7828.01%Increase2.svg 1.57%202Steady2.svg
A Just Russia 11,3067.09%Increase2.svg 3.18%202Increase2.svg 2
Patriots of Russia 2,8341.78%Decrease2.svg 2.05%011Steady2.svg
Party of Pensioners 11Steady2.svg
The Greens 00Steady2.svg
Party of Small Business 00Steady2.svg
Independent 22Steady2.svg
Invalid/blank votes9,0635.68%Increase2.svg 2.08%
Total159,486100252550Steady2.svg
Registered voters/turnout382,21941.73Increase2.svg 3.91%
Source: [2] [3]

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