State Duma elections candidates. Regional elections

On September 21, 1993, Russian President B. Yeltsin issued a decree “On step-by-step constitutional reform in the Russian Federation,” which ordered “to interrupt the implementation of legislative, administrative and control functions The Congress of People's Deputies and the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation." This decree put into effect the Regulations on the elections of deputies of the State Duma.

On December 12, 1993, ELECTIONS TO THE FIRST STATE DUMA were held Federal Assembly RF - new federal body legislative branch of the country.

Elections were held for the first time using a mixed majority-proportional system (previously - only in single-mandate constituencies). Half of the 450 deputies were elected in 225 single-mandate electoral districts, the other half of the deputy corps was elected in a single federal electoral district according to party lists.

91 public associations had the right to participate in the elections. 35 associations expressed a desire to fight for deputy mandates. 21 electoral associations submitted lists of candidates for registration. The Central Election Commission registered lists of 13 of them. 8 associations have overcome the 5 percent barrier, giving them the right to receive mandates.

On December 12, 1993, 444 deputies were elected: 225 - by one federal district and 219 in single-mandate constituencies. Elections did not take place in five districts, and in one (Chechen Republic) they were not held.

The turnout was 54.7 percent. voters with the required threshold of 25 percent.

The favorite of the campaign, the Russia's Choice electoral bloc, received 15.51 percent. votes; taking into account single-mandate seats - 66 seats in parliament /top three: Yegor Gaidar, Sergei Kovalev, Ella Pamfilova/;

The LDPR won a sensational victory on the party lists, receiving 22.92 percent. votes; a total of 64 mandates /Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Viktor Kobelev, Vyacheslav Marychev/;

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation was supported by 12.40 percent. voters; only 48 mandates /Gennady Zyuganov, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Viktor Ilyukhin/;

Agrarian Party of Russia /APR/ - 7.99 percent. votes, 33 mandates /Mikhail Lapshin, Alexander Zaveryukha, Alexander Davydov/;

Bloc: Yavlinsky-Boldyrev-Lukin - 7.86 percent. votes, 27 mandates /Grigory Yavlinsky, Yuri Boldyrev, Vladimir Lukin/;

Political movement "Women of Russia" - 8.13 percent. votes, 23 mandates /Alevtina Fedulova, Ekaterina Lakhova, Natalya Gundareva/;

Party of Russian Unity and Accord /PRES/ - 6.73 percent. votes, 19 mandates /Sergei Shakhrai, Alexander Shokhin, Konstantin Zatulin/;

Democratic Party of Russia /DPR/ - 5.52 percent. votes, 14 mandates /Nikolai Travkin, Stanislav Govorukhin, Oleg Bogomolov/.

In the First Duma, 8 factions were registered, as well as 2 deputy groups /at least 35 deputies/: factions LDPR / 59 deputies/, “Choice of Russia” /73/, Communist Party of the Russian Federation /45/, “Women of Russia” /23/, APR / 55/, "YABLOKO" /28/, PRES /30/, DPR /15/; deputy groups “New Regional Policy” /66/ and “Liberal Democratic Union of December 12” /35/.

ELECTIONS TO THE STATE DUMA OF THE SECOND CONVOCATION on December 17, 1995 were held in accordance with Federal laws"On the basic guarantees of the electoral rights of citizens of the Russian Federation" and "On the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation."

The elections were held according to the majority-proportional system.

Voter turnout was high. 64.7 percent participated in the elections. voters or more than 69.5 million people, which is 11 million more than the 1993 elections. The required voter turnout threshold is 25 percent.

The peculiarity of these elections was that all 450 deputies were elected at once.

From 269 public associations 69 parties, movements and blocs that had the right to participate in the elections nominated their lists of candidates. 43 associations took part in the elections, and only 4 of them managed to overcome the required 5 percent threshold.

The winner of the campaign was the Communist Party of the Russian Federation - 22.3 percent. votes; a total of 157 mandates /Gennady Zyuganov, Svetlana Goryacheva, Amangeldy Tuleyev/;

The party in power was represented by the movement “Our Home is Russia” /NDR/ - 10.13 percent. votes; 55 mandates /Viktor Chernomyrdin, Nikita Mikhalkov, Lev Rokhlin/;

Public association "YABLOKO" - 6.89 percent. votes; 45 mandates /Grigory Yavlinsky, Vladimir Lukin, Tatyana Yarygina/.

The winning associations formed parliamentary factions, and the deputies who were not included in the factions formed deputy groups /numbering at least 35 people/: factions of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation /146 people/, NDR /66/, LDPR /51/, YABLOKO / 46/; deputy groups "Russian Regions" /43/, "Democracy" /38/ and the Agrarian Deputy Group /36/.

ELECTIONS TO THE STATE DUMA OF THE THIRD CONVOCATION took place on December 19, 1999. The elections were held according to the majority-proportional system. The turnout was 61.85 percent. or 66.8 million people with the required 25 percent.

37 all-Russian political public associations out of 141 declared their intention to participate in the elections. 26 were included in the ballot papers, 6 associations overcame the required 5 percent threshold:

Electoral bloc "Interregional movement "Unity" /"BEAR"/ - 23.32 percent of votes; 73 mandates / Sergei Shoigu, Alexander Karelin, Alexander Gurov/;

Electoral bloc "Fatherland - All Russia" - 13.33 percent. votes; 68 mandates /Evgeny Primakov, Yuri Luzhkov, Vladimir Yakovlev/;

Electoral bloc "Union of Right Forces" - 8.52 percent. votes; 29 mandates /Sergei Kiriyenko, Boris Nemtsov, Irina Khakamada/;

In eight single-mandate electoral districts, the elections were declared invalid / repeat elections took place on March 26, 2000 /; in the Chechen single-mandate electoral district, elections were held later - on August 20, 2000.

441 out of 450 people were elected deputies.

6 factions and 3 deputy groups were registered in the Duma: factions of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation /86 deputies/, "Unity" /84/, "Fatherland - All Russia" /44/, "Union of Right Forces" /32/, "YABLOKO" /19/ , LDPR /16/; deputy groups "People's Deputy" /62/ and "Regions of Russia" /44/, Agro-industrial deputy group /42/.

ELECTIONS TO THE STATE DUMA OF THE FOURTH CONVOCATION took place on December 7, 2003. The elections were held using a majority-proportional system. 55.75 percent took part in the elections. voters or 60.7 million citizens.

44 political parties and 20 public organizations had the right to participate in the elections. 39 parties and 1 public organization. In total, 18 parties and 5 electoral blocs participated in the campaign. 3 political parties and 1 electoral bloc managed to overcome the 5 percent barrier.

The party won a convincing victory United Russia"- 37.57 percent of votes; a total of 223 mandates /Boris Gryzlov, Sergei Shoigu, Yuri Luzhkov, Mintimer Shaimiev/;

The sensation of this election campaign was the success of the Rodina bloc (People's Patriotic Union) created on the eve of the elections - 9.02 percent of votes; 37 mandates / Sergei Glazyev, Dmitry Rogozin, Valentin Varennikov/;

The failure of the democrats was a surprise - neither Yabloko /4.30 percent/ nor SPS /3.97 percent/ entered the State Duma.

On December 7, 447 deputies out of 450 were elected: 225 in the federal electoral district and 222 in single-mandate constituencies. In three single-mandate electoral districts, the elections were declared invalid, since the majority of voters there voted against all candidates.

Four factions were created in the Duma of the fourth convocation: “United Russia” /300 deputies/, Communist Party of the Russian Federation /52/, LDPR /36/, “Rodina” /36/.

ELECTIONS TO THE STATE DUMA OF THE FIFTH CONVOCATION took place on December 2, 2007. The elections were held for the first time using a proportional system - according to federal lists of candidates nominated by political parties. The entry barrier was raised from 5 percent. up to 7 percent; the formation of electoral blocs was not provided for; The “against all” column and the turnout threshold for elections have been abolished.

15 parties had the right to take part in the elections, of which 11 were able to exercise this right. These are the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, LDPR, United Russia, A Just Russia, SPS, Yabloko, Patriots of Russia, Democratic Party, Civil Force, Agrarian Party and Social Justice Party.

According to the voting results, four parties overcame the 7 percent threshold. "United Russia" / 1 candidate was included in the federal part of the list - Vladimir PUTIN / 64.30 percent. votes/, Communist Party of the Russian Federation /Gennady ZYUGANOV, Zhores ALFEROV, Nikolai KHARITONOV/ - 11.57 percent; LDPR /Vladimir ZHIRINOVSKY, Andrei LUGOVOY, Igor Lebedev/ - 8.14 percent; "Fair Russia" /Sergei MIRONOV, Svetlana Goryacheva/ - 7.74 percent. The remaining parties did not reach 2.5 percent.

At the time of the elections, there were about 109 million 146 thousand voters in the country. About 70 million citizens /63.78 percent/ took part in the voting. This was the highest turnout in the previous three Duma election campaigns.

In the Duma of the fifth convocation, four factions were formed: "United Russia" /315 deputies - constitutional majority/, Communist Party of the Russian Federation /57/, LDPR /40/, "A Just Russia" / until 2009 - "A Just Russia: Motherland/Pensioners, Life/38 /.

The event was initially scheduled for 23:00 Moscow time on Thursday, but it started after midnight. Some members of the Central Election Commission were noticeably tired and allowed themselves to yawn from time to time. Deputy Chairman of the department Nikolai Bulaev tried to encourage his colleagues, saying that sometimes you need to work in the time zone of Kamchatka and Sakhalin. He also had to read out the final report.

True, the meeting was traditionally opened by the chairman of the department, Ella Pamfilova. She stated that the elections were held legitimately, despite certain violations. “At least we tried to create all the conditions for holding open competitive elections. We were able to ensure transparency and openness,” she said. Continuing her thought, Nikolai Bulaev expressed confidence that the summing up of the election results was equally legitimate, transparent and objective. And this work lays the foundations and rules of corporate behavior in future elections.

According to the final data of the Central Election Commission, the turnout at polling stations last Sunday was 47.88%. 110,061,200 citizens were included in the voter lists, 52,700,992 voters, or the indicated 47.88%, took part in the elections. 809,157 people voted using absentee ballots.

The final results of the parties did not differ much from the results that the CEC had previously announced. Following the election results, United Russia received 343 mandates, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation - 42, the Liberal Democratic Party - 39, and the Right Russia - 23. Thus, United Russia secured a constitutional majority in the lower house. According to the list, the party has 140 seats in the State Duma, and 203 in single-mandate constituencies. Candidates from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation won in seven single-mandate constituencies, the LDPR in five, and Right Russia in seven.

In addition, two representatives of non-parliamentary parties and one self-nominated candidate entered the State Duma. Chairman of the Rodina party Alexei Zhuravlev, head of the federal political committee of the Civic Platform Rifat Shaikhutdinov and self-nominated Vladislav Reznik, who was a member of the United Russia faction in the sixth convocation, won the elections in single-mandate constituencies.

At the same time, during the federal election campaign, the election funds political parties and them regional branches 5 billion 140 million rubles were received. “More than 4.5 billion rubles were spent on election campaigns, returned to donors, or transferred to federal budget illegal donations amounting to more than 170 million rubles,” Bulaev explained. Single-mandate candidates received a total of 3.4 billion rubles in their election funds, of which they spent 3 billion.

After a short debate with representatives of political parties, members of the Central Election Commission signed the protocol and summary tables containing the voting results. According to department secretary Maya Grishina, the protocol was signed at 01:24 Moscow time. Thus, the commission decided to consider the past elections valid and valid. Nikolay Bulaev expressed hope that new line-up The State Duma "contrary to the opinion of skeptics will demonstrate that the main thing for him is Russia and the people."

Meanwhile, Ella Pamfilova did not rule out that elections could be canceled in some precincts or districts, although, in her opinion, there was no overwhelming number of violations during the campaign. She promised to check all the complaints, involving the prosecutor's office and the courts. At the same time, the CEC has enough opportunities to selectively cancel the election results even after the results are approved. Another thing: the general results will no longer be questioned.

So far, the department has no plans to cancel elections in any single-mandate constituencies. In addition, it should be taken into account that after the election results are summed up by the district election commission, the Central Election Commission has no legal grounds to demand a recount of votes. “Now the applicant can appeal to the courts, and we, for our part, will definitely check the work of the lower commissions and draw the appropriate conclusions,” Nikolai Bulaev promised.

One way or another, the Central Election Commission intends to verify the information from each appeal about violations in the September 18 elections. “Appeals to us continue to come. It seems to me that our sacred duty is to deal with each appeal, no matter how comical it may sometimes look,” Bulaev said. “I think that members of the Central Election Commission and regional curators will be able to travel to the regions together with the Central Election Commission apparatus.” According to him, members of the department are as open as possible and want honesty in all respects. “Not only in relation to those who write to us. Those who write to us must also be honest in their relations with the CEC,” he concluded.

Ella Pamfilova, in turn, did not hide the fact that the Central Election Commission is no stranger to self-criticism. She admitted that the commission had failed to a short time change the electoral inertia in the regions, and promised to work on mistakes. “We intend to meet in any format with the leaders of all parties in the near future. We are ready for a serious and substantive conversation about what we need to improve so that future elections are held at a qualitatively different level,” said the head of the commission.

On March 18, the next, seventh in the history of our country, popular election of the head of state took place in Russia. The next major federal elections (unless, of course, something extraordinary happens to the newly elected president during this time and early re-elections are not necessary) will have to be elections to the lower house of the Russian parliament - the State Duma. Many people are already wondering when these elections will take place, so we give brief information about them. Elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation - in what year will they take place? next elections to the Russian parliament, is it now possible to talk about the prospects of its composition?

How are elections to the State Duma held and when were the last elections held?

The State Duma in modern Russia (let’s leave the experience of a century ago alone) appeared 25 years ago, in 1993, with the adoption of the Constitution that is still in force today. The first elections to it were held on December 12, 1993. Initially, the term of office of the Duma was four years, but the Constitution contained a special amendment regarding the first composition of the Duma - its term of office was two years and expired at the end of 1995.

Two-year term of office of the first composition modern Duma did not appear by chance. There were several reasons for this, one of them was that the authors of the Constitution considered it desirable for the Duma to be elected shortly before the next presidential elections. Thus, firstly, it was possible six months before the election of the head of state to objectively understand the mood of the people, and this is a plus for all participants in the presidential election. Secondly, president-elect understood what kind of parliament he would have to work with throughout his entire term.

So in December 1995 the second composition of the Duma was elected, and in the summer of 1996 presidential elections were held.

The term of office of both the State Duma and the President of Russia, according to the original text of the Constitution, was four years. Elections always took place almost simultaneously.

In 2008, the first serious amendments in its history were made to the Constitution, and the term of office of the State Duma and the President of Russia was extended. Moreover, for the State Duma the term was increased by a year, and for the head of state by two years - to six years.

Explaining this step Russian authorities talked about the desire to move away from the situation that the Constitution originally provided for. If in the early 1990s it was convenient for parliamentary elections and elections of the head of state to take place simultaneously, 15 years later it was decided that this would lead to excessive politicization of society and it would be better if these elections were spaced out in time relative to each other as much as possible .

Latest on this moment Elections to the State Duma in Russia took place in September 2016. Currently, the seventh convocation of the modern State Duma is working, and this is the second convocation, the term of office of which is five years.

When will the next State Duma elections be in Russia?

Thus, the next elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation will have to be held V September 2021 when the term of office of the current Duma expires.

Of course, elections in 2021 will be held if the seventh composition of the Duma is completed. Purely theoretically, according to the Constitution, the Duma can terminate its powers early if the president dissolves it. The Constitution gives the head of state this right in the following cases:

• if the State Duma three times rejects the candidacy of the Chairman of the Government (Prime Minister), which is submitted for approval by the president;
• if the State Duma twice within three months will express no confidence in the Russian Government.

It is clear that such situations in the conditions of modern Russia are pure fantasy. Even in the 1990s, when the State Duma was truly independent and oppositional, it never came to the point of being dissolved by the president; all conflicts were resolved one way or another without extreme measures. Now, when the Duma is absolutely obedient to the Presidential Administration, there is even less doubt that its next composition will complete the remainder of its term of office. We can say with complete confidence that the next elections to the State Duma will be held in 2021, in September.

What could be the next composition of the State Duma?

It is quite pointless to talk about the personal composition of the future Duma, which will be elected in the fall of 2021. There are 3.5 years left before these elections, and during this time the political situation in Russia may change very noticeably.

Even if we imagine the most conservative picture and assume that the same parties that are present in it today will enter the Duma, we should not forget about what age the leaders of some parties will be in 2021.

Thus, the head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov will be 77 years old in 2021 (and by the end of the term of office of this Duma - 82). The leader of the LDPR, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, will be 75 years old in 2021, and 80 years old by the end of the term of office of the eighth convocation of the Duma. Even the relatively young Sergei Mironov, who heads the A Just Russia faction, will be 68 years old in 2021, and 73 years old by 2026.

It is obvious that, at least at the level of leaders of parties traditionally elected to parliament, we will have to face serious changes.

It is also not a fact that the Presidential Administration will be able to form the most loyal and obedient Duma in 2021. A lot can change in 3.5 years, and now we can only guess which political forces will have enough weight in society to get into parliament in 2021.

Moscow. September 19. website - On Monday, the majority of votes in the elections to the State Duma, local parliaments and heads of state were counted Russian regions, which took place throughout the country on the Unified Voting Day - September 18. The leaders in the voting for legislative bodies were again representatives of United Russia, and in the gubernatorial elections - the current heads of regions or those acting temporarily.

Other trends include the weakening of the positions of A Just Russia and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation due to the growing popularity of the LDPR among voters, low turnout for elections in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as a decrease in the number of violations during voting.

The final results of the elections to the State Duma of the seventh convocation will be summed up on Friday, September 23, but, according to the Central Election Commission, no significant changes should be expected regarding the already calculated results.

Changes

The main feature of this year's elections was the return mixed system voting - out of 450 deputies of the State Duma of the seventh convocation, 225 people are elected from party lists and the same number from single-mandate constituencies. At 95,836 polling stations throughout the country, it was possible to vote for 14 political parties (listed in order of placement on the ballot): "Rodina", "Communists of Russia", "Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice", "United Russia", "Greens", " Civil Platform", LDPR, PARNAS, "Growth Party", " Civil force", "Yabloko", the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, "Patriots of Russia" and "A Just Russia".

It is noteworthy that this year they also abandoned the practice of “locomotives”, when a popular and authoritative person (a high-ranking politician, athlete, actor, etc.) is put at the head of the list in elections under the proportional system, due to which the rating of his party and the number of votes cast for her voices are growing. Subsequently, the leader of the list renounces his mandate in favor of a less eminent party member.

Elections to the State Duma

As reported by the Central Election Commission (CEC of the Russian Federation), based on the results of counting 93.1% of the protocols, United Russia receives 140 seats in the State Duma according to party lists and 203 seats in single-mandate constituencies. Thus, according to preliminary data, United Russia will have 343 seats in the State Duma out of 450 (that is, 76.2%).

The ruling party received the most votes in regions with the maximum turnout at polling stations: for example, 88% in Dagestan, 81.67% in Karachay-Cherkessia, 77.71% in Kabardino-Balkaria, 77.57% in the Kemerovo region. In some regions, United Russia, although it became the leader of the vote, did not achieve such high results. So, in Chelyabinsk region they voted for her, and in Moscow -.

Thus, United Russia can already count on a constitutional majority in the State Duma (more than two-thirds of the seats), which will allow the party to adopt amendments to the Constitution (with the exception of a few chapters), as well as override the presidential veto.

The second party in terms of the number of mandates, according to preliminary data, turns out to be the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. According to party lists, she receives 13.45% of the votes - that is, 35 mandates; in single-mandate constituencies - seven mandates. The LDPR follows with a small margin - 13.24% voted for it in the single federal district, which corresponds to 34 mandates; according to single-member lists, this party receives five mandates. "A Just Russia" received 6.17% of the votes on party lists, and received seven seats in parliament on single-mandate lists.

The majority of the lower house of the Russian parliament will remain largely four-party, and even lowering the barrier to entry into the State Duma from 7% to 5% did not help non-parliamentary parties qualify on all-party lists. Only Rodina and Civic Platform will be able to get one seat each in the lower house, since two of their candidates were able to win in their single-mandate constituencies. In addition, the State Duma will include one self-nominated candidate - Vladislav Reznik.

Elections of regional heads

As part of the Single Voting Day, elections of heads of nine regions were also held - in Komi, Tuva, Chechnya, the Trans-Baikal Territory, as well as in the Tver, Tula and Ulyanovsk regions. At the same time, in North Ossetia-Alania and Karachay-Cherkessia, regional heads are elected by regional parliaments.

To win in the first round, a candidate needed to get more than 50% of the votes. Sergei Gaplikov succeeded in this, for whom 62.17% of voters voted. A clear leader was also identified in Chechnya - after counting 93.13% of the ballots, it turned out that almost 98% of those who came to the elections voted for the acting head of the region, and his closest rival, Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs of Chechnya Idris Usmanov, received only 0.83% votes.

Self-nominated Alexey Dyumin, acting head of the Tula region, based on the results of processing 100% of the protocols, scored 84.17%, and the current head of the Republic of Tuva Sholban Kara-ool - 86%. The situation was similar in the Trans-Baikal Territory - the candidate from United Russia, acting governor Natalya Zhdanova received 54.22% of the votes, and in the Ulyanovsk region - acting governor Sergei Morozov, nominated by United Russia, based on the results of processing 82% of the protocols of election commissions , received 53.91% of the votes. Acting Governor of the Tver Region Igor Rudenya was also a leader in his region.

Elections to regional authorities

In 39 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, elections to regional parliaments were held, in particular, in Adygea, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Karelia, Mordovia, Chechnya, Chuvashia, in the Altai, Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Primorsky and Stavropol territories; in the Amur, Astrakhan, Vologda, Kaliningrad, Kirov, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Omsk, Orenburg, Oryol, Pskov, Samara, Sverdlovsk, Tambov, Tver, Tomsk and Tyumen regions; in St. Petersburg, in the Jewish Autonomous Region, in Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug- Ugra and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

As part of the Single Voting Day, they also elected the head of the city of Kemerovo, deputies of municipal assemblies in the capitals of 11 regions - in Ufa, Nalchik, Petrozavodsk, Saransk, Grozny, Perm, Stavropol, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Saratov and Khanty-Mansiysk.

The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, said that they received a total of 16 seats in regional parliaments across the country. Thus, Patriots of Russia received four mandates, Yabloko - five, Party of Growth and Pensioners for Justice - three each, and Rodina - one.

Turnout by country

For Russians who find themselves outside their homeland during elections, polling stations are traditionally organized abroad. Nevertheless, the President of Ukraine ordered to inform Russia about the impossibility of holding elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation on Ukrainian territory. Kiev said it could change its position if Moscow refuses to hold elections in Crimea, which Ukraine considers occupied territory. Nevertheless, Russians were able to vote at the embassy in Kyiv and the consulate general in Odessa, but the process of expressing their will was accompanied by unrest. There were no violations of law and order in Lvov and Kharkov. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called not to recognize the results of the State Duma elections in terms of voting in Crimea.

At about 10 a.m., the head of the Central Election Commission, Pamfilova, announced the turnout for the current elections as 47.81%. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that it cannot be called low, and added that it turned out to be “higher than in the vast majority of European countries” and “does not affect the election results themselves, their credibility.”

The highest voter turnout was demonstrated by the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and Kabardino-Balkarian Republic - more than 90%, Dagestan - more than 87%, as well as the Kemerovo and Tyumen regions - 74.3% and Chechnya.

The lowest voter turnout rates were also in St. Petersburg, which Peskov called a traditional phenomenon. Thus, in the capital, 35.18% of the electorate went to the polls, which is significantly less than during the parliamentary elections of 2003, 2007 and 2011. The Moscow City Election Commission suggested that turnout was affected by cold weather and rain, as well as poor work by parties with voters.

According to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, in Moscow, United Russia is gaining 37.3% of the votes, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation - 13.93%, the Liberal Democratic Party - 13.11%, Yabloko - 9.51%, A Just Russia - 6.55% .

Turnout was even lower than in Moscow - 32.47%.

Violations

According to Pamfilova, every third message is related to illegal actions, every fifth is a complaint about falsification of voting results or impending mass falsifications. “Several requests have been received from observers about their dismissal by the employer in connection with participation in the election campaign. This needs to be taken under special control - the prosecutor’s office will definitely not be left without work,” she said.

One of these violations is the stuffing of ballot papers by the secretary of the precinct election commission (PEC) in Rostov region- has already led to excitement. Even on voting day, a video from a surveillance camera appeared on the Internet, which shows two women and a man blocking the view of the box, and another woman putting a stack of ballots inside.

Also, a serious incident was recorded in Dagestan - a group of young people destroyed a polling station during voting under the pretext that there was a massive stuffing of ballots in favor of one of the candidates.

In addition, the elections in one of the polling stations in the Nizhny Novgorod region were declared invalid, and in three more polling stations in the Rostov region the results were in doubt. A camera phone left by one of the observers helped record the dumping of ballots, and now the voting results at that precinct have been cancelled.

The most anticipated political event of 2016, the elections to the State Duma of the seventh convocation, brought no surprises and fully met the expectations of specialists.

The most anticipated political event of 2016, the elections to the State Duma of the seventh convocation, brought no surprises and fully met the expectations of specialists. United Russia Party in Once again won “by a clear advantage,” and the election results demonstrated the absence of any desire among the common people to change the existing political order. And yet, the election campaign of September 18, 2016 allows us to draw some conclusions. For example, despite the election results, the relatively low overall turnout indicates a loss of interest in elections as an event that determines certain vectors of the country’s development.

State Duma election results: turnout by region

Experts' opinions on the number of people who came to the polls Russian citizens vary somewhat. Some experts agree with the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation D. Peskov, who stated that 47.81% throughout the country is an indicator that looks quite decent against the background of similar European campaigns. Others are haunted by a trend that shows that ordinary people are increasingly less willing to spend time expressing their civic position and declaration of political views.

On September 18, 2016, less than half of the registered voters visited the polling stations, but this did not prevent the Central Election Commission from recognizing the elections as valid (corresponding amendments to the legislation were made in advance) and the election results as final. The only thing of interest is the significant difference in turnout rates by region. Despite the fact that representatives of United Russia won in almost every region, greatest number votes for them, as well as almost twice as many voters, were recorded in 13 subjects: the Kabardino-Balkarian and Karachay-Cherkess Republics, Mordovia, the Chechen Republic, the Kemerovo and Tyumen regions, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Bashkortostan, Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Tatarstan and the Republic of Tyva. In these regions, the average turnout was 81.4%, while in the remaining 72 it was only 42.9%. What election results were obtained in these two radically different groups can be seen in the following table.

As for Moscow and St. Petersburg, these cities topped the lists of settlements with the lowest turnout: 35.18% and 32.47%, respectively. At the same time, here too the election results showed serious support for the party in power.

Results of the 2016 State Duma elections: how the votes were distributed

The 2016 elections to the State Duma again showed the strength of the party in power: United Russia not only won, but received a constitutional majority, which will allow it to pass laws containing amendments to articles of the Constitution of the Russian Federation - the highest normative legal act of the state. Official data says that United Russia gained 54.19%, which in the number of deputy mandates is equal to 343 ( total number seats in the State Duma - 450). The final election figures are as follows:

• “United Russia” – 54.19%;
• Communist Party of the Russian Federation - 13.34%;
• LDPR – 13.15%;
• “A Just Russia” – 6.22%;
• “Communists of Russia” – 2.27%;
• “Motherland” – 2.3%;
• Russian Party of Pensioners “For Justice” – 2.0%;
• “Apple” – 1.9%;
• “Growth Party” – 1.8%;
• "Parnas" - 1.2%;
• “Greens” – 0.8%;
• “Civic Platform” – 0.3%;
• “Civil force” – 0.2%.

Following United Russia, representatives of five parties and one self-nominated candidate received seats in the State Duma:

• “United Russia” – 343,
• Communist Party of the Russian Federation - 42,
• LDPR – 39,
• “A Just Russia” – 23,
• “Civic Platform” – 1,
• "Motherland" - 1,
• self-nominated candidates – 1.

Elections to the Duma on September 18, 2016: falsification?

Chairman of the Central Election Committee E.A. Pamfilova described the 2016 elections as open and legitimate. At the same time, she made it clear that any facts of falsification will be considered immediately, and appropriate measures will be taken against violators. Official data that came from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs the day after the elections states that there were two cases of ballot stuffing in the Rostov region. In addition, 8 complaints were registered that were received by the CEC from observers. Experts' opinions regarding the falsification of the 2016 elections are traditionally divided: some believe that seats in the State Duma were distributed in advance, others believe that the will of the common people is truly reflected in the final figures.

Results of the 2016 Duma elections: what do observers say about the victory of United Russia?

The fact that United Russia will win again in 2016 was already mentioned in preliminary polls that were regularly published by VTsIOM on the eve of the elections. At the same time, satellite parties were also named, which for many years had kept United Russia company in the lower house of parliament: the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and A Just Russia. Among the opinions of experts and observers, one can hear a variety of explanations for the current situation in the political field of the country: the huge administrative resource of the party in power, the lack worthy alternative, loss of interest in the elections of the majority of the population, etc. Dry figures show that 27.2 million citizens voted for the party that received the constitutional majority in 2016. In the last elections, where United Russia also won an unconditional victory, the number of its supporters was 32.4 million people.