On September 23, the voting results for the 2016 elections to the State Duma of the 7th convocation were finally summed up. How were the votes distributed between the parties?, how many mandates did the parties receive? to obtain “chairs” in the State Duma and How are the 2016 election results assessed??

The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation summed up the results of the election campaign to the State Duma of the seventh convocation. The Commission recognized elections held on September 18, 2016, valid and valid and approved their results. Already on Friday, new deputies will be sent telegram notifications confirming their election.

Elections 2016 recognized as valid and legitimate

The CEC meeting was initially scheduled for 23:00 Moscow time on September 22, but was then postponed by an hour. It was preceded by a separate meeting, at which a number of complaints were examined, in particular, an appeal from the Yabloko party, which demanded that the elections be declared invalid.

However, this complaint was not satisfied. “I dare to say that the elections, despite certain violations that exist and which we will deal with until the last complaint, were held legitimately,” emphasized the head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova. She also expressed confidence that the Central Election Commission managed to hold open and competitive elections.

This leitmotif was supported by all members of the Central Election Commission, who unanimously signed the protocol and pivot tables election results, and also approved a resolution on their overall results. “The elections are recognized as having taken place and are valid,” announced Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation Nikolai Bulaev.

New State Duma of the VII convocation

The elections on September 18, for the first time after a long break, were held under a mixed system: 225 deputies out of 450 were elected from the federal list, 225 from single-mandate constituencies.

According to the results approved by the Central Election Commission, United Russia received 343 mandates in the State Duma of the seventh convocation - 140 on the federal list and 203 in single-mandate constituencies. This gives her confidence constitutional majority(guaranteed by 300 mandates), allowing the adoption of constitutional laws without cooperation with other factions.

In the State Duma of the sixth convocation, United Russia members had only 238 mandates. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation was in second place with 42 mandates, the LDPR was in third with 39 mandates, then “ Just Russia" from 23. All these parties have lost significantly compared to their representation in the current State Duma, where the Communists had 92 mandates, the Right Russia Party - 64, and the Liberal Democrats - 56. This means that, for example, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation will now not be able to independently send requests to the Constitutional Court, since for this it is necessary to collect at least 90 deputy “autographs”. Obviously, the parties will have to “make room” in the issue of leadership of the committees of the lower house of parliament, the number of which, however, has not yet been approved.

At the same time, it should be noted that, despite the obvious numerical losses of the Duma opposition, only the parliamentary “four” managed to regain representation in the State Duma. Two more candidates from the so-called small parties went there in single-mandate constituencies - the leader of Rodina, Alexey Zhuravlev (in the State Duma of the sixth convocation, a member of the United Russia faction) and the head of the federal political committee of the Civic Platform, Rifat Shaikhutdinov, but the lists of these parties are even close failed to approach the cherished five percent barrier, overcoming which is necessary to enter the State Duma.

In addition, in a single-mandate constituency (Republic of Adygea), self-nominated Vladislav Reznik, who was also a member of the United Russia faction in the outgoing convocation, was elected to the new Duma. He is the only self-nominated candidate to successfully stand in the elections out of almost two dozen who ran in majoritarian districts.

Infographics of the distribution of seats among parties in the State Duma

The infographics were created after processing 97% of the voting protocols, but the number of “chairs” according to the approved results did not change.

Should I leave or stay?

The list of elected State Duma deputies is attached to the resolution on the general voting results approved by the Central Election Commission.
As Pamfilova reported, telegram notifications will be sent to new deputies on Friday,
confirming their election. Telegrams are sent to deputies elected in the federal district by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, and to single-mandate deputies - by the district election commissions of the corresponding districts.

People's representatives are obliged to within five days from the date of receipt of the notice, submit to the commission a copy of the order for release from duties incompatible with the status of a State Duma deputy, or a copy of a document certifying that they submitted an application for release from such duties within three days from the date of receipt of the notice.

Otherwise, the CEC will transfer the mandate to the next candidate in the corresponding regional group of the party list. It was previously reported that, for example, the heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, who headed a number of regional groups on the federal list of United Russia, would refuse their mandates.

In case of refusal of the mandatesingle-term deputy a by-election will be held in his constituency.
It is already known that one mandate in the State Duma of the new convocation will remain vacant for about a year. The speaker of the lower house of the sixth convocation, Sergei Naryshkin, who won the single-mandate constituency, will head the Foreign Intelligence Service. As CEC Secretary Maya Grishina previously told TASS, repeat elections in his district could be held on a single voting day in September 2017.

Table of election results (outcomes), distribution of votes

The number and percentage of those who voted in the 2016 elections for the 14 declared parties in the election campaign.

1. ALL-RUSSIAN POLITICAL PARTY "RODINA"	792226 1.51%
2. Political party COMMUNIST PARTY COMMUNISTS OF RUSSIA	1192595 2.27%
3. Political party " Russian Party pensioners for justice"	910848 1.73%
4. All-Russian political party "UNITED RUSSIA"	28527828 54.20%
5. Political party "Russian Ecological Party" Greens "	399429 0.76%
6. Political party "Civil Platform"	115433 0.22%
7. Political party LDPR - Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	6917063 13.14%
8. Political party "People's Freedom Party" (PARNAS)	384675 0.73%
9. All-Russian political party "PARTY OF GROWTH"	679030 1.29%
10. Public organization All-Russian political party "Civil Power"	73971 0.14%
11. Political party "Russian United Democratic Party "YABLOKO"	1051335 1.99%
12. Political party "COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION"	7019752 13.34%
13. Political party "PATRIOTS OF RUSSIA"	310015 0.59%
14. Political party A JUST RUSSIA	3275053 6.22%

Turnout results on September 18

The final voter turnout for the Duma elections, recorded by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, was 47.88%. In absolute numbers, this means that 52 million 700 thousand 922 voters fulfilled their civic duty, Bulaev explained.
Voter turnout in the State Duma elections in 2011 was 60.21%.

Speaking about the indicators of citizen activity in these elections, Pamfilova assessed them as normal back on September 19. “Turnout is turnout,” she said.

“The turnout at the last State Duma elections was quite normal. Yes, average is enough, but not low,” says Dmitry Badovsky, head of the Institute for Socio-Economic and Political Research (ISEPS). In his opinion, “this level of turnout was absolutely consistent with the nature of the campaign with a strong favorite, played by the ruling United Russia party, and an absent motive for radical emotional mobilization at the end of the campaign.” Other experts also point out that turnout in the Duma elections reflects pan-European trends.

Final protocol on the results of voting in the elections on September 18

The protocol was signed on September 23, 2016, when the results were approved and the elections were recognized as valid and legitimate.

Date and time of signing the protocol 09.23.2016 01:24:00

1	Number of voters included in the voter list at the end of voting	110061200
2		101244492
3	Number of ballot papers, issued to voters who voted early	109868
4	Number of ballot papers, issued at the polling station on voting day	49174491
5	Number of ballot papers, issued outside the voting premises on voting day	3416633
6	Number of canceled ballots	48542374
7	Number of ballot papers, contained in portable voting boxes	3524522
8	Number of ballot papers, contained in stationary ballot boxes	49107327
9	Number of invalid ballots	982596
10	Number of valid ballot papers	51649253
11	received by the precinct election commission	1936683
12	Number of absentee ballots, issued at the polling station before voting day	1030295
13	Number of voters who voted by absentee ballots at the polling station	809157
14	Number of redeemed unused absentee ballots	906385
15	Number of absentee ballots, issued to voters by the territorial election commission	216029
16	Number of lost absentee ballots	3
17	Number of lost ballot papers	1423
18	Number of ballot papers not counted upon receipt	297

Debriefing will continue

Speaking to reporters after the night meeting, Pamfilova emphasized that “there is no overwhelming number of abuses that could become a critical mass and wipe out this campaign.”
Meanwhile, responding to the parties’ comments, she repeatedly emphasized that all complaints received by the commission would be carefully studied. “We will now sum up the results (of the elections), but we will continue to deal with each complaint seriously and substantively. And we will appeal to the prosecutor’s office, we will appeal through the prosecutor’s office to the courts,” she assured.
The Chairman of the Central Election Commission also promised that in case of flagrant violations, the election results in a particular precinct could be cancelled. “No one is more interested than us in collecting all the facts, and where violations in the district or in the precinct really went off scale, we are the first to bet on canceling these elections,” she said.
The issue of election violations was also reflected in a dissenting opinion attached to the final protocol. The CEC member who prepared it, Evgeniy Kolyushin, representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, said that, in particular, on television, preference was given to one of the parties, and law enforcement officers and election commissions did not take measures “to identify and punish the customers, manufacturers of very expensive propaganda false newspapers, which were distributed in huge circulations "
“The election campaign has shown that the public potential of commissions is not always used in the interests of free elections,” Kolyushin said, adding that the independence of most election commissions is not ensured; they are often led by representatives of the ruling party.
Pamfilova agreed in many respects with Kolyushin’s dissenting opinion.
“To be honest, I agree with almost everything you said. I believe that we need to seriously listen, this is really what we are faced with, we have stumbled over legislation. This may form the basis for our work on correcting mistakes, including the formation of our proposals to simplify and de-bureaucratize legislation, which would allow us to remove many obstacles to registration, verification of signatures, and so on,” Pamfilova emphasized.

She promised to meet with the leaders of all parties - both those who took part in the elections and those who failed to do so - to discuss the lessons of the past campaign. “We are ready for a serious conversation in any format so that the next elections will be better than the previous ones,” Pamfilova explained.

The head of the Central Election Commission also announced a “debriefing” for regional election commissions. “We will conduct a debriefing with the commissions. The analysis ahead is very, very serious,” she said. For his part, Bulaev, recalling that 55 regional election commissions will be reorganized this fall, expressed confidence that they will be able to find people “who are ready to share with us (the Central Election Commission) not only responsibility, but also know how to do it professionally, without infringing rights of a participant in the process." on them. On the eve of the elections, Pamfilova announced her readiness to resign if she “fails these elections.” At today's meeting, where the complaints received by the commission were examined, she clarified that she would not leave the CEC until she sorted out all the complaints.

After summing up the election results, the head of the Central Election Commission admitted to journalists that she does not yet see any reason to resign. “In any case, until our CEC composition deals with all the abuses and violations that occurred in order to clear the field for the next election campaign and increase the level of trust, there is no such point,” Pamfilova explained.
On Friday, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission will have a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. A meeting of the head of state with the leaders of the parties that passed the elections to the State Duma is also scheduled for the same day.

00:00 RT completes the online broadcast of the single voting day. Thank you for being with us. Continue to follow the news on our website.

23:55 The RT broadcast is coming to an end. We present to you the brightest moments of the election campaign: someone sang, someone recalled Hollywood films, someone bet on cats.

23:48 RT correspondent Egor Piskunov sums up the results of the single voting day.

23:40 The latest figures at the moment: after counting 18.14% of the protocols, United Russia receives 49.22% of the votes, LDPR - 15.92%, Communist Party of the Russian Federation - 15.46%, A Just Russia - 6.49%.

23:25 “A Just Russia” recognizes the results of the State Duma elections, said party leader Sergei Mironov. “In general, the elections to the State Duma of the seventh convocation took place; A Just Russia has no reason to question the results as a whole,” he noted.

23:01 According to the Central Election Commission, after counting 12.26% of the protocols of precinct election commissions, United Russia is in the lead in 144 single-mandate constituencies, A Just Russia in six, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party in four constituencies each.

22:49 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin was pleased with the result of the elections, but the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov believes that his party was missing 8-10% of the votes due to twin parties, among which he named the “Party of Pensioners” and “Communists of Russia”. This was reported by TASS and RIA Novosti agencies.

22:30 According to Pamfilova, during the elections only one observer in Russia was removed from the polling station by court decision. This happened in the Sverdlovsk region, the citizen was drunk.

22:05 Video of speeches by Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev at the headquarters of United Russia.

21:56 The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, said that the elections to the State Duma were legitimate. “There is already complete confidence that the elections are being held quite legitimately. We have done a lot for this,” TASS quotes Pamfilova as saying.

21:48 The results of the State Duma elections showed that society votes for political stability, Vladimir Putin noted. “The situation is not easy, people feel it and want society to political system there was stability,” the Russian President said during a speech at the United Russia election headquarters.

21:42 Latest election data, according to the CEC.

21:35 Speaking at the headquarters of the United Russia party, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced its victory in the elections to the State Duma of the seventh convocation.

21:25 “The result is good,” Vladimir Putin commented on the results achieved by the United Russia party in the elections. The Russian President summed up the voting results while speaking at the United Russia headquarters.

21:17 Fund public opinion provides the following exit poll figures: United Russia is in the lead, gaining 48.7% of the votes, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation - 16.3%, the Liberal Democratic Party - 14.2%, A Just Russia - 7.6%. According to the FOM, Yabloko gained 3.1%, the Pensioners Party - 1.9%, Rodina - 1.8%, Communists of Russia - 1.5%, the Growth Party - 1.4%, PARNAS - 1.0%, the Greens - 0.7%, Patriots of Russia - 0.6%, Civil Platform - 0.2%, Civil Force - 0.1% of votes.

21:08 According to exit polls, four parties are entering the State Duma. It is noted that United Russia is gaining 44.5% of the votes, LDPR - 15.3%, Communist Party of the Russian Federation - 14.9%, A Just Russia - 8.1%. "Communists of Russia" gain 2.87% of the votes, the Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice - 2.19%, "Rodina" - 1.42%, "Yabloko" - 1.37%, Growth Party - 1.12%, "Greens" ", - 0.82, "Parnas" - 0.70%, "Patriots of Russia" - 0.69%, "Civil Platform" - 0.30%. The last place is currently occupied by “Civil Force” - 0.14%.

21:00 The Central Election Commission announced the preliminary results of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. RT broadcast live.

21:00 Polling stations were closed throughout Russia. The last to vote were residents of the Kaliningrad region, the westernmost region of the country.

20:52 The US State Department has not yet commented on the attempts Ukrainian nationalists prevent Russians from voting in elections in
State Duma in the building of the Russian Embassy in Kyiv.

“Today we cannot provide anything. Perhaps tomorrow, when the voting is over,” TASS quotes the department’s statement.

20:32 Voter turnout in the parliamentary elections at 18.00 Moscow time was below 50% in all regions of central Russia except Belgorod region, RIA Novosti reports with reference to regional election commissions. In all 16 regions of the Central District, turnout is lower than in the previous elections in 2011.

20:26 According to data provided by the Russian embassy in Kyiv, 369 Russian citizens voted in Ukraine.

20:17 The Moscow City Election Commission has identified 16 cases of issuing two ballots to people voting using absentee certificates. TASS reports this with reference to the chairman of the election commission Valentin Gorbunov.

“There were signals, they checked, this concerned the fact that for absentee ballots in a number of polling stations, voters were given two ballots. All signals were verified using video surveillance, and 16 such cases were identified,” Gorbunov said.

20:00 Polling stations have closed in all regions of Russia (except for the Kaliningrad region).

19:57 Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexander Gorovoy said that the department recorded facts of ballot stuffing at polling stations in the Rostov region.

“Together with our colleagues from the Investigative Committee, we are documenting facts of stuffing at polling stations No. 1958 and No. 1749, where facts of ballot stuffing were documented by means of objective control,” TASS quotes Gorovoy as saying.

19:49 Regional election commissions reported that turnout in Crimea and Sevastopol at 18:00 Moscow time exceeded 40%, TASS reports.

19:45 In Moscow they are beginning to prepare for the closure of polling stations.

19:35 The Moscow City Election Commission reports that as of 18:00 the voter turnout was 28.62%, RIA Novosti reports.

19:27 First Deputy Head Alexander Gorovoy said that the department is checking reports of stuffing at polling stations in the Rostov region.

19:13 The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, reported that as of 18:00 Moscow time the turnout was 39.37%.

19:12 Political parties are to blame for the low voter turnout at polling stations in Moscow, said IPCC Chairman Valentin Gorbunov.

“I think that political parties that do not work actively enough with their voters are mainly to blame for such a turnout,” the Moscow agency quotes Gorbunov as saying.

19:00 The Central Election Commission reports that as of 17:00 Moscow time, the maximum turnout was recorded in the following regions: Kemerovo region -78.96%, Tyumen region -74.3%, Chechnya -72.16%.

The minimum turnout was recorded in: Moscow region - 21.73%, Moscow - 19.86%, St. Petersburg - 16.12%.

18:56 Russian military personnel serving in Syria voted in the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. A polling station was opened at the Khmeimim air base. Military personnel from the base, support units, the Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria and civilian personnel took part in the voting.

18:44 The head of the Public Headquarters for Observing Elections in Moscow, Alexey Venediktov, asks to cancel the results of municipal elections in one of the polling stations in the Shchukino district due to violations.

18:41 At one of the polling stations in Omsk, a citizen came to cast his vote in an Iron Man suit.

18:19 An inspection is underway at one of the polling stations in Moscow after a report of mining. This was reported by the Chairman of the Moscow City Election Commission Valentin Gorbunov.

18:00 Deputy Chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission Nikolai Bulaev said that at 15:00 the voter turnout in the elections was 33%, TASS reports.

17:48 Meanwhile, colleagues from the English-language television channel RT have prepared a story for their viewers telling them why today is important.

17:36 Chairman of the Sverdlovsk Region Election Commission Valery Chainikov said that Pokémon catchers at polling stations will face administrative liability.

“An attempt to catch a Pokemon is a violation of public order, obstructing the work of the election commission, Article 5.69 of the Administrative Code. Police officers know this. One of us tried to catch him, he was taken away,” TASS quoted the chairman of the commission as saying.

17:20 Member of the Dagestan Election Commission Samir Abdulkhalikov said that the commission is checking messages that appeared earlier on social networks about ballot stuffing.

“In general, elections in Dagestan are proceeding calmly. Information about mass stuffing of ballots, which was published on various social networks, is being verified by us. We received one complaint from representatives communist party regarding violations on the territory of one of the polling stations in the city of Makhachkala. Naturally, we will look into this issue. Not a single appeal will be left without consideration,” RIA Novosti quotes a comment from a member of the republic’s election commission.

16:55 At a polling station in the Uvelsky district in Chelyabinsk region an unknown person opened fire.

“According to preliminary data, the shooting occurred in the Uvelsky district. There were no casualties. As a result of the shooting, the glass only broke,” TASS quoted a source in the region’s law enforcement agencies as saying.

16:51 Ukrainian law enforcement officers drew up protocols on administrative offenses in regarding three people detained at the Russian Embassy in Kyiv, and then all three were released.

16:40 The Russian Consulate General in Odessa is again blocking access to the diplomatic mission building, preventing voting Russians from getting inside.

“About 10-15 people are again not allowing Russian citizens into the territory of the consulate. The voting process is still blocked,” TASS quoted a representative of the diplomatic mission as saying.

16:34 Another RT correspondent voted at polling station 1274 on Stromynka Street. According to him, there were few people at the site. But in addition to the table with pies, there is also a tray with children's books. Our correspondents considered this site to be the most “open” - the voting booths here were without curtains.

16:25 Meanwhile, an RT correspondent told how he voted at polling station 2765, located in the capital’s Shuvalovsky gymnasium in the west of Moscow. He claims that there is a real sell-out here: elderly, young, and middle-aged voters. At the entrance to the building you are greeted by the pleasant smell of fresh baked goods, on the “delicious tables” - pies with meat - for 40 rubles and with potatoes - for 30. Hot tea is poured for 5 rubles.

16:10 Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, said that Moscow is waiting for a report on attacks on Russian polling stations in Ukraine.

15:49 Deputy head of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation Nikolai Bulaev said that the department is preparing a request to the Ministry of Internal Affairs demanding that materials with exit poll data be removed from social networks.

“The law prohibits it within 5 days before voting day, as well as on voting day. The legal department of the rapid response group, having analyzed what is available, will prepare a request to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in this regard with a statement to the author of the posted material, and a demand has been sent to remove this material, delete it where it is currently posted,” RIA Novosti quotes the words Bulaeva.

15:32 The Russian Embassy in Ukraine reports that in total about 100 Russians voted at the polling station in Kyiv.

15:20 Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Altai region does not comment on reports of possible violations during voting in the State Duma elections.

“For now we will leave this issue without comment, information will be available later,” RIA Novosti quoted the department as saying.

15:12 The Central Election Commission claims that those reporting about “carousels” during voting are “trying to attract additional attention to themselves”—the facts of violations have not yet been confirmed. Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Nikolai Bulaev stated this in an interview with RT.

15:08 The chairman of the election commission of the Rostov region, Sergei Yusov, told Ella Pamfilova that a possible attempt at ballot stuffing was being investigated at one of the polling stations.

14:55 However, we will not limit ourselves to news from Moscow and Kyiv - after all, elections are taking place throughout Russia. In Magas, for example, the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-bek Yevkurov, voted today. Evkurov entrusted his children, Itar, Ramazan, Dali and Magomed, with putting the ballots into the ballot box.

14:30 Many of the Russians who came to the Russian Embassy in Kyiv for the State Duma elections leave without voting. An RT correspondent reports this from the scene.

14:26 112 Ukraine reports that Kyiv police detained a man who beat a Russian at a polling station in the embassy.

14:22 The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, voted in the elections of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 7th convocation, RIA Novosti reports.

14:12 The press service of the Svoboda party reported that in Kyiv, while trying to block the Russian embassy and a polling station, its deputy Vladimir Nazarenko was detained, 112 Ukraine reports.

14:09 Ukrainian radicals shout to Russian voters through megaphones that each of them is an “accomplice to the crime” and “blood will be on their hands,” an RT correspondent in Russian reports from the scene.

14:05 Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Andrei Nesterenko said that Ukraine promised to take additional measures to protect the Russian polling station in Kyiv.

13:54 TASS's interlocutor denied the information that there were two attackers.

13:47 A citizen who threatened to detonate a bomb at a polling station was taken to the police department for investigation, TASS reports. According to the agency, a dummy bomb was confiscated from the detainee. No explosive devices were found on him. The polling station is operating as usual.

13:35 The second provocateur, according to preliminary data, barricaded himself inside a polling station in Armenian Lane in the center of Moscow.

13:28 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that one of the provocateurs who threatened to explode at the polling station has been detained.

Thanks to the police officers. At the 10th polling station, a provocateur who threatened an explosion was quickly and professionally detained

— Sergei Sobyanin (@MosSobyanin) September 18, 2016

13:10 “According to preliminary information, an unknown man entered the polling station in Armenian Lane and threatens with explosion“RIA Novosti quotes a source in Moscow law enforcement agencies as saying.

13:03 A man with a suspected explosive device entered a polling station in the center of Moscow.

12:57 Russian President Vladimir Putin voted in the elections to the State Duma of the country.

• RIA News

12:51 The only Russian on the International Space Station, Anatoly Ivanishin, voted in the elections of deputies to the State Duma. Voting was carried out through a proxy, deputy commander of the cosmonaut corps Oleg Kononenko.

12:42 Representatives of the Right Sector ( extremist organization, banned in the Russian Federation) tried to disrupt the voting in the elections to the Russian State Duma in Odessa.

According to RIA Novosti, the radicals did not allow two people into the consulate, blocking their passage. After a small scuffle, police detained two people.

12:37 The entrance to the Russian Embassy in Kyiv is still blocked. An RT correspondent reports this from the scene in Russian. One of the provocateurs was detained.

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12:28 A Russian who came to vote in the State Duma elections was beaten near the Russian Embassy in Kyiv. An RT correspondent reports this from the scene in Russian.

12:12 Ukrainian Minister Georgy Tuka said that criminal cases will be opened against the organizers of voting in the Russian State Duma elections in Crimea, the 112 Ukraine TV channel reports.

12:03 In the Kamchatka Territory and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, polling stations have closed for elections to the State Duma of Russia, and vote counting has begun.

12:00 Ella Pamfilova said that claims for libel could be filed against the authors of statements about “carousels” with absentee ballots, which allegedly take place in today’s voting, RIA Novosti reports.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Tatyana Moskalkova, also confirmed that no violations were recorded in the Moscow region.

11:45 One of the men kept a large dog on a leash and did not allow voters who intended to vote in the elections to the Russian State Duma into the building.

11:37 Three people, including a deputy Verkhovna Rada from the Svoboda faction Igor Miroshnichenko, blocked the entrance to the Russian Embassy in Kyiv

11:23 The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov voted at polling station No. 142, while the Leader of the A Just Russia party Sergei Mironov voted at polling station No. 73 in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports.

11:12 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and the special representative of the Russian President on environmental issues, ecology and transport Sergei Ivanov voted at polling station No. 90 in Moscow school No. 87, RIA Novosti reports.

11:08 Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission Nikolai Bulaev reported on turnout of more than 10% of voters as of 11:00 Moscow time.

10:50 Ella Pamfilova called on Russian citizens to come to the polling stations

“Dear citizens of Russia, come! The choice is wide - 14 parties,” RIA Novosti quotes the head of the Central Election Commission.

10:36 Rashid Temrezov was elected head of Karachay-Cherkessia.

10:35 The Chechen Election Commission reports that approximately 18% of voters have voted in the elections so far, TASS reports.

10:26 Ella Pamfilova, commenting, said that elections in the region could be cancelled.

“To avoid any speculation, we are now looking into the situation that has developed in the Altai Territory. I received all the information directly. If those facts... are confirmed, we will take the most serious measures, even if there are grounds, we will initiate criminal cases and consider the advisability of canceling the elections “,” RIA Novosti quotes Pamfilova as saying.

10:22 Let us remind you that elections to the lower house of parliament are held according to a mixed system. 225 deputies will be elected according to party lists and another 225 will be elected under the majoritarian system.

10:15 The head of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, Ella Pamfilova, said that a criminal case could be opened regarding violations during voting in the Altai Territory, RIA Novosti reports.

10:13 The parties "United Russia", the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party announced that they would hold a press conference on the results of the elections at the TASS agency on Monday, September 19.

9:51 At the same time, in North Ossetia, the parliament elected Vyacheslav Bitarov to the post of head of the republic.

9:37 RIA Novosti reports that the chairman of the LDPR party Vladimir Zhirinovsky already voted in the elections to the State Duma of Russia at the polling station on Matveevskaya Street in Moscow. The politician declined to comment.

9:29 The Russian diplomatic mission in the United States reports that voting in the elections to the Russian State Duma in the United States will take place at 13 polling stations: eight of them will be specially opened in cities where there are no Russian diplomatic missions or consulates.

9:26 TASS reports that Yabloko candidate Vladimir Ryzhkov announced impending falsifications in the 39th Barnaul electoral district.

“I learned that a so-called “cruise voting” scheme is being prepared in Barnaul,” the agency’s politician quotes the words.

• Broadcasting images from surveillance cameras installed at polling stations on a monitor in the Central Election Commission on a single voting day.
• RIA News

9:23 The head of the election commission of the Republic of Crimea, Mikhail Malyshev, said that all polling stations have opened on the territory of the peninsula. Elections to the lower house of the Russian parliament are being held in Crimea for the first time.

“1,207 polling stations have been established on the territory of the Republic of Crimea. They all opened on time. The situation is calm,” RIA Novosti quotes the functionary.

8:51 The Russian Consulate General in Odessa told RIA Novosti that voting on the territory of the diplomatic mission was proceeding without incident.

The seventh composition of the modern State Duma of Russia was elected in September 2016 and officially began working in October of the same year. The term of office of the Duma is five years, provided that it is not dissolved by the president of the country (which can only be done in individual cases and which has never happened in history modern Russia did not happen). Thus, the seventh train as such will operate until the fall of 2021. However, this year there will be by-elections to the Duma in several regions of Russia, which for various reasons do not yet have their own deputy in the lower house of the Russian parliament. Elections to the State Duma in September 2018 in Russia - the date of voting, in which regions by-elections of deputies will take place.

Date of elections to the State Duma in 2018

By-elections of deputies will be held on September 9, 2018 - on a single voting day, which traditionally falls at the beginning of September.

On the same day, the country will hold all other elections scheduled for this year, with the exception of the presidential elections, which take place in March.

These are elections of governors of several regions (including Moscow), elections of deputies of several regional parliaments and elections of deputies of city parliaments in a number of cities across the country.

By-elections of State Duma deputies will take place in six regions of Russia:

• Amur region,


• Kaliningrad region,


• Nizhny Novgorod Region,


• Samara Region,


• Saratov region,


• Tver region.

Residents of these regions should keep in mind that the 2018 State Duma elections do not affect everyone who lives in these regions. In the Saratov region, by-elections will take place in two single-mandate constituencies in the region, in all others - in one of the single-mandate constituencies.

Elections of a State Duma deputy in September 2018 in the Amur region

The Duma deputy from the 71st Amur single-mandate electoral district was Ivan Abramov from the LDPR party. On June 13 of this year, the Duma released him from his mandate - Abramov is one of the contenders for the post of senator from the Amur region.

If a former deputy becomes a senator of the Federation Council, formally this means a promotion - Abramov will move from the lower house of parliament to the higher one.

In order to fill the vacant deputy seat, by-elections will be held in 71 constituencies in September.

Elections of a State Duma deputy in September 2018 in the Kaliningrad region

In the 98th Central single-mandate electoral district of the Kaliningrad region, there has been formally no Duma deputy since May 10 of this year. In fact, Alexey Silanov stopped performing the functions of a deputy even earlier - in April.

Silanov became the head of Kaliningrad after the former head of the city, Alexander Yaroshuk, resigned early.

Since there are no direct elections for the mayor in Kaliningrad, the new head was elected by local deputies. To ensure that the seat of the deputy from the 98th district does not remain empty, and that residents of the region have their own representative in the federal parliament, by-elections to the Duma will be held here on September 9, 2018.

Elections of a State Duma deputy in September 2018 in the Nizhny Novgorod region

The deputy from the 129th Nizhny Novgorod single-mandate electoral district has not been in the Duma since January 19 of this year. In Nizhny Novgorod, a story similar to what happened a little later in Kaliningrad occurred. Two days earlier, on January 17, the former deputy from the 129th district, Vladimir Panov, became the mayor of Nizhny Novgorod.

Panov was also elected by the local Nizhny Novgorod Duma, since there are no direct elections for the head of the city in Nizhny Novgorod.

According to rumors, Panov asked to be released from his mandate as a Duma deputy even before he was formally appointed head of Nizhny.

Elections of a State Duma deputy in September 2018 in the Samara region

On the same day when the Duma released the deputy from the Amur region from his mandate, Nadezhda Kolesnikova, a deputy from the 158th Samara single-mandate electoral district, was also released from her mandate.

On June 13 of this year, Kolesnikova ceased to be a Duma deputy. According to rumors, she was offered a place in Russian ministry enlightenment.

Elections of a State Duma deputy in September 2018 in the Saratov region

The Saratov region is missing two State Duma deputies at once.

Firstly, a year ago, on June 17, 2017, a deputy from the 163rd Saratov single-mandate electoral district, Oleg Grishchenko, died. Since it was too late to call by-elections in September at that time, the constituency was left without a deputy until September 2018.

Secondly, in October 2017, a deputy from the 165th Balashov single-mandate electoral district, Mikhail Isaev, became acting and then elected mayor of Saratov.

Elections of a State Duma deputy in September 2018 in the Tver region

In October 2017, on the same day that Mikhail Isaev was released from his deputy mandate, Vladimir Vasiliev, sent by the Russian President to lead the Republic of Dagestan as acting head of the region, also ceased to be a deputy.

Vasiliev was a deputy from the 180th Zavolzhsky single-mandate electoral district of the Tver region.

TASS DOSSIER. Exactly six months later, on September 18, 2016, elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the seventh convocation will take place. They will be held on a single voting day in accordance with new legislative norms. The procedure is established by the federal laws “On the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation” of February 22, 2014, “On the basic guarantees of electoral rights and the right to participate in a referendum of citizens of the Russian Federation” of June 12, 2002, as well as other legislative acts.

The lower house of parliament is elected for a term of five years and consists of 450 deputies.

The TASS-DOSSIER editors have prepared material on the basic rules for electing deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation and some innovations of the 2016 campaign.

Postponement of election date

In 2016, for the first time, elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation will be held not in early December, but on the third Sunday of September, and will be combined with a single voting day - September 18.

The initiative to postpone the election date in the spring of 2015 was made by State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin and the leaders of three Duma factions - Vladimir Vasiliev (United Russia), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR) and Sergei Mironov (A Just Russia).

Corresponding amendments to the federal laws on the election of deputies and on the basic guarantees of the electoral rights of citizens of the Russian Federation were adopted in July and November 2015. The legality of these changes, which shortened the term of office of the Duma of the sixth convocation, was submitted for consideration by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. On June 29, 2015, the court found them not to contradict the Basic Law.

Return to a mixed electoral system

The main innovation in the State Duma elections is the return of the mixed proportional-majority system. The corresponding changes to the law on elections of deputies were adopted on February 22, 2014. Half of the deputy corps - 225 people - will be elected in single-mandate electoral districts (one deputy - one district) formed on the territory of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The other half is for the federal electoral district, which includes the entire territory of Russia, in proportion to the number of votes cast for lists of party candidates. This principle of forming the legislative branch was already used in the elections in 1993-2003. Since 2007, citizens have voted only for party lists.

Scheme for dividing single-member constituencies

In connection with the change in the electoral system, on November 3, 2015, the head of state signed a law on a scheme for the formation of single-mandate constituencies. The entire territory of Russia is divided into 225 electoral districts, taking into account the borders of the constituent entities of the Federation (at least one district in each of the constituent entities).

During the division, the so-called “petal” model was used, when one district includes both urban and adjacent rural areas. Thus, large cities were divided into several electoral districts (according to “petals”) and merged with neighboring ones municipalities. This cut will be valid for the next 10 years.

One district was formed in 32 subjects of the Russian Federation, two – in 26, three – in six subjects, four – in ten, five – in three. Every two more subjects are divided into six, seven and eight districts. The largest number of districts was in the Moscow region (11) and Moscow (15).

Growing number of parties and new registration rules

Candidates in single-mandate constituencies are nominated by political parties or through self-nomination; in the federal electoral district - as part of the lists of political parties. The ban on voting blocs has been retained.

After the adoption of amendments to the law “On political parties", which simplified their creation and registration, the number of parties in Russia has increased 11 times: from seven in 2011 to 77 currently. Of these, 75 can participate in elections (whose regional branches are registered in at least half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation).

Parties represented in the State Duma and regional parliaments, as well as, for the first time, those who received 3% or more of the votes in the last Duma elections, are exempt from collecting voter signatures in support of their lists. Thus, 14 parties will receive benefits: United Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, A Just Russia, Yabloko, Patriots of Russia, Right Cause, PARNAS, Civic Platform, Communists of Russia, Russian Party Pensioners for Justice, Rodina, Civil Power and the Russian Environmental Party Greens. Everyone else needs to collect at least 200 thousand signatures in their support (at least 150 thousand in the 2011 elections), of which no more than 7 thousand in each subject of the Russian Federation.

A party that has registered its federal list can nominate candidates in single-member districts without collecting signatures. Others, as well as self-nominated candidates, must secure the support of at least 3% of voters in the corresponding district, and if the number of voters there does not exceed 100 thousand, at least 3 thousand signatures.

Compared to previous elections, the size of federal party lists has been reduced and should include from 200 to 400 candidates (previously - up to 600). Moreover, no more than half of it can be non-party members. The list is divided into a federal part of up to 10 people (this part may be missing) and into regional groups, the minimum number of which is 35 (previously 70). The same candidate can be nominated by a party both as part of a list and in a single-mandate electoral district.

Lowering the entry barrier

In 2016, the threshold for parties was reduced from 7% to 5% of the votes of voters who took part in the elections. Candidates in single-mandate constituencies need only obtain a simple majority of votes. The rule provided for in the 2011 elections that parties that received between 5% and 7% of the votes could also receive one or two seats in parliament has been eliminated.

New restrictions for candidates

At the 2016 State Duma elections, the so-called “criminal filter” will be used for deputy candidates for the first time. The applicant will have to provide information not only about the presence of an unexpunged or outstanding criminal record, but about all the ones he previously had.

It is prohibited for former convicts of serious or special offenses to run for office. serious crimes: the first - within 10 years from the date of serving the sentence, the second - within 15 years.

In addition, candidates are now required to report to the CEC information about their accounts, deposits, etc. abroad, and if registered, close them or transfer them to banks located in the Russian Federation.

Reduction of observers from parties

Compared to the 2011 campaign, the number of election observers will be reduced. According to amendments to the electoral legislation adopted on February 15, 2015, one or two observers from a party or candidate are allowed to be present at a polling station. At the same time, they are given the right to take photographs and videos in the voting premises, and observers can be removed from the polling station only by a court decision.

Previously, only media representatives were allowed to film, and the precinct commission had the right to remove them. According to the Central Election Commission, the voting process in 2011 was monitored by 269 thousand observers from Russian parties. Of these, 93 thousand - from United Russia, 70 thousand - from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, 50 thousand - from A Just Russia, 33.5 thousand - from the Liberal Democratic Party, 7 thousand - from Yabloko, 6 thousand each . - from “Right Cause” and “Patriots of Russia”.

Changes to deadlines for filing complaints

It will be possible to challenge the voting results in court within 10 days after the election commission makes a decision on the results, and to appeal the election results within up to three months. Previously, a year was allotted for filing such applications in court.

At the same time, citizens can appeal the decisions of the election commission only at the polling station where they voted.

Moscow, 09.18.2016

Russian President V. Putin and Russian Prime Minister, Chairman of the United Russia party D. Medvedev at the headquarters of the party that won the elections on the night after the vote

Press service of the Russian government/TASS

Constitutional majority

"United Russia" will receive 343 mandates (76.22% of seats) in the State Duma of the seventh convocation, in accordance with the preliminary election results, TASS reports with reference to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation receives 42 mandates (9.34% of seats), the Liberal Democratic Party - 39 mandates (8.67% of seats), A Just Russia - 23 mandates (5.11% of seats). Representatives of Rodina and the Civic Platform, as well as self-nominated Vladislav Reznik, elected in single-mandate constituencies, each receive one mandate. In most residential districts, United Russia or representatives of other parliamentary parties won.

After the four parliamentary parties of the new Duma, in fifth place according to the election results, TASS previously reported, are the Communists of Russia with 2.40% of the votes. Further votes between the parties were distributed as follows: Yabloko - 1.77%, Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice - 1.75%, Rodina - 1.42%, Growth Party - 1.11%, Greens - 0, 72%, "Parnas" - 0.68%, "Patriots of Russia" - 0.57%, "Civic Platform" - 0.22% of the votes, "Civil Force" - 0.13% of the votes.

By the end of the count, United Russia had greatly strengthened its position compared to midnight. Then, according to Exit-poll data provided by VTsIOM, United Russia gained 44.5%, the LDPR was in second place (15.3%), the Communist Party of the Russian Federation lagged behind (14.9%), A Just Russia had more than later (8. 1%). The turnout was about 40%, but then increased significantly: after processing 91.8% of the protocols, the turnout was 47.9%. Zyuganov’s words, said shortly after the vote count began, that “two thirds of the country did not come,” were not confirmed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived at the United Russia election headquarters at night.

“The result for United Russia is good,” said the Russian President. “We can say with confidence that the party achieved a good result - it won,” Putin said.

According to estimates by the head of VTsIOM Valery Fedorov, United Russia, taking into account single-mandate constituencies, can receive 300 mandates. "United Russia will have about 300 mandates, maybe even more. This is a constitutional majority. Some want 66%, some 75%, everyone has their own criteria for problems. I think that everything above 44% (according to party lists - ed.), this is definitely a very big success for United Russia. Let’s see whether our forecasts are confirmed or not,” Fedorov said on Life.

The forecast of more than 300 mandates is fully confirmed. Data on single-mandate constituencies at 9.30 am Moscow time were still incomplete, but already quite eloquent. United Russia continued to lead in 203 of the 206 single-mandate constituencies in which it nominated candidates, TASS reported.

The party, obviously, again has a constitutional majority, which United Russia did not have in the previous Duma. Let us remember that she was elected only from party lists (according to the 2004 legislation). “Candidates from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and A Just Russia win in seven districts each, five are retained by the LDPR. Leaders of Rodina Alexey Zhuravlev and Civic Platform Rifat Shaikhutdinov win in their districts.

A number of violations were recorded during the elections. The incident in the Rostov region was considered the most significant.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs confirms the facts of ballot stuffing at polling stations in the Rostov region, TASS reports.

As stated by First Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Alexander Gorovoy, facts of ballot stuffing at polling stations No. 1958 and No. 1749 have been documented.

Victory of strong statehood

But, according to political scientist Dmitry Orlov, administrative mobilization is becoming a thing of the past. United Russia was helped by the primary mobilization - the primary elections in the spring, and the thesis “together with the president.” A very significant factor in favor of United Russia was Putin’s meeting with its activists shortly before the elections and his statement that he created this party.

Although the company is described as boring, according to the political scientist, this is not the case thanks to the meaningful struggle in single-mandate constituencies, where many new faces with specific programs were nominated.

The LDPR responded to the social request better than the Right Russia, also drawing back the votes of the nationalists. Traditionally, in times of crisis and uncertainty, this party improves its results, noted Dmitry Orlov.

It is interesting to look at some of the estimates that analysts made for Expert Online shortly before the elections. Tatyana Mineeva, vice-president of Business Russia and a member of the federal political council of the Party of Growth, noted the “strong position of the LDPR”: “ Most of the population does not believe in reforms, and the Liberal Democrats do not propose them,” she stated. “A Just Russia,” the public figure noted, is falling because it has failed to present a coherent political program.

The forecast of the expert of the Public Duma center Alexei Onishchenko was that the votes in the elections will mostly remain with United Russia, since their voters are those people who are united by the idea of ​​​​a stable and strong state. “They are not for virtual democratic slogans, but for state guarantees. It is no coincidence that in the primary elections for “ United Russia 8.5 million people voted. This is a high figure,” he noted.

Advisor to the Chairman of the Presidium of the Association of Young Entrepreneurs of Russia Denis Rassomakhin expressed the opinion that the real things happening in the country are associated with the party in power against the backdrop of growing trust in state institutions, primarily in connection with the annexation of Crimea and anti-sanctions policies.

Indeed, it can be stated that the victory of United Russia, while maintaining the presence of noticeable socio-economic problems, ideologically represents the dominance of the idea of ​​a strong, robust, guaranteeing state. The party “does not succeed in everything,” as Putin noted, but it is strongly associated with this idea. The specter of the weakening and half-life of the state does not “warm” the Russian people at all, although for some of the intellectual elites it is alluring.

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