On March 18, the next, seventh in the history of our country, popular election of the head of state took place in Russia. Next major elections federal significance(unless, of course, during this time something extraordinary happens to the newly elected president and early re-elections are not necessary) there will have to be elections to the lower house of the Russian parliament - State Duma. Many people are already wondering when these elections will take place, so we are providing a brief summary of them. Elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation - in what year will the next elections to the Russian parliament take place, is it possible now to talk about the prospects of its composition.
How are elections to the State Duma held and when were the last elections held?
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 election. 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, the elected president 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, the Russian authorities spoke of their desire to move away from the provision 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 leads to excessive politicization of society and it would be better if these elections were spaced as far apart as possible in time relative to each other .
The last State Duma elections 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 Russian Federation will have to go through 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.
Parliament plays a significant role in the life of any state. Therefore, elections to the State Duma are of interest to both citizens of the Russian Federation and foreign observers. It is necessary that this process be legal, open, and legitimate. In previous years, there was a lot of criticism from outside. In their opinion, elections to the State Duma are being held with violations. Let's not delve into their argumentation, but analyze the order and system of the process in order to understand who is distorting the facts and trying to influence public opinion in their favor.
Appointment of elections
According to the basic law of the state, Duma deputies must serve for five years. At the end of this period, a new one is organized and approved by the Russian Federation. Elections must be announced between 110 and 90 days before the voting date. According to the Constitution, this is the first Sunday of the month after the expiration of the term of office of deputies.
In 2016, the procedure was revised at the insistence of the people's representatives themselves. It was decided to postpone the elections to a single voting day (September 18). This innovation was formalized by a special law, which was reviewed by the Constitutional Court. This body decided that a slight deviation from the basic law does not lead to serious violations. Subsequent elections will now be combined with a single voting day.
Election system
A person who goes to vote should know what exactly he has to decide. The fact is that the system itself was changing in Russia. Through trial and error we tried to find the best way. In 2016, elections to the State Duma will be held according to a mixed system. This means that half of the deputies will be determined by party lists, the second - personally in single-mandate constituencies.
That is, each voter will receive two ballots. In one, you will need to note the party that the person trusts, in the second, the personal candidate for deputy from the region. Let us note that this was the system in 1999, 2003 and earlier. The process is organized by the Central Election Commission. The commission controls the nomination of parties and candidates, their funds, campaign work and more. Any violations are recorded by this body. Legislatively based decisions are made on them.
Procedure for elections to the State Duma
Political struggle is replete with many nuances. The holding of elections to the State Duma is no exception. A special order is established by law, which cannot be violated. To take part in party elections you must:
- collect 200 thousand signatures, no more than 10 thousand in one subject of the Russian Federation;
- send the list to the CEC for verification;
- get an answer;
- if it turns out to be positive, the election campaign can begin.
The listed points have their own subtleties. Thus, signatures will be seriously checked for authenticity. To be on the safe side, the party has the right to enlist support more citizens than necessary. But their number should not exceed the legally established 200 thousand by 5 percent. In addition, parties previously represented in parliament are exempt from the process of confirming popular support. They don't need to collect signatures. In 2016, this right will be used by:
- « United Russia»;
- LDPR;
- "A Just Russia";
- Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
There is a nuance associated with the regional reference of candidates from the party list. It should be divided into territorial groups. The successes of each are taken into account when distributing deputy mandates.
Vote
This is the most visible stage of the elections, besides campaigning. All citizens of the country who are already 18 years old on this day have the right to vote. In order to take part in the plebiscite, you must appear at a special polling station. You must have your passport with you. Having received your ballot, you need to go with it to a special booth. Voting is secret, that is, the citizen makes his choice personally without announcing it. On the ballot you should put any sign (a cross, a tick) opposite the party or candidate. Then it must be sent to a special sealed ballot box.
Elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation are organized by the Central Election Commission on the basis of legislation. The documents used for voting are printed centrally and distributed throughout the country, that is, they try to exclude any possibility of falsification. Polling stations are guarded around the clock for the same purpose. Only members of the commission have access to ballots. It should be noted that there is no turnout threshold set for the State Duma elections. They will be considered carried out during any activity of citizens.
Summing up
In such a huge country, the voting result by law must be announced within ten days. Therefore, the vote counting is divided into stages to facilitate this process. A number of election commissions are created in the state: precinct, territorial, constituent entities and the Central Election Commission. The counting proceeds in exactly this order.
Precinct officers sort through the ballots, draw up a protocol, and send it to the territorial ones. They, in turn, make a summary statement, checking the accuracy of the data (correctness of formatting). Territorial commissions send their own protocols to the relevant body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation. At this stage, the correctness of the paperwork and data collection are again checked. The final protocols are sent to the CEC. This body collects all information about the country and sums up the results.
Distribution of mandates
Since a mixed system is used, the results are summed up using a double method. In single-member constituencies, the person with the majority of votes wins. This candidate receives his mandate directly from the voters. Parties need to pass a barrier. In 2016 it was fixed at 5 percent. Those parties that receive fewer votes automatically drop out of the race. Mandates (225) are divided among those who reached the finals. The counting rules are such that the number of votes and the barrier are taken into account.
It is necessary that at least 60% of all citizens vote for parties, that is, in the aggregate, people’s preferences in relation to political organizations should be exactly this figure. If the leading forces as a whole gain less, then outsiders have the opportunity to join in the distribution of mandates. The commission adds parties that do not pass the threshold until it reaches the total 60% specified in the legislation. The Central Election Commission announces the winning political forces, which divide the mandates within their ranks taking into account the voting results in the regions.
Moscow. September 19. website - On Monday, the majority of votes were counted in the elections to the State Duma, local parliaments and heads of Russian regions, which were held throughout the country on Single 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, there will be no significant changes One should not expect results regarding the results already calculated.
Changes
The main feature of this year's elections was the return of the mixed voting system - out of 450 deputies of the State Duma of the seventh convocation, 225 people are elected according to party lists and the same number are elected 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", 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 voting leader, did not achieve as much high results. So, in the 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 threshold for entry into the State Duma from 7% to 5% did not help non-parliamentary parties pass 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 Tula region, based on the results of processing 100% of the protocols, he scored 84.17%, and the current head of the Republic of Tuva, Sholban Kara-ool, scored 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 the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra and in the 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-Balkaria - 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 fraud. “Several appeals were received from observers about their dismissal by the employer in connection with participation in 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 - stuffing of ballot papers by the secretary of the precinct election commission (PEC) in the Rostov region - has already led to an outbreak. 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.
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, "Civic 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 confidently say that the party has achieved good result“Won,” Putin said.
According to 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 First Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexander Gorovoy stated, 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 primary mobilization - 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-member 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”: “The majority 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 majority of votes in the elections will 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 8.5 million people voted for United Russia in the primary elections. 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 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 the anti-sanctions policy.
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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The State Duma adopted in the first reading the draft law on combining single voting day with federal parliamentary elections on the third Sunday in September starting in 2016. The initiative was submitted to the lower house in June by State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, as well as the leaders of three parliamentary factions Vladimir Vasilyev (United Russia), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR) and Sergei Mironov (A Just Russia).
As TASS notes, the document was proposed simultaneously with the initiative to postpone the Duma elections from December to the 3rd Sunday of September, which deputies adopted at the end of the spring session. "This bill combines small elections with large ones. This technical part", said one of its authors, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, presenting the initiative at the meeting.
Currently, a single voting day is held on the second Sunday of September. The project provides for the possibility of combining the next elections of deputies of the State Duma, which are to be held on the third Sunday of September, with a single voting day. Thus, a single voting day will take place in 2016 not on September 11, but on September 18, simultaneously with the federal parliamentary elections.
As Vladimir Pligin (United Russia), head of the State Duma's specialized committee on constitutional legislation and state-building, explained earlier, “we are currently talking about the fact that voting in the State Duma elections in 2016 will coincide with a single voting day.” “As for the single voting day outside the Duma campaigns, it remains on the second Sunday of September,” the parliamentarian added.
Wikipedia
Elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation VII convocation will take place throughout the entire Russian Federation 18 September 2016 at single voting day. .
The elections will be held on mixed electoral system: out of 450 deputies, 225 will be elected from party lists according to a single federal district (proportional system), and another 225 in single-mandate districts (majority system). To get into the Duma under the proportional system, parties need to overcome 5% barrier, and candidates in districts receive a simple majority of votes. Previously, a mixed system was used in elections, , and years.
As of July 1, 2015 in the Russian Federation (including Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol) 109,902,583 voters were registered, and taking into account those registered outside the Russian Federation and in the city of Baikonur - 111,782,877 voters. The elections will be recognized as valid with any turnout, since the turnout threshold has not been established.
Election date
Beginning in the spring of 2015, deputies of the State Duma of the VI convocation considered the issue of postponing the elections from December 4, 2016 to earlier date. Among possible dates early elections were called the second and third Sundays of September, as well as October 2016. According to many opposition politicians, as well as political scientists and journalists, this initiative is explained by the desire of the Russian authorities to prevent the victory of the opposition not controlled by the Kremlin, in particular the party RPR-PARNAS. Experience of unified voting days, which in the Russian Federation have been held on the second Sunday of September since 2013, shows that at this time of year many voters simply do not physically reach polling stations, as they are on vacation dachas And those who get there prefer to make a choice in favor United Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Liberal Democratic Party or Just Russia, since most of the campaign period occurs during the summer holidays, when most voters have neither the time, nor the energy, nor the desire to learn anything about candidates and parties, and as a result they prefer to vote “the old fashioned way.” In turn, one of the supporters of this initiative, Chairman of the General Council of the United Russia party Sergey Neverov suggests that the authorities only want elections to take place before the State Duma adopts the budget for next year. For the second time, the State Duma will be elected for a period of five years. As in 1993-2003, elections will be held according to the mixed system: half of the deputies will be elected from party lists at a 5 percent barrier, and the other half - at single-mandate constituencies in one round.
Electoral legislation
According to the current legislation, elections to the State Duma are held according to a mixed system. This means that it will be possible to vote for both the party list and candidates in single-member districts. Exactly half of the State Duma's membership will be elected in single-mandate constituencies - 225 people.
A party list is allowed to distribute deputy seats if more than 5% of the voters who took part in the voting voted for it. Subsequently, parliamentary parties will be able to nominate their candidates in the Russian presidential elections without collecting signatures. At the same time, all parties that received at least 3% of the votes in the elections receive a number of state benefits and privileges: direct access to next elections to the State Duma and all elections to legislative (representative) bodies of state power in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, which will take place no later than the next elections to the State Duma; reimbursement of all expenses for the past elections and increased financial security for the entire period until the next elections. On December 5, 2014, State Duma deputy from LDPR Alexey Didenko introduced bill No. 670120-6 to reduce the entry barrier for political parties from 5 to 2.25%; there is 1 positive and 2 negative feedback regional parliaments. Parties that received at least 3% of the votes in the last Duma elections and those that are represented in at least one of the regional parliaments of the Russian Federation are directly allowed to participate in the elections. Today these include: United Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, A Just Russia, LDPR, Apple ; Patriots of Russia, Right Cause, RPR-PARNAS, Civic Platform, Communists of Russia, Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice, Motherland, Civil Power and Greens. The liberal parties promised to organize a coalition and are moving towards this. Open Russia, Progress Party, RPR-PARNAS, Libertarian Party of Russia and a number of other parties confirmed this.
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Who is not left with us? The only organization left is the Yabloko party, which has not yet come to our coordination meetings and consultations. But they told us that, apparently, in the future they, too, might join. We don't close the door to them. Those organizations that realize the immediate need to consolidate and transform themselves from the “fifth column” into the first column, into an alternative to power - they are all about the solution accepted. At our conference April 18 all representatives of these organizations were there, and they made corresponding statements, and they were already transferred to me papers about this signed by them. We are therefore very pleased with how our work over the past month has gone in consulting and developing single platform. - Mikhail Kasyanov. |
Hardly anyone knows what will happen by September 18, 2016.
Scheme of single-member constituencies V
The Central Election Commission divided the entire territory of the Russian Federation into 225 electoral districts, taking into account the borders of the constituent entities of the federation. At least one district is formed on the territory of each subject. To divide the districts, a unified norm of representation (UNR) was calculated: the number of all voters as of the summer of 2015 was 109,902,583, divided by 225 Duma mandates and received the number 488,455. Then the number of voters in each region of the country was divided by the norm of representation. The resulting number is the number of mandates that the subject of the federation receives.
September 2, 2015 The Central Election Commission has announced the division of single-mandate constituencies. The most districts received were Moscow (15), Moscow region (11), St. Petersburg and Krasnodar region(8 each). In the annexed Crimea, 4 single-mandate constituencies will be created: 1 in Sevastopol and 3 in the Republic of Crimea. In 32 subjects - one district, in 26 subjects - two districts, in 6 subjects - three districts, in 10 subjects - four districts, in three subjects - 5 districts, in two subjects - 6 districts, and in two subjects - 7 districts each, two more - 8 districts each. The electoral district on the territory of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug turned out to be the smallest - about 33 thousand people. The most populous district was in the Astrakhan region - 747 thousand.
The State Duma must approve the project for dividing districts until December 5, 2015.
Sociology
Fill gray means the party has overcome the five percent threshold required to obtain seats in the State Duma.
| Survey | Date | United | Communist Party of the Russian Federation | LDPR | Party progress |
Civil platform |
Fair | Apple | Other/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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VTsIOM |
2015 |
58,8 | 6,4 | 5,1 | - | - | 3,9 | - | 1,8 |
| VTsIOM |
2015 |
58,4 | 5,9 | 7,0 | - | - | 5,4 | - | 1,5 |
| VTsIOM |
2015 |
57,9 | 6,3 | 4,8 | - | - | 3,9 | - | 1,7 |
| VTsIOM | July 26 | 56,4 | 6,6 | 5,6 | - | - | 3,3 | - | 2,7 |
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Levada- center |
April 2015 |
63 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | <1 | 5 |
|
Levada- center |
March 2015 |
69 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | <1 | 5 |
|
Levada- center |
February 2015 |
68 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | <1 | 2 |
|
Levada Center |
January 2015 |
66 | 10 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
