By-elections to the 7th Russian State Duma

By-elections to the 7th Russian State Duma were held to fill vacancies in the State Duma between the 2016 election and the 2021 election.

According to article 97 of the Federal Law "On elections of deputies of the State Duma", by-elections are appointed on the second Sunday of September (single voting day), but not less than 85 days before the day of voting. This means that if a vacant seat occurs before a single voting day, but less than 85 days before it, the election will be scheduled for next year. Also, by-elections are not appointed and are not held if, as a result of these elections, a Deputy cannot be elected for a term of more than one year before the end of the constitutional term for which the State Duma was elected.

The first by-elections were held on 10 September 2017, in two constituencies. The last by-elections were held on 13 September 2020, in four constituencies.

Overview

10 September 2017

Kingisepp

The seat from the Kingisepp constituency became vacant after the resignation of the Deputy Sergey Naryshkin, 5 October 2016. Naryshkin resigned in order to take up the post of head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service.

Bryansk

The seat from the Bryansk constituency became vacant after the resignation of the Deputy Vladimir Zhutenkov, 10 June 2017.

9 September 2018

Saratov

On 17 June 2017, Deputy Oleg Grishchenko, who was elected from the Saratov constituency, died. A by-election will be held after the 2017 single voting day on 10 September 2017. A by-election must be scheduled for any Sunday within a year of the date the seat is officially vacated, and must be announced no later than 85 days before the next single day of voting. United Russia did not file a candidate in the Saratov constituency, in exchange CPRF did not participate in the simultaneous by-election in the Balashov constituency. On 9 September 2018 former Communist State Duma member Olga Alimova won the by-election with 45.35% of the vote.

Registered candidates

Olga Alimova (CPRF), Vice Chairman of the Saratov Oblast Duma, former Member of the State Duma (2011-2016) Svetlana Berezina (A Just Russia), head of "Centre for Protection of Citizens' Rights" foundation office in Saratov Aleksandr Grishantsov (Communists of Russia), first secretary of Communists of Russia regional office Aleksandr Kargopolov (RPPSS), software engineer at Saratov Interregional Veterinary Laboratory Dmitry Pyanykh (LDPR), Member of the Saratov Oblast Duma Ksenia Sverdlova (Yabloko), head of communications at Fund for Support of Innovative Education

Declined

Igor Morozov (United Russia), director of Saratov Oblast Basic Medical College (won the primaries but was not nominated)

Results

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! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% |- |style="background-color: " | |align=left|Olga Alimova |align=left|Communist Party |35,400 |45.35% |- |style="background-color: " | |align=left|Dmitry Pyanykh |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party |12,499 |16.01% |- |style="background-color: " | |align=left|Svetlana Berezina |align=left|A Just Russia |10,101 |12.94% |- |style="background-color: " | |align=left|Aleksandr Kargopolov |align=left|Party of Pensioners |7,934 |10.16% |- |style="background-color: " | |align=left|Aleksandr Grishantsov |align=left|Communists of Russia |5,310 |6.80% |- |style="background-color: " | |align=left|Ksenia Sverdlova |align=left|Yabloko |4,110 |5.27% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 78,056 | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source: | |}

Zavolzhsky

On 3 October 2017, Vladimir Vasilyev, who was elected from the Zavolzhsky constituency was appointed Acting Head of Dagestan. The by-election was won by billionaire and deputy general director of missile production factory "Sapfir" Sergey Veremeenko.