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.
Among other trends is 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 reducing the number of violations during voting.
The final results of the elections to the State Duma of the seventh convocation will be summed up on Friday, September 23, but, according to the Central Election Commission, no significant changes should be expected regarding the already calculated results.
Changes
The main feature of this year's elections was the return 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 leader of the vote, did not achieve such high results. So, in Chelyabinsk region they voted for her, and in Moscow -.
Thus, United Russia can already count on a constitutional majority in the State Duma (more than two-thirds of the seats), which will allow the party to adopt amendments to the Constitution (with the exception of a few chapters), as well as override the presidential veto.
The second party in terms of the number of mandates, according to preliminary data, turns out to be the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. According to party lists, she receives 13.45% of the votes - that is, 35 mandates; in single-mandate constituencies - seven mandates. The LDPR follows with a small margin - for it there is one federal district 13.24% voted, which corresponds to 34 mandates; according to single-member lists, this party receives five mandates. "A Just Russia" received 6.17% of the votes on party lists, and received seven seats in parliament on single-mandate lists.
The majority of the lower house of the Russian parliament will remain largely four-party, and even lowering the barrier to entry into the State Duma from 7% to 5% did not help non-parliamentary parties qualify on all-party lists. Only Rodina and Civic Platform will be able to get one seat each in the lower house, since two of their candidates were able to win in their single-mandate constituencies. In addition, one self-nominated candidate will join the State Duma - 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 Ulyanovsk region- Acting Governor Sergei Morozov, nominated by United Russia, based on the results of processing 82% of the protocols of election commissions, received 53.91% of the votes. Acting Governor of the Tver Region Igor Rudenya was also a leader in his region.
Elections to regional authorities
In 39 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, elections to regional parliaments were held, in particular, in Adygea, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Karelia, Mordovia, Chechnya, Chuvashia, in the Altai, Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Primorsky and Stavropol territories; in the Amur, Astrakhan, Vologda, Kaliningrad, Kirov, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Omsk, Orenburg, Oryol, Pskov, Samara, Sverdlovsk, Tambov, Tver, Tomsk and Tyumen regions; in St. Petersburg, in the Jewish Autonomous Region, in Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug- Ugra and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
As part of the Single Voting Day, they also elected the head of the city of Kemerovo, deputies of municipal assemblies in the capitals of 11 regions - in Ufa, Nalchik, Petrozavodsk, Saransk, Grozny, Perm, Stavropol, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Saratov and Khanty-Mansiysk.
The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, said that they received a total of 16 seats in regional parliaments across the country. Thus, Patriots of Russia received four mandates, Yabloko - five, Party of Growth and Pensioners for Justice - three each, and Rodina - one.
Turnout by country
For Russians who find themselves outside their homeland during elections, polling stations are traditionally organized abroad. Nevertheless, the President of Ukraine ordered to inform Russia about the impossibility of holding elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation on Ukrainian territory. Kiev said it could change its position if Moscow refuses to hold elections in Crimea, which Ukraine considers occupied territory. Nevertheless, Russians were able to vote at the embassy in Kyiv and the consulate general in Odessa, but the process of expressing their will was accompanied by unrest. There were no violations of law and order in Lvov and Kharkov. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called not to recognize the results of the State Duma elections in terms of voting in Crimea.
At about 10 a.m., the head of the Central Election Commission, Pamfilova, announced the turnout for the current elections as 47.81%. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that it cannot be called low, and added that it turned out to be “higher than the overwhelming majority of European countries" and "does not affect the election results themselves, or 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 requests have been received from observers about their dismissal by the employer in connection with participation in the election campaign. This needs to be taken under special control - the prosecutor’s office will definitely not be left without work,” she said.
One of these violations - 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.
September 18, 2016 at Russian Federation One of the largest election campaigns will take place. Russians will have to elect 450 deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, with half running in single-mandate constituencies and the other half on party lists. In addition, members of 39 regional parliaments will be elected, and direct elections of governors will be held in seven regions, and local parliaments will elect regional heads in two more.
Elections to the parliaments of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation will be held in 39 regions:
Republic of Adygea - elections in State Council-Khase of the Republic of Adygea.
Republic of Dagestan - elections to the People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan.
Republic of Ingushetia - elections to the People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia.
Republic of Karelia - elections in Legislative Assembly Republic of Karelia.
Republic of Mordovia - elections to the State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia.
Chechen Republic - elections to the parliament of the Chechen Republic.
Chuvash Republic - elections to the State Council of the Chuvash Republic.
Altai Territory - elections to the Altai Regional Legislative Assembly.
Kamchatka Territory - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Kamchatka Territory.
Krasnoyarsk Territory - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
Perm Territory - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Territory.
Primorsky Territory - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory.
Stavropol Territory - elections to the Duma of the Stavropol Territory.
Amur Region - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Amur Region.
Astrakhan region - elections to the Duma of the Astrakhan region.
Vologda region - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Vologda region.
Kaliningrad region - elections to the Kaliningrad Regional Duma.
Kirov region - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Kirov region.
Kursk region - elections to the Kursk Regional Duma.
Leningrad Region - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region.
Lipetsk region - elections to the Lipetsk Regional Council of Deputies.
Moscow region - elections to the Moscow Regional Duma.
Murmansk region - elections to the Murmansk Regional Duma.
Nizhny Novgorod region - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Novgorod region - elections to the Novgorod Regional Duma.
Omsk region - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Omsk region.
Orenburg region - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Orenburg region.
Oryol region - elections to the Oryol Regional Council of People's Deputies.
Pskov region - elections to the Pskov regional assembly of deputies.
Samara region - elections to the Samara Provincial Duma.
Sverdlovsk region - elections to the Legislative Assembly Sverdlovsk region.
Tambov region - elections to the Tambov Regional Duma.
Tver region - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Tver region.
Tomsk region - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Tomsk region.
Tyumen region - elections to the Tyumen Regional Duma.
St. Petersburg - elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.
Jewish Autonomous Region - elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Jewish Autonomous Region.
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra - elections to the Duma of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra.
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - elections to the Duma of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
Direct election of governors
Direct elections of governors will be held in seven constituent entities of the Russian Federation: the Komi Republic, Tula Region, Trans-Baikal Territory, Tver Region, Chechen Republic, Ulyanovsk region and the Republic of Tyva. In two of them - the Komi Republic and the Trans-Baikal Territory - the gubernatorial elections will be early.
Komi Republic
The previous head of the region, Vyacheslav Gaizer, was dismissed at the end of September 2015 due to a loss of confidence after a corruption scandal broke out. Now the acting head of the republic is Sergei Gaplikov.
Candidates: Sergei Gaplikov, acting head of the Komi Republic (United Russia), Andrei Pyatakov (Patriots of Russia).
Waiting for registration are Leonid Musinov (Communist Party of the Russian Federation), Vyacheslav Popov (A Just Russia), Ivan Filipchenko (LDPR).
Transbaikal region
The previous governor, Konstantin Ilkovsky, resigned early in February 2016 after the failure of the program for resettlement from emergency housing.
Candidates: Natalya Zhdanova (United Russia), acting head of the Trans-Baikal Territory Nikolai Merzlikin (Communist Party of the Russian Federation), ran for the post of head of the region in 2013.
Governor elections in the remaining five regions
Tula region
Governor Vladimir Gruzdev, elected in 2011, retired early in February 2016, and Alexey Dyumin was appointed acting governor.
Candidates: Alexey Dyumin (self-nominated with the support of United Russia and the LDPR), Oleg Veselov (Communists of Russia), Oleg Lebedev (Communist Party of the Russian Federation), Nikolay Ogoltsov (Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice, RPPS).
Tver region
Governor Andrei Shevelev, whose term expired in July 2016, resigned early in March 2016. Igor Rudenya was appointed interim.
Candidates: Igor Rudenya (United Russia), Ilya Kleimenov (Communists of Russia), Anton Morozov (LDPR).
Chechen Republic
The current head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, resigned in March 2016. Since March he has been acting head of the republic.
Candidates: Ramzan Kadyrov (United Russia), acting head of the republic; Gairsolt Bataev (Communist Party of the Russian Federation); Sultan Denilkhanov (“A Just Russia”); Idris Usmanov (Growth Party).
Ulyanovsk region
In April 2016, the term of office of Governor Sergei Morozov expired, after which he was appointed acting governor of the region by presidential decree.
Candidates for the post of governor of the Ulyanovsk region: Maxim Suraikin (“Communists of Russia”), Oleg Goryachev (“Yabloko”), Oleg Kalmykov (“A Just Russia”), Alexey Kurinny (Communist Party of the Russian Federation), Lev Levitas (ecological party “Greens”), Sergei Morozov (United Russia), acting governor.
Tyva Republic
The head of the Republic of Tyva, Sholban Kara-ool, whose term expired in May 2017, resigned at the end of May 2016 in order to be re-elected to the post during elections on a single voting day.
Candidates: Bichi-ool Valery Kyzyl-oolovich (“A Just Russia”), Irgit Davaa-Tserin Alekseevich (“Patriots”), Kara-ool Sholban Valerievich (“United Russia”), Ondar Vyacheslav Suder-oolovich (Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice ), Salchak Sergey See-Syuryunovich (Communist Party of the Russian Federation), Frent Igor Alekseevich (LDPR), Khemer-ool Vladimir Dumatovich (“Democratic Legal Russia”).
According to the law, the subjects of the Russian Federation have the right to independently establish the procedure for electing their heads - they can be elected as general elections, and the regional parliament. In the latter case, parliamentarians consider candidates submitted by the President of Russia. The decision on the procedure for holding elections of regional heads is made by local parliamentarians. In particular, in 2016 the heads of North Ossetia and Karachay-Cherkessia will be elected in this way.
Republic of North Ossetia
The head of the republic, Tamerlan Aguzarov, appointed in 2015, died suddenly in February 2016. Since February 2016, Vyacheslav Bitarov has been appointed acting.
The most likely candidates for the post are the secretary of the Public Chamber of the Republic Elbrus Bokoev and the leader of the Communist Party faction in the regional parliament Elena Knyazeva, as well as the acting head of the republic Vyacheslav Bitarov (United Russia) - Izvestia previously wrote about this.
Karachay–Cherkess Republic
The head of the republic, Rashid Temrezov, resigned at the end of February 2016 and since then has been the acting head of Karachay-Cherkessia.
The candidacies submitted by the president will be considered by the People's Assembly of the Republic on September 18, 2016.
Elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation
The main event of the single voting day 2016 will be the elections to the State Duma of Russia. This year, 450 people will be elected to the State Duma, half of whom will run in elections from individual parties on the so-called party lists, another 225 people will run in single-mandate constituencies. This means that in each district only one deputy mandate will be played and, accordingly, only one representative of the district will get into parliament. Victory in the district will go to the candidate who receives the largest number of votes from voters, who will vote for a specific person, not a party.
This procedure was introduced for the first time since 2003. It is expected that it will give the most outstanding candidates who are popular in their constituencies a chance to get into the State Duma.
In order to evenly distribute the number of voters per deputy mandate, the Central Election Commission divided the entire country into districts based on approximately the same number of residents - about 490 thousand people per district. The most districts received were Moscow (15), Moscow Region (11) and St. Petersburg (8). One district has been formed in 32 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
There are 14 parties on the party list ballot. On August 12, a draw took place, during which party representatives themselves (pulled balls from a lottery machine) determined the place of their political organization on the ballot.
Distribution of forces on the ballot for elections to the State Duma according to party lists
1. "Motherland".
2. “Communists of Russia.”
3. Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice.
4. "United Russia".
5. Green Party.
6. “Civic platform”.
8. People's Freedom Party (PARNAS).
9. Party of growth.
10. "Civil power."
11. "Apple".
13. “Patriots of Russia.”
14. “Fair Russia”.
September 18, 2016 in Russia is a single voting day. On this day Elections to the State Duma will be held in the Russian Federation according to new rules. Our national pastime, elections, is returning to Russia, albeit partially. Our favorite candidate is “against everyone”, elections to the State Duma in single-mandate constituencies, the entry barrier for political parties is being reduced from 7% to 5%, national primaries from the United Russia party and many more innovations. Eh, it’s not for nothing that people call our State Duma “the printer.” With each new election, so many incomprehensible things appear that as soon as potential candidates have time to figure it out, lo and behold, the elections have already passed! Let's try to tell it popularly about all the news on the 2016 elections. Suddenly, this is your chance, comrade new, young, smart, conscientious candidate! Or our common chance to understand: who are we choosing and how will this benefit us?
They say that in 2016, at the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, new candidates can also try their hand at. In any case, meeting with the Chamber of Young Legislators under the Russian Senate, Valentina Matvienko addressed young people with a populist appeal: “We need to update political elites. You have every chance, especially if you go to single-member constituencies." It sounds promising.
Definitely, in Russia, in order to become a State Duma deputy, it is still safer to be the son of Zhirinovsky or at least the son-in-law of some federal minister.
Is it worth trying without iron protection? Let's figure it out. Where to start if you decide to try to become a State Duma deputy? Let's start with the main thing. What is the State Duma of the Russian Federation and how to become a State Duma deputy if you really want to.
State Duma elections in 2016. What does a candidate need to know?
On September 18, 2016, elections of deputies to the State Duma will be held in Russia Federal Assembly Russian Federation 7th convocation. To begin with, it’s worth arming yourself with the simplest information about what the State Duma of the Russian Federation is and what it does?
The State Duma of the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly, the highest legislative body of power in Russia, the upper house is the Federation Council. In 2016, at the elections on September 18, the 7th convocation of the State Duma will be formed. The first convocation of the State Duma was formed together with the Federation Council on December 12, 1993 for a period of two years according to the transitional provisions of the then adopted Constitution of the Russian Federation. Further elections of deputies were held to the State Duma in 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011. The Duma of the first convocation was elected for 2 years, the Duma from the 2nd to 5th convocation was elected for four years. Then the legislation, as is customary here, was changed once again and the State Duma of the 6th convocation was elected for a term of 5 years. On September 18, 2016, new State Duma deputies will also be elected for 5 years under a mixed electoral system. Let's figure out what it is?
So, the State Duma of the Russian Federation consists of 450 deputies. Since 2016, the system of forming the State Duma simultaneously based on lists of political parties and as a result of elections in single-mandate constituencies has been returned. On September 18, 2016, voters will vote on two ballots: for a party list and for an individual candidate in a single-member district. Such a system was already in effect in Russia in 1993-2003, then it was abolished and the Duma twice, in 2007 and 2011, was elected only by party lists. In 2007 and 2011, all 450 State Duma deputies were determined by the results of voting for party lists, and the threshold for parties was 7% of the number of voters who voted.
Beginning since 2016, the mixed electoral system returns again. Half of the deputies will be elected from the lists of political parties. The party will receive the right to mandates only if at least 5% of the total number of voters vote for it in the elections on September 18.
The second half of the deputies - another 225 people will be elected in single-mandate constituencies in one round, this is the so-called majority system. To receive a mandate, a candidate in a single-mandate constituency must obtain a simple majority of votes. Whoever voted for the most is the deputy.
The elections will be recognized as valid with any turnout, since there is no turnout threshold. Even if a dozen voters come to the polls, the elections will be recognized as legal. But there is a small ambush - the candidate “against everyone”, once beloved by Russians, is returning to us. If the majority of voters vote “against all”, the elections will have to be held again.
Let's continue with the news. So, What new has appeared in the legislation on elections to the State Duma by 2016?
In the State Duma elections, single-member districts appeared again.
What does the “petal” model of forming single-member constituencies mean?
So, The Central Election Commission divided the country into 225 electoral districts, taking into account the boundaries of the regions. In every Russian region at least one district has been formed. To divide the districts, a single norm of representation (UPR) was calculated: the number of all Russians who have reached the voting age (we counted only 109,902,583 such citizens in the summer of 2015) was divided into 225 future mandates and the required number of voters for one district was obtained - this is 488 455 people. This means that basically there are just under half a million voters per mandate. But there are regions that will receive a mandate for their deputy even with fewer voters. An important innovation is that each region is guaranteed to get its own deputy, regardless of the number of voters living in it. Therefore, the number of voters per mandate in some regions is less than the standard of 488,455 people.
The result was: Moscow - 15 districts; Moscow region - 11 districts; St. Petersburg and Krasnodar Territory have 8 districts each. Crimea – 4 districts. The remaining 32 regions have one district each, 26 regions have two districts each, 6 regions have three districts each, 10 regions have four districts each, 3 regions have 5 districts each, 2 regions have 6 districts each, another 12 regions have 7 districts each, 2 - 8 districts each.
A very controversial principle of forming single-member constituencies was introduced - the “petal” model, in which in most regions the districts that previously existed under a mixed electoral system were torn apart. Big cities divided into parts, rural areas are annexed to each district. IN Perm region There were 4 such “petals”. This is what it looks like breakdown of single-mandate constituencies for the State Duma elections in 2016 in the Perm Territory:
In detail, the “Petal Cut” for the Perm Territory looks like this: three districts partially include Perm, and additional rural territories are attached to each district. In the fourth district, urban voters are Berezniki, Kudymkar and Solikamsk.
Previously, we recall that the Kama region was represented in the State Duma by five deputies.
Will a candidate “against everyone” take an active part in the 2016 elections?
Voting for a “candidate “against everyone” is primarily a protest vote; its level in Russia has always been quite high; in the fall of 2016, perhaps he would have been one of the most popular candidates. In any case, a survey by the Levada Center back in January 2014, before the collapse of the ruble and the deep economic crisis in the Russian Federation, showed that 74% of respondents supported the return of Mr. candidate “against everyone.” The voice of the people was allegedly heard and a corresponding law was adopted in May 2014. But we succeeded as always. There is a law, but there has never been a “candidate against everyone.”
Will the “against all” column be mandatory in elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation? Not yet, at least not in this election.
The regions themselves will decide whether to return this column to the ballot in municipal elections. In the Perm Territory, for example, in 2016, a candidate “against everyone” will not participate in municipal elections.
Against all candidates, or "Against all" candidate - usually this last item on the ballot attracts voters to the polls who want to protest the election. In the Russian Federation, voting “against all” was previously used since 1991, then it was abolished in 2006, and in May 2014 the State Duma returned the column “against all”, but not in elections to the State Duma.
By the way, this evil candidate has won elections in Russia more than once. For example, in the election of the head of the Kurganinsky district Krasnodar region On December 5, 2004, the maximum percentage of votes “against all” was registered - 65.55%!
United Russia will put all its candidates through the primaries.
What are primaries? And what is the procedure for holding primaries from United Russia on May 22, 2016.
A primary is a qualifying or primary election in which one candidate from a political party is selected. The purpose of the “primaries” is to select the best, strongest and most popular candidates from among the applicants to participate in the elections.
Secretary of the General Council of United Russia Sergei Neverov explained at the United Russia congress on February 5, 2016, how the primaries from United Russia will take place on May 22, 2016.
1. The primaries will be organized by party organizing committees. An organizing committee must be created in each region by February 10. If there are several levels of elections in the region, the committee will be single. Primaries will be held simultaneously for candidates at all levels of elections.
2. Those wishing to participate in the primaries will need to register as a participant. Almost any citizen of the Russian Federation who is not a member of other political parties and supports the policies of the United Russia party can be a participant in the primaries from United Russia. Registration of participants in the primaries will take place from April 15 to 21. The organizing committee will have to either register the participant or give a reasoned refusal within five days. Applications are accepted only from self-nominated candidates.
3. Governors were not recommended to participate. “There is no need for governors to take part in the primaries,” Neverov explained the fundamental question. - As a rule, they have support from above. When the governor appears, everything begins to discord. If such a decision is necessary, we will discuss it further."
4. Registered participants will campaign for voters as in elections. Everything is done in an adult way: participants will be required to approve all campaign materials with United Russia, even if they are not members of the party; During campaigning, extremism and monetary bribery are prohibited.
5. All participants in the primaries are required to participate in the debates. Everyone has at least two. Beginning From April 2 to May 15, debates of primary participants will be organized every weekend in the districts. There will be no “Day of Silence”; you can campaign until May 22.
6. On May 22, potential voters will be invited to vote in their constituency from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 20 thousand polling stations will be organized throughout the country. Special ballots with multiple enhanced protection will be produced. Ballots are planned to be sent to the regions by May 15. Each voter can only vote once.
7. Voting will be rating, that is, “A person can have several leaders. Therefore, the number of votes may be greater than the number of voters,” Neverov said, and this, the party functionary noted, is one of the most slippery places in the primaries, which can become the basis for fraud. Voting will be secret.
The winners of the primaries will have the opportunity to register for elections without collecting signatures from the United Russia party on party lists or in single-mandate constituencies.
How to become a deputy? What does it mean to vote on party lists?
In 2016, it became much more difficult to get into the State Duma using party lists.
So, in a single federal district, parties will nominate their lists of candidates, which will consist of one federal group of candidates (no more than 10 candidates), and several regional groups, at least 35 groups, the total number of candidates in the regional lists can be from 200 to 400 people .
The following parties have the right to nominate and register their candidates without collecting signatures: United Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, A Just Russia, LDPR, Rodina, Patriots of Russia, Communists of Russia, Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice, Greens, Civil Force, Right Cause, Civic Platform, Yabloko, PARNAS. The list is long enough, so there are enough candidates for everyone. But not everyone nominated by political parties without collecting signatures will receive mandates.
Most Right way to become a State Duma deputy means to be among the top three candidates from any “parliamentary” party: “United Russia”, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, LDPR, “A Just Russia”. It is expensive, but the guarantee is usually 100%. You can be in the top three federal list from the party that received last elections More than 3% of the votes in the State Duma belong to Yabloko. The chance is not 100%, but still there. You can nominate without signatures from a party that has sent its deputy to at least one regional legislative body - these are the parties “Patriots of Russia”, “Right Cause” and “Civic Platform”. You can get nominated, but you have less chance of getting a mandate.
It is worth noting that the return to elections of a mixed system and single-mandate constituencies has reduced the chances of many wishing to get into the Duma on the party lists of the parties listed above. Therefore, parties are already planning to “fool” their voters a little with party lists of candidates. Single-mandate candidates will also be included in the lists, which will increase their chances of getting a mandate and at the same time give the parties a chance to push through using the best personnel and “unqualified” candidates. As usual, the lists will be headed by the so-called “locomotives”, the most popular candidates, but it is not a fact that they will become deputies. It often happens that after elections, the first on the list refuse their mandates, and at the expense of these refuseniks, those individuals from the end of the list, who are known only to the authors of such lists and for whom no one would ever vote, enter the Duma.
In each single-mandate district, one party from the above list can nominate one candidate without collecting signatures.
New parties can also try to get their candidates into the State Duma. But it will be much more difficult for them. To register a party list, new parties will need to collect at least 200 thousand voter signatures, while different regions, in one region no more than 7 thousand signatures.
How can a self-nominated candidate register for the State Duma elections in 2016?
You can try the most hard way to become a State Duma deputy - register as a self-nominated candidate.
Who can become a candidate for State Duma deputy?
Yes, almost any citizen of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution. To do this, the candidate must be at least 21 years old; permanently reside in Russia and have Russian citizenship. There are also limitations. The following citizens cannot be candidates for State Duma deputies:
- those convicted of committing a serious or especially serious crime and having an unexpunged and unexpunged criminal record on voting day; for committing a serious crime, the criminal record of which has been removed or expunged within 10 years from the date of removal or expungement of the criminal record; those convicted of committing a particularly serious crime, whose criminal record has been removed or expunged within 15 years from the date of removal or expungement of the criminal record; those convicted of committing an extremist crime and having an unexpunged and unexpunged criminal record on voting day;
- citizens in respect of whom a court verdict depriving them of the right to hold public office for a certain period of time has entered into force.
Citizens, recognized by the court incompetent;
- those in prison by court verdict;
- citizens who have citizenship of another state or a residence permit in a foreign state.
The impostor, that is, the self-nominated candidate, will have to work hard and do a tremendous job: collect at least 3 percent of signatures from 498 thousand voters, which is almost 15,000 signatures. In a district with up to 100 thousand voters (there are such in sparsely populated remote regions), you will have to collect more than 3,000 signatures, this is already easier.
Election financing. Where can I get money?
Elections to the State Duma in 2016 will cost, according to preliminary estimates, about 14.3 billion rubles. Previously, elections were cheaper - in 2011, elections to the State Duma cost the budget 7.2 billion rubles. If we take into account inflation and the constant fall of the ruble, we can predict that the 2016 elections may become more expensive.
Political parties will spend huge sums on elections. Party funds are formed half from the party's own funds, and half from so-called voluntary donations. The party cannot officially spend more than 700 million rubles on elections, in some regions from 15 to 100 million rubles in each, depending on the number of voters.
Limit the fund of one candidate for State Duma deputy is no more than 15 million rubles- it's official. Well, naturally, they will spend more, using cash unaccounted for by election funds.
The 2016 elections are promised to be as open and transparent as possible.
Media representatives will have the opportunity to take photographs and make videos in the voting premises. Journalists will have the opportunity to receive certified copies of protocols with voting results.
Interestingly, due to innovations, elections may turn into a permanent folk entertainment. Costs for elections from the state budget may increase, since if a single-mandate deputy for any reason terminates the powers of the deputy, then repeat elections will need to be held in his constituency.
Anyway the 2016 elections promise to be interesting!
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V.V. Putin in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. All GdRF deputies at their workplaces:
V.V. There is no Putin in the State Duma of the Russian Federation.The State Duma of the Russian Federation is empty:
Deputies The State Duma of the Russian Federation lost their jobs with a “salary” of about half a million rubles a month and pensions of 75% of this “salary,” not to mention a lot of benefits - written and unwritten.
Now in Russia political life is in full swing - on September 18, 2016, voters across the country will choose power. On this day, elections of governors and local authorities will be held in many constituent entities of the Russian Federation, but the selection of representatives to the lower house of the Russian Parliament still attracts the most attention.
Regulations for holding elections to the State Duma
Initially, the 2016 elections were supposed to take place on December 4, but due to various reasons it was decided to postpone them to autumn 2016. As a result, the deputies of the 6th convocation determined the voting date to be September 18, 2016, and a corresponding law was adopted. And on June 17, 2016, by presidential decree, this issue was finally closed and the parties began to prepare to conduct the election campaign.
As the law of the Russian Federation states, elections to the State Duma are held according to a proportional-majority system. In practice, this means that it will be possible to vote both for the party list and for party representatives in single-member districts. As a result, half of the State Duma will be formed from single-mandate members, and the other half will be delegated by political associations. To get into the State Duma under the proportional system, parties will have to overcome the 5 percent barrier, when both candidates in the districts will have enough simple majority votes.
At the beginning of 2016, there were almost 110 million voters in the Russian Federation, and taking into account citizens living outside Russia, there were already almost 112 million. All of them, as the law says, have the right to come on September 18, 2016 and vote for one or another candidate or political party. Elections will take place regardless of the number of voters.
Represented parties in the State Duma elections
Immediately after the presidential decree calling elections for September 18, 2016, the period for nominating candidates began, both by parties and self-nominated candidates in single-mandate constituencies. The law allocated 25 days for this procedure. And on July 13, voters found out who was among the candidates from party representatives and single-mandate constituencies in the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
In addition to 4 parliamentary parties - United Russia, A Just Russia, LDPR and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the electoral list included 11 more parties and movements.
The list of parties competing for votes is quite extensive. There are both patriotic and liberal movements here and, of course, centrist associations. From August 20 to September 16, there was official campaigning for certain parties and candidates in almost all media. Of course, the most “delicious” in this sense were the debates on television. In them, representatives of all parties defended their positions in heated debates, sometimes even going beyond the generally accepted rules.
Voter preferences and their breakdown by region
The election campaign for the State Duma elections is already nearing its end and it is already possible to make some predictions regarding their results. Judging by sociological polls, only 4 parliamentary parties will enter the State Duma of the 7th convocation. Debates and work on the ground have not changed anything in this sense. However, the picture on the ground is also very interesting. 
Sociologists, and just people who follow elections, are beginning to look most closely at the following regions:
- Moscow,
- Saint Petersburg,
- Yaroslavl region,
- Rostov region,
- Sverdlovsk and Novosibirsk regions,
- as well as the Primorsky Territory and the Republic of Bashkortostan.
According to tradition in St. Petersburg political life during the election campaign was especially hot. Previously, the city on the Neva was considered the main liberal outpost of the country, but now, judging by polls, support for liberal parties - Yabloko and the Party of Growth - balances here at 5 percent. Things are better in St. Petersburg than in the country as a whole in fair Russia - their electoral support here is 13-15 percent. Sociologists attribute this to the fact that the party managed to include many respected people in the city on its electoral list. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia in St. Petersburg are projected to receive a slightly lower percentage of votes compared to the total in the country - 12 and 9 percent.
United Russia rating on this moment in St. Petersburg it is 43 percent, but it could increase thanks to the votes of undecided citizens. They vote in St. Petersburg for representatives of United Russia, because this is the party of the president and for the continuation of stability. Other parties and political associations They gain percentages in St. Petersburg in the range of statistical error.
As in the whole country, Moscow and the region are forecast to give preference to United Russia; the election list of the party in power and the president can gain up to 50 percent of the votes in the capital. A specific difference between the elections to the State Duma in Moscow is that the Yabloko party may take second place here. Some sociologists predict that representatives of this association may gain 15 percent. Growth parties and pensioners can also cross the 5 percent barrier. According to sociological polls, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, and Fair Russia will receive 14, 9 and 11 percent of the votes in the capital, respectively.
The Sverdlovsk region is also one of the significant regions where the elections on September 18, 2016 will be watched especially closely. Here the mood of the people practically coincides with the general preferences in the country. Most likely, representatives of a fair Russia will get a little more, who can count up to 15 percent. The range of support for the president's party (United Russia) is 45-50 percent.
The Sverdlovsk region will give approximately 10 percent each to candidates for deputies from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party. Of the non-parliamentary opposition, only the Yabloko party can take the 5 percent barrier here, but only if it consolidates all its resources.
In Bashkortostan, the United Russia rating is traditionally higher than in the country as a whole. The president's party in this region can count on 65 percent of the vote. Judging by sociological surveys, representatives of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and A Just Russia will gain quite a lot - up to 14 percent. But the LDPR rating in Bashkortostan is traditionally not high - the party is unlikely to cross the 5 percent threshold. But in the republic, candidates from the Rodina and Green parties will perform stronger in the elections to the State Duma than in the country as a whole.
In the Primorsky Territory, as well as in the whole Far East United Russia's rating is about 45 percent. The LDPR and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in these regions traditionally have big number supporters - 20 percent. But the rating of the “Fair Russians” is very low, many attribute this to the low activity of this party. Other political associations are likely to get less than 3 percent of the votes, due to poor work with the local population.
Where can I get absentee ballots? Who can vote on them?
Provided that a person cannot vote on September 18, 2016 at his polling station, the law allows him to cast his vote in any other place in the Russian Federation. To do this, the voter must come to your polling station in advance and fill out a form in which you indicate why you will be absent on election day. After which he is given an absentee ballot.
You must have your passport with you at this moment. The law also allows a trusted person to do this. The minimum period for a voter to be able to issue an absentee ballot is 15 days before the day of elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, so you should make arrangements in advance so that the voter is included in the list so that he can vote in another subject of the Russian Federation.
Elections online. Where and how to watch online?
As everyone remembers, bring to online broadcast was the president's initiative before the previous elections. And although the law does not require this, in many regions and in these State Duma elections you can watch online what is happening at polling stations. It is known that local and regional websites, as well as the federal website webvyboryedg.ru, will cover the elections to the State Duma. The site will apparently begin to function on September 18, 2016. True, you can already make suggestions and wishes regarding his work.
Results of the State Duma elections
After the very western point Russia - Kaliningrad, the process of voting for candidates for deputies will end and the process of summing up the results of the State Duma elections will begin. Viewers can online mode monitor how the percentage of votes cast for one or another changes online via the Internet or via television. At this time, the Central Election Commission will process data from precinct commissions and immediately post it on the official website of the CEC. The preliminary election results will be known the next day. However, the final summing up may take until September 22, 2016. The new convocation of the lower house of parliament is scheduled to meet from October 3 to October 7, 2016.
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 most bright moments election campaign: some sang, some recalled Hollywood films, some 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 President of Russia summed up the results of the voting, speaking at the headquarters of United Russia.
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%. Last place Currently occupied by “Civil Force” is 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 of Ukrainian nationalists to prevent Russians from voting in the 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 central Russia except for the 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 revealed 16 cases of issuing two ballots to people voting according to absentee ballots. 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 airbase. 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 monitoring elections in Moscow, Alexey Venediktov, asks to cancel the results municipal elections at one of the sites in the Shchukino area 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 Election Commission of the Sverdlovsk Region Valery Chainikov said that administrative liability awaits Pokémon catchers at polling stations.
"Trying to catch a Pokemon is a violation public order, obstruction of 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 as saying. law enforcement agencies areas.
16:51 Ukrainian law enforcement officers drew up protocols on administrative offenses in relation to 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 for special assignments 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 at 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 elections to the Russian State Duma 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 was holding on a leash big dog 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 Verkhovna Rada deputy 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 policy 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.
