By-elections to the 7th Moscow City Duma
By-elections to the 7th Moscow City Duma are held to fill vacancies in the Russian regional parliament between the 2019 election and the .
According to article 82 of the Moscow Electoral Code, by-elections are appointed by the Moscow Electoral Commission. 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 Moscow City Duma was elected.[1] The Federal Law establishes the second Sunday of September (single voting day) as the date for any regional election, including by-elections.
The first by-elections were held on 17–19 September 2021, in two constituencies.
Candidates endorsed by Aleksey Navalny's Smart Voting are marked with a (*) in the list below.
Overview[]
| Constituency | Date | Former MP | Party | Cause | Winner | Party | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| №37 | 2021 | Nikolay Gubenko | Communist Party | Death[2] | Vladimir Ryzhkov[3] | Yabloko | No | ||
| №19 | 2021 | Oleg Sheremetyev | Communist Party | Conviction[4] | Yelena Kats[3] | United Russia | No | ||
2021 by-election in Constituency №37[]
On 16 August 2020 incumbent Deputy and Vice Speaker of the Moscow City Duma Nikolay Gubenko (CPRF) died from heart failure after struggling with illness.[5] Gubenko served in the City Duma since 2005, previously he was a State Duma member (1995-2003) and last Soviet Minister of Culture (1989-1991). In 2019 Nikolay Gubenko was elected in a landslide with 61.65% of the vote with the support from both Aleksey Navalny's Smart Voting and the Government of Moscow.[6]
Constituency №37 is located in South-Western Moscow and includes Akademichesky District, Gagarinsky District, Lomonosovsky District and parts of Prospekt Vernadskogo.
Registered candidates[]
- Leonid Afanasyev (Communists of Russia), economist at CJSC "Stroyavtomatika"
- Darya Bagina (CPRF), first secretary of LKSM Moscow city committee
- Aleksandr Bely (Independent), mass entertainments director at the Centre of Sport and Education "Sambo-70"
- Maksim Chirkov (SR-ZP), professor of economics at Moscow State University, former Member of Gagarinsky District Assembly of Deputies (2004-2017)
- Yury Dmitriev (New People), political consultant, former Member of Serpukhov Council of Deputies (2005-2010)
- Roman Khudyakov (Independent), former Member of State Duma (2012-2016)
- Yury Maksimov (LDPR), professor of economics at Moscow State University
- Yekaterina Razzakova (United Russia), community activist, chief accountant at JSC "Il' De Bote"
- Vladimir Ryzhkov (Yabloko), former Member of State Duma (1993-2007)[7]
Failed to qualify[]
- Yelena Rusakova (Independent), Head of Gagarinsky District, 2018 mayoral candidate in Yabloko primary
- Grigory Tolkachev (Independent), Member of Gagarinsky District Assembly of Deputies[7]
Withdrew[]
- Danil Degtyarev (Independent), individual entrepreneur
- Iosif Dzhagaev (Independent), aide to chairman of Civic Initiative North Ossetia regional office
- Aleksandr Mayshev (Independent), individual entrepreneur
- Aleksandr Meshcheryakov (Independent), homemaker
- Igor Semenovsky (Independent), aide to State Duma member
- Ilya Yashin (Independent), Head of Krasnoselsky District, 2018 mayoral candidate[7]
Results[]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Ryzhkov | Yabloko | 16,623 | 21.05% | |
| Darya Bagina* | Communist Party | 15,658 | 19.83% | |
| Yekaterina Razzakova | United Russia | 12,822 | 16.24% | |
| Maksim Chirkov | A Just Russia — For Truth | 9,274 | 11.75% | |
| Yury Maksimov | Liberal Democratic Party | 5,553 | 7.03% | |
| Yury Dmitriev | New People | 5,200 | 6.59% | |
| Roman Khudyakov | Independent | 4,580 | 5.80% | |
| Aleksandr Bely | Independent | 4,561 | 5.78% | |
| Leonid Afanasyev | Communists of Russia | 2,849 | 3.61% | |
| Total | 78,958 | 100% | ||
| Source:[8] | ||||
2021 by-election in Constituency №19[]
In August 2020 incumbent Deputy Oleg Sheremetyev (CPRF) was arrested on charges of fraud, he allegedly claimed for personal uses money intended for his aide.[9] In October 2020 Shermetyev was found guilty and sentenced for 4 years probation, his status of Moscow City Duma deputy as the result was suspended.[10] Oleg Sheremetyev won in 2019 with 42.11% of the vote, defeating Deputy Irina Nazarova (My Moscow) from the Constituency №18 with the support of Smart Voting.
Constituency №19 is located in Eastern Moscow and includes Novogireyevo, parts of Ivanovskoye and Veshnyaki.
Registered candidates[]
- Vadim Aleksandrov (ZA!), unemployed
- Mikhail Butrimov (Independent), former chairman of Russian All-People's Union regional office (2019-2021)
- Georgy Fedorov (SR-ZP), former Member of Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (2011-2016)
- Pyotr Karmanov (Independent), aide to Moscow City Duma member Darya Besedina
- Yelena Kats (United Russia), chief doctor of Children's City Polyclinic №7, Member of Veshnyaki Council of Deputies
- Andrey Lapin (RPPSS), professor of public administration at Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
- Maksim Lapshin (CPRF), foreman of construction and assembly department 1 at LLP "Engineering company MRES"
- Sergey Medvedev (Independent), technician at LLP "Promstart"
- Mikhail Monakhov (LDPR), coordinator of the LDPR Moscow city office, aide to Senator of Vladimir Oblast
- Mikhail Ochkin (Independent), anticorruption activist, perennial candidate
- Ilya Ostrovsky (New People), aide to chairman of "People Against Corruption" political party
- Vladislav Romashko (Independent), unemployed
- Nikolay Sheremetyev (Communists of Russia), general director of LLP "ListRezerv"[7]
Withdrew[]
- Antonina Smirnova (Independent), pensioner[7]
Results[]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yelena Kats | United Russia | 24,407 | 33.95% | |
| Pyotr Karmanov | Independent | 14,662 | 20.40% | |
| Maksim Lapshin* | Communist Party | 6,900 | 9.60% | |
| Georgy Fedorov | A Just Russia — For Truth | 5,595 | 7.78% | |
| Andrey Lapin | Party of Pensioners | 4,144 | 5.76% | |
| Nikolay Sheremetyev | Communists of Russia | 3,696 | 5.14% | |
| Mikhail Butrimov | Independent | 2,589 | 3.60% | |
| Mikhail Monakhov | Liberal Democratic Party | 2,571 | 3.58% | |
| Ilya Ostrovsky | New People | 2,273 | 3.16% | |
| Vadim Aleksandrov | Green Alternative | 1,455 | 2.02% | |
| Sergey Medvedev | Independent | 1,229 | 1.71% | |
| Vladislav Romashko | Independent | 287 | 0.40% | |
| Mikhail Ochkin | Independent | 285 | 0.40% | |
| Total | 71,885 | 100% | ||
| Source:[11] | ||||
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