Moscow City Duma

Coordinates: 55°45′52″N 37°37′02″E / 55.764503°N 37.61722°E / 55.764503; 37.61722

Moscow City Duma Московская городская дума
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1993
Preceded by	Mossoviet
Leadership
Chairman	Aleksei Shaposhnikov, United Russia
Structure
Seats	45
Political groups	Government (25)   United Russia (19)   "My Moscow" (5)   Independent (1) Opposition (20)   Communist Party (9)   Yabloko (4)   A Just Russia (3)   Independent (2)   Vacant (2)[1]
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Plurality voting
Last election	8 September 2019
Meeting place
Website
duma.mos.ru/en

The Moscow City Duma (Russian: Московская городская дума, romanized: Moskovskaya gorodskaya duma) is the Russian regional parliament in Moscow, the unicameral City Duma (city council, a local parliament) of the Russian capital city of Moscow. As Moscow is one of three federal cities, the city duma's legislation can only be overridden by the mayor and the federal government.

Composition[]

It includes 45 members who are elected for a five-year term on Single-mandate constituency basis.

From 1993 to 2001 was elected by single-member districts. From 2005 to 2009, 20 deputies were elected on party lists, and 15 - in single-seat constituencies. From 2009 to 2014 18 deputies were elected on party lists, and 17 - in single-seat constituencies. Since 2014 all 45 deputies are elected in single-seat constituencies.

The last election was held in 2019.

Legislative elections[]

• 12 December 1993
• 14 December 1997
• 16 December 2001
• 4 December 2005
• 11 October 2009
• 14 September 2014
• 8 September 2019

History[]

The original municipal legislature was established in 1785.

Electoral districts[]

Electoral districts of Moscow City Duma

See also[]

• Government of Moscow
• Administrative divisions of Moscow
• Charter of the city of Moscow

References[]

External links[]

• Website