By-elections to the 8th Russian State Duma will be held to fill vacancies in the State Duma between the 2021 election and the 2026 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 can not be elected for a term of more than one year before the end of the constitutional term for which the State Duma was elected.[1]
The nearest by-election will be held in September 2024, in at least one constituency.
Constituency | Date | Former MP | Party | Cause | Winner | Party | Retained | ||
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Simferopol | 8–10 September 2023 | Alexey Chernyak | United Russia | Resigned[2] | Yury Nesterenko | United Russia | Yes | ||
Lipetsk | 8–10 September 2023 | Nikolay Bortsov | United Russia | Death[3] | Dmitry Averov | United Russia | Yes | ||
Karachay-Cherkessia | 8–10 September 2023 | Dzhasharbek Uzdenov | United Russia | Death[4] | Soltan Uzdenov | United Russia | Yes | ||
Divnogorsk | 8–10 September 2023 | Viktor Zubarev | United Russia | Death[5] | Sergey Yeryomin | United Russia | Yes | ||
Khakassia | 8 September 2024 | Sergey Sokol | United Russia | New Post[6] | TBD | TBD | TBD |
On 3 September 2022, Deputy Alexey Chernyak of Simferopol constituency asked for his resignation from the State Duma to focus on work in Crimea.[2] The request was approved on 13 September, however, the by-election was scheduled for next single election day, 10 September 2023, 372 days after the resignation.[7] On 10 September 2023, Simferopol City Council member Yury Nesterenko won the by-election.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Yury Nesterenko | United Russia | 97,343 | 68.71% | |
Stepan Kiskin | A Just Russia – For Truth | 10,589 | 7.47% | |
Vasily Sayenko | Communist Party | 10,472 | 7.39% | |
Aleksandr Turov | Communists of Russia | 9,233 | 6.52% | |
Dmitry Fridman | Liberal Democratic Party | 9,167 | 6.47% | |
Total | 141,679 | 100% | ||
Source: | [22] |
Longtime Deputy Nikolay Bortsov, a wealthy agribusinessman who represented Lipetsk Oblast in the State Duma for nearly 20 years, died on 23 April 2023 at the age of 77.[3] A by-election was held on the nearest single election day, 10 September 2023. On 10 September 2023, Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies chairman Dmitry Averov won the by-election.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Dmitry Averov | United Russia | 106,525 | 58.78% | |
Sergey Tokarev | Communist Party | 25,305 | 13.96% | |
Anatoly Yemelyanov | Liberal Democratic Party | 17,553 | 9.69% | |
Larisa Ksenofontova | A Just Russia – For Truth | 15,618 | 8.62% | |
Oleg Tokarev | Communists of Russia | 11,783 | 6.50% | |
Total | 181,222 | 100% | ||
Source: | [29] |
Freshman State Duma member Dzhasharbek Uzdenov from Karachay-Cherkessia died on 23 April 2023 after battling with a severe illness since his initial election in 2021.[4] A by-election will be held on the nearest single election day, 10 September 2023. On 10 September 2023, Cherkessk City Duma member and son of the previous late incumbent Soltan Uzdenov won the by-election.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Soltan Uzdenov | United Russia | 148,692 | 71.16% | |
Kemal Bytdayev | Communist Party | 27,216 | 13.03% | |
Zaur Akbashev | A Just Russia – For Truth | 16,280 | 7.79% | |
Oleg Zhedyayev | Liberal Democratic Party | 13,180 | 6.31% | |
Akhmed Abazov | Yabloko | 3,213 | 1.54% | |
Total | 208,947 | 100% | ||
Source: | [33] |
Four-term State Duma member Viktor Zubarev from Krasnoyarsk Krai died on 31 May 2023 in Moscow.[5] A by-election was held on the nearest single election day, 10 September 2023. On 10 September 2023, Krasnoyarsk Krai Deputy Governor Sergey Yeryomin won the by-election.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Sergey Yeryomin | United Russia | 111,032 | 57.54% | |
Dmitry Semirenko | Communist Party | 20,352 | 10.55% | |
Grigory Gavrilov | Liberal Democratic Party | 19,732 | 10.23% | |
Ivan Serebryakov | Rodina | 14,849 | 7.70% | |
Ksenia Kadakina | A Just Russia – For Truth | 12,159 | 6.30% | |
Andrey Kucheryavy | Yabloko | 5,665 | 2.94% | |
Total | 192,967 | 100% | ||
Source: | [40] |
First-term State Duma member Sergey Sokol was elected to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Khakassia on 10 September 2023 and decided to resigned from the State Duma in preparation to assume the speakership of the regional parliament.[6] A by-election will be held on the nearest single election day in September 2024.