2017 Kingisepp by-election
Legislative elections were held in Russia on 18 September 2016. On 5 October 2016 Sergey Naryshkin resigned because of his appointment as Director of SVR. On 14 June, the Central Election Commission scheduled an election in the Kingisepp constituency for 10 September 2017.
United Russia primary
On May 28, 2017, the United Russia held primary for the selection of candidate in Kingisepp's Constituency. The primary was attended by eight people. It was possible to vote for multiple candidates.Candidates
Registered
- United Russia: Sergey Yakhnyuk, Vice-Governor of Leningrad Oblast - Chairman of regional Committee for agriculture and fishing industry
- Communist Party: Nikolay Kuzmin, former deputy of State Duma, 2016 candidate for State Duma for this seat
- Liberal Democratic Party: Natalya Kruglova, actress
- A Just Russia: Marina Lyubushkina, 2016 candidate for State Duma for this seat
- Communists of Russia: Konstantin Zhukov, executive secretary of the Central Committee of Communists of Russia
- Yabloko : Sergey Gulyaev, journalist, Second Chechen War veteran, former deputy of Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast
- Party of Pensioners: Andrey Shirokov, president of Assistance Fund for Regional Projects and Programs, former deputy of Moscow City Duma, 2016 candidate for State Duma
- Rodina: Valery Shinkarenko, lawyer, 2016 candidate for State Duma in the Volkhov constituency
- Patriots of Russia: Serik Urazov, businessman
Result
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