By-elections to the 7th Russian State Duma

By-elections to the 7th Russian State Duma were held to fill vacancies in the State Duma between the 2016 election and the 2021 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, 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 cannot be elected for a term of more than one year before the end of the constitutional term for which the State Duma was elected.
The first by-elections were held on 10 September 2017, in two constituencies. The last by-elections were held on 13 September 2020, in four constituencies.

10 September 2017

Kingisepp

The seat from the Kingisepp constituency became vacant after the resignation of the Deputy Sergey Naryshkin, 5 October 2016. Naryshkin resigned in order to take up the post of head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service.

Bryansk

The seat from the Bryansk constituency became vacant after the resignation of the Deputy Vladimir Zhutenkov, 10 June 2017.

9 September 2018

Saratov

On 17 June 2017, Deputy Oleg Grishchenko, who was elected from the Saratov constituency, died. A by-election will be held after the 2017 single voting day on 10 September 2017. A by-election must be scheduled for any Sunday within a year of the date the seat is officially vacated, and must be announced no later than 85 days before the next single day of voting. United Russia did not file a candidate in the Saratov constituency, in exchange CPRF did not participate in the simultaneous by-election in the Balashov constituency. On 9 September 2018 former Communist State Duma member Olga Alimova won the by-election with 45.35% of the vote.

Registered candidates

Olga Alimova, Vice Chairman of the Saratov Oblast Duma, former Member of the State Duma
Svetlana Berezina, head of "Centre for Protection of Citizens' Rights" foundation office in Saratov
Aleksandr Grishantsov, first secretary of Communists of Russia regional office
Aleksandr Kargopolov, software engineer at Saratov Interregional Veterinary Laboratory
Dmitry Pyanykh, Member of the Saratov Oblast Duma
Ksenia Sverdlova, head of communications at Fund for Support of Innovative Education

Declined

Igor Morozov, director of Saratov Oblast Basic Medical College ''''

Results

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Zavolzhsky

On 3 October 2017, Vladimir Vasilyev, who was elected from the Zavolzhsky constituency was appointed Acting Head of Dagestan. The by-election was won by billionaire and deputy general director of missile production factory "Sapfir" Sergey Veremeenko.

Registered candidates

Leonid Bulatov, Member of the Tver City Duma, aide to State Duma member Anton Morozov
Aleksandr Grishin, former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast
Ilya Kleymyonov, Member of Konakovsky District Assembly of Deputies, first secretary of CPCR regional committee
Vadim Solovyov, former Member of the State Duma
Sergey Veremeenko, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast, first deputy general director of Scientific and Production Association "Sapfir"
Sergey Yurovsky, Member of the Tver City Duma

Failed to qualify

Sergey Zhegunov, chairman of the Labour Party of Russia regional office

Results

Balashov

On 6 October 2017, Mikhail Isayev, who was elected from the Balashov constituency, was elected Mayor of Saratov. CPRF declined to nominate a candidate in Balashov constituency, in exchange United Russia did not file a challenger to Olga Alimova in the Saratov constituency. On 9 September 2018 Yevgeny Primakov Jr., journalist and grandson of former Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, won the by-election.

Registered candidates

Yelena Chervyakova, tennis coach at Sport School of Olympian Reserve "Olympian Racquets"
Stanislav Denisenko, Member of the Saratov Oblast Duma
Ilya Kozlyakov, deputy director for organisation of NPO "Centre for Informatisation and Supplementary Educational Services"
Yevgeny Primakov, journalist, general director of NPO "Russian Humanitarian Mission"
Yelena Shanina, pensioner
Nadezhda Skvortsova, Saratov City Duma staffer
Sergey Slepchenko, individual entrepreneur

Withdrew

Rafil Bakhteev, Member of the Council of Pugachyov, preschool teacher

Results

Nizhny Novgorod

On 17 January 2018, Vladimir Panov, who was elected from the Nizhny Novgorod constituency was elected Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod. On 9 September 2018 Vice Governor Dmitry Svatkovsky was elected in the by-election.

Registered candidates

Tatyana Grinevich, chief aide to Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast member
Aleksey Kruglov, deputy director of LLP "AZS-Oktan"
Oleg Rodin, chairman of the Yabloko regional office
Nikolay Ryabov, former Member of the State Duma
Dmitry Svatkovsky, acting Vice Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, 2000 Olympian champion in modern pentathlon

Withdrew after registration

Ilya Ulyanov, Member of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Khakassia

Failed to qualify

Vadim Oreshin, retired Navy captain

Results

Central (Kaliningrad Oblast)

On 18 April 2018, Alexey Silanov, who was elected from the Central constituency of Kaliningrad Oblast was elected Mayor of Kaliningrad. On 9 September 2018 former Kaliningrad Mayor Aleksandr Yaroshuk won the by-election.

Registered candidates

Konstantin Doroshok, former Member of the Kaliningrad Oblast Duma
Olga Kuzemskaya, former acting Deputy Chairman of the Government of Kirov Oblast
Yevgeny Mishin, Member of the Kaliningrad Oblast Duma
Aleksandr Orlov, first secretary of CPCR regional office
Igor Revin, Member of the Kaliningrad Oblast Duma, former Member of the State Duma
Aleksandr Yaroshuk, former mayor of Kaliningrad

Results

Amur

On 14 June 2018, Ivan Abramov, who was elected from the Amur constituency resigned, due to selection to the Federation Council. United Russia did not field any candidate in the by-election. On 9 September 2018 Blagoveshchensk City Duma member Andrey Kuzmin won the by-election.

Registered candidates

Gennady Gamza, former Member of the State Duma
Andrey Kuzmin, Member of the Blagoveshchensk City Duma
Galina Nikishina, former chief doctor at Fevralsk rail hospital
Tatyana Rakutina, former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Amur Oblast
Kirill Zimin, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Amur Oblast

Failed to qualify

Lyubov Radchenko, deputy administrator of LLP "Managing Company Amurkurort"

Results

Samara

On 14 June 2018, Nadezhda Kolesnikova, who was elected from the Samara constituency resigned because she was moving to another job. On 9 September 2018 former State Duma member Aleksandr Khinshtein won the by-election.

Registered candidates

Mikhail Abdalkin, technological facility operator at Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery
Vadim Baykov, first secretary of CPCR regional office
Aleksandr Gusev, Member of the Duma of Novokuybyshevsk, director of Novokuybyshevsk Water Utilities
Aleksandr Khinshtein, counselor to Director of National Guard of Russia, former Member of the State Duma
Roman Sinelnikov, Member of Council of Deputies of Krasnoglinsky District of Samara, aide to State Duma Vice Speaker Igor Lebedev
Igor Yermolenko, head of Centre for Students' Creativity at Samara Medical-Technical Lyceum, chairman of Yabloko regional office

Failed to qualify

Vladimir Avdonin, student at Samara State Medical University

Results

8 September 2019

Novgorod

On 11 August 2018 Aleksandr Korovnikov, who was elected from the Novgorod constituency, died. Since the Deputy died a month before the single voting day, and to organize a by-election in this constituency on 9 September 2018 is too late, according to the law, the by-election will be held in 2019 single voting day. On 8 September 2019 former Veliky Novgorod Mayor Yury Bobryshev won the by-election.

Registered candidates

Yury Bobryshev, Vice Chairman of the Government of Novgorod Oblast, former mayor of Veliky Novgorod
Anna Cherepanova, Member of the Duma of Veliky Novgorod, chairwoman of the Yabloko regional office
Aleksey Chursinov, Vice Chairman of the Novgorod Oblast Duma
Aleksandr Grishin, former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast
Dmitry Ignatov, Member of the Novgorod Oblast Duma, general director of LLP "Jurist Consulting"
Nina Ostanina, former Member of the State Duma
Dmitry Perevyazkin, secretary of the Central Committee of CPCR
Dmitry Tarasov, general director of JSC "Managing Company Infrastructure Investments"
Olga Yefimova, dishwasher

Withdrew

Ulyana Strizh, reporter at LLP "Vashi Novosti"

Results

Komsomolsk

On 23 September 2018, Sergey Furgal who was elected from the Komsomolsk-na-Amure constituency, was elected Governor of Khabarovsk Krai. On 8 September 2019 Ivan Pilyaev won the by-election.

Registered candidates

Oleg Kotov, individual entrepreneur
Andrey Petrov, Deputy Head of the Department of Forest Management of Khabarovsk Krai
Ivan Pilyaev, aide to State Duma member Valery Seleznev, acting coordinator of LDPR regional office in Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Nikolay Platoshkin, head of the department of foreign relations and diplomacy at the Moscow University for the Humanities, chairman of the For a New Socialism movement
Andrey Shvetsov, deputy general director of Prima Media Holding
Vladimir Titorenko, office manager at LLP "TSEPTER International"
Viktoria Tsyganova, singer and songwriter, actress at Triada Theatre
Vladimir Vorobyev, deputy general director of LLP "KargoGrupp"
Tatyana Yaroslavtseva, member of the Public Chamber of Khabarovsk Krai, former Member of the Khabarovsk Krai Council of People's Deputies
Nikolay Yevseenko, director of Khabarovsk Krai Drama Theatre

Results

Serov

On 12 December 2018, Sergey Bidonko who was elected from the Serov constituency, was appointed the Vice Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast. On 8 September 2019 biathlete Anton Shipulin won the by-election.

Registered candidates

Yevgenia Chudnovets, activist, defendant in Chudnovets Case
Gabbas Dautov, Member of the Duma of Kachkanar
Aleksey Korovkin, paramedic at Novolyalinsky District Hospital
Igor Ruzakov, lawyer, chairman of The Greens regional office
Anton Shipulin, biathlete, 2014 Olympic champion
Irina Skachkova, teacher
Dmitry Zenov, acting first secretary of CPCR regional committee

Failed to qualify

Sergey Kapchuk, former Member of the Chamber of Representatives of the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast, former Vice Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast

Results

Oryol

On 5 April 2019, Nikolay Kovalyov who was elected from the Oryol constituency, died. On 8 September 2019 Oryol State University rector Olga Pilipenko won the by-election.

Registered candidates

Valery Chudo, generał director of LLP "Yenich"
Ivan Dynkovich, Member of the Oryol City Council of People's Deputies, aide to State Duma member Nikolay Ivanov
Sergey Kuznetsov, general director of LLP "Spektrfarm"
Roman Neverov, coordinator of LDPR regional office
Mikhail Orlov, acting first secretary of CPCR regional committee in Ulyanovsk Oblast
Ruslan Perelygin, Member of the Oryol Oblast Council of People's Deputies, chairman of A Just Russia regional office
Olga Pilipenko, Member of the Oryol Oblast Council of People's Deputies, rector of Oryol State University
Oleg Timokhin, general director of JSC "Krasnaya Zvezda"

Failed to qualify

Marina Prokofyeva, pensioner, community activist

Results

13 September 2020

Seimsky

On 20 June 2019, Viktor Karamyshev, who was elected from the Seimsky constituency was elected Mayor of Kursk. Since Karamyshev resigned only on 9 July, it was no longer possible to appoint by-election for a 2019 single voting day, because of this, the by-election will be held in 2020. On 13 September 2020 former Vice Governor Aleksey Zolotarev won the by-election.

Registered candidates

Aleksey Bobovnikov, Member of the Kursk City Assembly
Anatoly Kurakin, chief doctor at Vash Doktor clinic
Aleksey Tomanov, Member of the Kursk City Assembly, coordinator of LDPR regional office
Artyom Vakarev, second secretary of CPCR regional committee
Aleksey Zolotarev, former Deputy Governor of Kursk Oblast

Withdrew

Aleksandr Fedulov, former Member of the State Duma
Yevgeny Pronichenko, assistant at the department of forensic medicine at Kursk State Medical University

Results

Lermontovsky

On 22 January 2020, Leonid Levin, who was elected from the Lermontovsky constituency was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government. United Russia primary election was not held, as both filed candidates — general director of LLP "Khoroshee Delo" Sergey Novikov and cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyayev — withdrew their candidacies from the primaries. Samokutyayev eventually ran as A Just Russia candidate and won the by-election on 13 September 2020.

Registered candidates

Fatima Khugaeva, MVD pensioner
Kirill Metalnikov, general director of LLP "Meridian"
Aleksandr Samokutyayev, cosmonaut
Vadim Serdovintsev, Member of the Assembly of Representatives of Nizhny Lomov, general director of LLP "Perunovo koleso"
Aleksandr Trutnev, Member of the Penza City Duma, commercial director of LLP TP "Snezhok"
Yevgeny Vorozhtsov, lawyer

Results

Yaroslavl

On 23 January 2020, Aleksandr Gribov, who was elected from the Yaroslavl constituency was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government. On 13 September 2020 ice hockey player Andrey Kovalenko won the by-election.

Registered candidates

Oleg Bulaev, secretary of the Central Committee of CPSS, former Member of the Volgograd City Duma
Andrey Kovalenko, Member of the Yaroslavl Oblast Duma, 1992 Olympic champion in ice hockey
Yelena Kuznetsova, Vice Chairman of the Yaroslavl Oblast Duma
Anatoly Lisitsyn, former Member of the Federation Council, former Member of the State Duma, former Governor of Yaroslavl Oblast
Irina Lobanova, Member of the Yaroslavl Oblast Duma
Oksana Romashkova, senior fellow at Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Oleg Vinogradov, former Deputy Governor of Yaroslavl Oblast, chairman of Yabloko regional office
Vladimir Vorozhtsov, former First Deputy Director of Federal Tax Police Service

Failed to qualify

Imamaddin Alasov, director of LLP "Sedmoe Nebo"
Ilya Shesterikov, director of LLP "Gorodskaya Abonentskaya Sluzhba"

Results

Nizhnekamsk

On 7 February 2020, Airat Khairullin, who was elected from the Nizhnekamsk constituency died in a helicopter crash. On 13 September 2020 Senator of the Federation Council Oleg Morozov won the by-election.

Registered candidates

Nikolay Barsukov, Member of the Kirov City Duma, first secretary of CPCR committee in Kirov Oblast
Vasily Kolosov, director "Planeta Talantov" foundation
Oleg Morozov, Senator of the Federation Council from Tatarstan, former Member of the State Duma
Ilnar Siraev, Member of the Council of Turaevo in Mendeleyevsky District, general director of LLP "Neft-NK"
Leonid Strazhnikov, play zone administrator of LLP "Tatigra"
Albert Yagudin, Member of the Nizhnekamsk City Council, general director of CJSC "Nizhnekamsk Invest Holding"

Failed to qualify

Vasily Korotkikh, database developer