By-elections to the 8th Russian State Duma


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, 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.

8–10 September 2023

Simferopol

On 3 September 2022, Deputy Alexey Chernyak of Simferopol constituency asked for his resignation from the State Duma to focus on work in Crimea. 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. On 10 September 2023, Simferopol City Council member Yury Nesterenko won the by-election.

Registered candidates

Did not file

  • Sait Umerov, security specialist, United Russia primary candidate

Eliminated in United Russia primary

  • Olga Pavolotskaya, unemployed
  • Alik Palakyan, unemployed
  • Maxim Pinayev, entrepreneur
  • Igor Savchenko, unemployed
  • Alexander Stolbov, Sergeant of the Russian Armed Forces
  • Sait Umerov, controller of Crocus International JSC
  • Alexander Chuvakov, Commander of the 6th department of the Fire and Rescue Unit of Simferopol

Declined

Results

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Lipetsk

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. 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.

Registered candidates

Did not file

  • Anton Rychkov, shooting instructor

Eliminated in United Russia primary

  • Nikolay Golosov, Director of the Center for the Development of Children's Recreation
  • Leonid Gusev, retired Captain 1st rank of the Russian Navy, Chairman of the Lipetsk Branch of the All-Russian Fleet Support Movement
  • Margarita Zhirova, Head of the Department of the Youth Center
  • Vladimir Khabibullin, Head of the Department for Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Yelets City Administration

Declined

Results

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Karachay-Cherkessia

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. 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.

Registered candidates

Eliminated in United Russia primary

Results

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Divnogorsk

Four-term State Duma member Viktor Zubarev from Krasnoyarsk Krai died on 31 May 2023 in Moscow. 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.

Registered candidates

Eliminated in United Russia primary

  • Denis Dudalev, Deputy Chief Engineer of Krasnoyarsk Regional Energy Company JSC;
  • Andrey Birikh, CEO of Marininskoye CJSC;
  • Anna Okladnikova, Chief Specialist of the Krasnoyarsk Krai Tourism Agency;
  • Vera Sakova, Director of the Integrated Center for Social Services of the population "Nadezhda".

Declined

Results

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6–8 September 2024

Khakassia

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. A by-election was held on the nearest single election day, 8 September 2024, which was won by former Minister of Energy of Russia Nikolay Shulginov.
After candidates had already filed for the United Russia primary, former deputy for this seat and secretary of the United Russia regional office Sergey Sokol suggested the party not standing its own candidate and supporting a "united candidate from all political forces in Khakassia", which was endorsed by Senator Sergey Perminov, Deputy Secretary General of United Russia. The United Russia primary for the seat was ultimately cancelled.
Vitaly Minakov, a professional MMA fighter and four-time World Sambo champion who ran in the Unecha constituency in 2021 from A Just Russia – For Truth, was initially reported as potential unity candidate, supported by Rusal – a major enterprise in the republic. Later the role of a consensus candidate was left for former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Viktoria Abramchenko, a Chernogorsk native, who was not reappointed to the Mikhail Mishustin's Second Cabinet, however, in late May 2024 she was announced as United Russia candidate in a Southern constituency by-election. Among other mentioned candidates were Moscow City Duma member and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev and even Head of Khakassia Valentin Konovalov. On June 10, 2024, Konovalov and Sokol held a joint meeting with former Minister of Energy of Russia Nikolay Shulginov, where they offered Shulginov to run for State Duma with their support, which Shulginov accepted.

Registered candidates

Withdrawn candidates

  • Vyacheslav Baltsevich, Russian Army Lieutenant, community activist
  • Gennady Ishchenko, United Russia regional party office chief agitator
  • Aleksey Izmestyev, Russian Army soldier
  • Tatyana Kozhina, legal counsel
  • Vitaly Malinovsky, Moscow Oblast administration staffer
  • Aleksey Salnikov, nonprofit director
  • Andrey Shulbayev, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Khakassia
  • Igor Shulgin, entrepreneur
  • Vera Ushakova, fire department dispatcher
  • Kirill Zagorulko, municipal official
  • Vadim Zamarayev, senior lecturer
  • Anton Zhdanov, disinfector

Declined

Results

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Southern

Vitaly Kushnarev, first-term State Duma member and former mayor of Rostov-on-Don, announced his intention to resign his seat in the Duma after he was appointed Deputy Governor of Rostov Oblast – Minister of Transport of Rostov Oblast on May 23, 2024. A by-election was held on the nearest single election day, 8 September 2024, which was won by former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Viktoria Abramchenko.

Registered candidates

Declined

Results

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Unecha

First-term State Duma member Nikolay Alekseyenko announced his intention to resign his seat in the Duma on May 27, 2024. A by-election will be held on the nearest single election day, 8 September 2024, which was won by former Minister of Sport of Russia Oleg Matytsin.

Registered candidates

Results

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14 September 2025

Nine State Duma constituencies that became vacant in late 2024 – early 2025 were initially scheduled to hold by-elections on September 14, 2025, however, in February 2025 a group of senators and deputies led by Andrey Klishas introduced a bill banning all by-elections to federal, regional and municipal legislatures during two years prior to the regular election. On May 20, 2025, State Duma adopted amendments to the electoral law, including the banning of by-elections two years prior to the regular election by a 327–54 vote. On May 21 Federation Council approved the amendments and on May 23 President Vladimir Putin signed the bill into law. Following the bill passage all 2025 State Duma by-elections were cancelled and the seats would remain vacant until 2026 Russian legislative election.

Biysk

Three-term State Duma member Aleksandr Prokopyev resigned on June 25, 2024, after he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government – Minister of Economic Development of the Altai Republic by acting Head Andrey Turchak.

Rumoured candidates

Skopin

First-term State Duma member and former Chairman of the Duma Committee on Health Dmitry Khubezov resigned on October 8, 2024, after he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government – Minister of Health of the Altai Republic by republic Head Andrey Turchak. He became the second 8th State Duma member to step down from the parliament and leave for the Siberian republic after Aleksandr Prokopyev 3 month earlier.

Krasnodar

First-term State Duma member and former Mayor of Krasnodar Yevgeny Pervyshov resigned on November 4, 2024, after he was appointed acting Head of Tambov Oblast.

Rumoured candidates

Samara

Five-term State Duma member and Chairman of the Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications Alexander Khinshtein resigned on December 5, 2024, after he was appointed acting Governor of Kursk Oblast.

Magadan

First-term State Duma member Anton Basansky resigned on March 4, 2025, after he was appointed State Secretary – Deputy Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic.

Prokopyevsk

Two-term State Duma member Dmitry Islamov resigned March 10, 2025, after he was appointed State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia.

Ufa

Three-term State Duma member and former Ufa mayor Pavel Kachkayev died unexpectedly May 5, 2025, after suffering a heart attack in his house near Ufa.

Engels

First-term State Duma member and former Chairman of the Government of Saratov Oblast was announced as new Deputy Chairman of the Government of Saratov Oblast on May 19, 2025, by Governor Roman Busargin.

Volzhsky

Four-term State Duma member Oleg Savchenko filed paperwork to resign from the Duma on May 20, 2025.