- Source: 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 (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.
The nearest by-election will be held in September 2025, in at least two constituencies.
Overview
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
Dmitry Fridman (LDPR), Member of Alushta City Council (2019–present)
Stepan Kiskin (SR–ZP), former Member of Simferopol City Council (2014–2019)
Yury Nesterenko (United Russia), Member of Simferopol City Council (2014–2023)
Vasily Sayenko (CPRF), Member of Simferopol City Council (2019–present)
Aleksandr Turov (Communists of Russia), pensioner
Did not file
Sait Umerov (Independent), 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 (running as an Independent)
Alexander Chuvakov, Commander of the 6th department of the Fire and Rescue Unit of Simferopol
Declined
Viktor Bout (LDPR), entrepreneur, arms dealer, convicted in 2012 in the United States for 25 years in prison for intending to illegally carry out arms trafficking and exchanged in 2022
Results
= 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
Dmitry Averov (United Russia), Chairman of the Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2021–2023), former Senator from Lipetsk Oblast (2021)
Larisa Ksenofontova (SR–ZP), Member of Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2011–present), 2019 gubernatorial candidate
Oleg Tokarev (Communists of Russia), former Member of Lipetsk Oblast Electoral Commission (2021–2023)
Sergey Tokarev (CPRF), Member of Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2011–present), 2019 gubernatorial candidate
Anatoly Yemelyanov (LDPR), Member of Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2021–present), 2021 candidate for this seat
Did not file
Anton Rychkov (Yabloko), 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
Nikolay Bykovskikh (CPRF), Member of Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2021–present), 2021 runner-up for this seat
Results
= 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
Akhmed Abazov (Yabloko), chairman of Yabloko regional office, 2016 and 2021 candidate for this seat
Zaur Akbashev (SR–ZP), businessman, former chairman of Patriots of Russia regional office (2021)
Kemal Bytdayev (CPRF), Member of People's Assembly of Karachay-Cherkessia (2019–present), 2016 and 2021 candidate for this seat
Soltan Uzdenov (United Russia), Member of Cherkessk City Duma (2022–2023), son of Dzhasharbek Uzdenov
Oleg Zhedyayev (LDPR), Member of People's Assembly of Karachay-Cherkessia (2009–present), 2021 candidate for this seat
Eliminated in United Russia primary
Ahmed Baterbiyev, Member of Cherkessk City Duma (2002–present)
Igor Gonov, Member of the People's Assembly of Karachay-Cherkessia (2019–present)
Tatyana Ivakhnova, Member of Cherkessk City Duma (2022–present)
Elena Lyashova, Director of the Education Center No. 11
Vladimir Umalatov, Member of the People's Assembly of Karachay-Cherkessia (2004–present)
Results
= 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
Grigory Gavrilov (LDPR), Member of Divnogorsk City Council of Deputies (2023–present), aide to State Duma member Sergey Karginov
Ksenia Kadakina (SR–ZP), personnel manager
Andrey Kucheryavy (Yabloko), retired police colonel
Dmitry Semirenko (CPRF), Deputy Chairman of Shushensky District Council of Deputies (2020–present), businessman, veteran of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ivan Serebryakov (Rodina), former Member of Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai (2016–2021), 2014, 2018 and 2023 gubernatorial candidate
Sergey Yeryomin (United Russia), Deputy Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai (2022–2023), former mayor of Krasnoyarsk (2017–2022)
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
Maksim Markert (SR–ZP), Member of Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai (2011–2016, 2018–present) (running for Governor)
Boris Melnichenko (CPRF), Member of Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai (2007–2016, 2021–present), agribusinessman, 2021 runner-up for this seat
Results
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
Mikhail Gayday (ZA!), party press secretary
Sergey Izmaylov (Civic Platform), businessman
Anton Palyulin (PPD), attorney
Nikolay Shulginov (Independent), former Minister of Energy of Russia (2020–2024)
Georgy Slyvus (The Greens), individual entrepreneur
Vladimir Smyshlyayev (SR–ZP), Member of Council of Chernogorsk (2017–present), road safety manager
Withdrawn candidates
Vyacheslav Baltsevich (United Russia), Russian Army Lieutenant, community activist
Gennady Ishchenko (United Russia), United Russia regional party office chief agitator
Aleksey Izmestyev (United Russia), Russian Army soldier
Tatyana Kozhina (United Russia), legal counsel
Vitaly Malinovsky (United Russia), Moscow Oblast administration staffer
Aleksey Salnikov (United Russia), nonprofit director
Andrey Shulbayev (United Russia), Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Khakassia (2019–present)
Igor Shulgin (United Russia), entrepreneur
Vera Ushakova (United Russia), fire department dispatcher
Kirill Zagorulko (United Russia), municipal official
Vadim Zamarayev (United Russia), senior lecturer
Anton Zhdanov (United Russia), disinfector
Declined
Viktoria Abramchenko (United Russia), former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (2020–2024) (running in the Southern constituency)
Oleg Artemyev (United Russia), Member of Moscow City Duma (2019–present), cosmonaut
Yevgeny Cheltygmashev (Independent), Member of Supreme Council of Khakassia (2019–present), 2021 candidate for this seat
Oleg Golovchenko (CPRF), entrepreneur (running for Mayor of Abakan)
Oleg Ivanov (Independent), Member of Supreme Council of Khakassia (2009–present), 2013 PARNAS head candidate, 2016 Yabloko candidate for this seat, 2018 RPPSS head candidate
Valentin Konovalov (CPRF), Head of the Republic of Khakassia (2018–present), former Member of Supreme Council of Khakassia (2018) (endorsed Shulginov)
Nina Leonchenko (CPRF), Head of Ust-Abakan (2018–present)
Igor Mamontov, advisor to Head of the Republic of Khakassia Valentin Konovalov, former head of United Russia regional office executive committee (2015–2021)
Vitaly Minakov (Independent), professional MMA fighter, 2008–2011 World Sambo champion
Mikhail Molchanov (LPDR), Member of Supreme Council of Khakassia (2022–present), 2021 candidate for this seat, 2023 head candidate
Grigory Nazarenko (CPRF), Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of Khakassia (2023–present), Member of the Supreme Council (2018–present)
Vladimir Shtygashev (CPRF), Member of Supreme Council of Khakassia (1990–present), former Chairman of the Supreme Council of Khakassia (1990–1992, 1992–2023), former Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (1985–1990)
Valery Starostin (CPRF), Member of Supreme Council of Khakassia (2009–present), 2021 candidate for this seat
Results
= 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
Viktoria Abramchenko (United Russia), former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (2020–2024)
Maksim Fyodorov (SR–ZP), Member of Rassvet Council of Deputies (2021–present), Almighty Don Host cossack druzhinnik
Roman Klimov (LDPR), Member of Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast (2023–present), transportation businessman
Natalya Oskina (CPRF), Member of Rostov-on-Don City Duma (2020–present), individual entrepreneur
Dmitry Velichko (New People), former Member of Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast (2018–2023), businessman
Aleksandr Yefimov (Yabloko), businessman
Declined
Nikolay Shulginov (United Russia), former Minister of Energy of Russia (2020–2024) (running in the Khakassia constituency)
Results
= 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
Andrey Arkhitsky (CPRF), Member of Bryansk Oblast Duma (2009–present), 2016 and 2021 runner-up for this seat, 2020 gubernatorial candidate
Sergey Gorelov (New People), businessman, 2016 Party of Growth candidate for this seat
Oleg Matytsin (United Russia), former Minister of Sport of Russia (2020–2024)
Aleksey Timoshkov (SR–ZP), individual entrepreneur
Ruslan Titov (LDPR), former Member of Steklyannaya Raditsa Rural Council of People's Deputies (2018–2023), park chief engineer
Results
14 September 2025
= 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. As 2024 by-elections had already been scheduled, a by-election for this seat will be held next year, in September 2025.
= Skopin
=First-term State Duma member and former Chairman of the Duma Committee on Health (2021–2023) 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.
Potential candidates
Sergey Klimov (New People), Member of Severskaya Village Council (2024–present), community activist
Vadim Kulkov (New People), Member of Timashevsk City Council (2024–present), entrepreneur
Notes
References
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- List of members of the 8th Russian State Duma
- State Duma
- 2024 Russian elections
- 2025 Russian elections
- 2021 Russian legislative election
- Yury Nesterenko (politician)
- October 1907 Russian legislative election
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