On the single voting day, alongside the main elections of regional and local significance, Russian practice is also to schedule voting in by-elections to regional parliaments and to the representative bodies of regional capitals. Such campaigns often involve a considerable number of precinct election commissions and cover tens of thousands of voters.
On the 2026 single voting day, by-elections will be held to the regional parliaments of 13 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, as well as to the representative bodies of 14 regional capitals.
The overwhelming majority of the deputies who vacated their mandates represented the United Russia party. And while the reason for holding main elections is the expiry of the statutorily established terms of office, the calling of a by-election always has its own story behind it: either of a personal nature, or connected with events involving many people.
Republic of Bashkortostan
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the State Assembly — Kurultai in Kizilsky single-mandate constituency No. 28.
The parliament was left, on a personal application, by United Russia faction member Gulnur Kulsarina. The formal reason was her workload as head of the branch of the state fund “Defenders of the Fatherland”. However, Kulsarina had been nominated by the party as a candidate in the upcoming State Duma elections on the party lists and in the Sterlitamak single-mandate constituency.
Five candidates have been registered for the election, including two self-nominated candidates and three representatives of political parties — from United Russia, the LDPR and A Just Russia.
Republic of Kalmykia
The region will hold by-elections for deputies of the Elista City Assembly of the seventh convocation in single-mandate electoral constituencies Nos. 3 and 5.
United Russia party faction members Alexander Kim and Yevgeny Bembeev left the representative body in connection with appointments to posts in the regional government. Alexander Kim became minister of education and science, and Yevgeny Bembeev became minister of culture and tourism of the Republic.
Only four candidates are contesting the two mandates. In constituency No. 3 — from United Russia and the LDPR, and in constituency No. 5 — from the LDPR and A Just Russia.
Republic of Mari El
The region will hold by-elections for deputies of the Yoshkar-Ola city assembly in single-mandate electoral constituencies No. 5 and No. 7.
In constituency No. 5, the mandate was surrendered by the head of Yoshkar-Ola and chairman of the city assembly, Lev Pokrovsky. The reason was his move to the post of adviser to the head of the republic on local self-government issues. At the same time, Pokrovsky remains secretary of the Yoshkar-Ola city local branch of the United Russia party.
In constituency No. 7, another representative of this party, Alexander Tsaregorodtsev, resigned his powers on his own application.
Nine candidates have been registered for the upcoming elections: two each from the CPRF, the LDPR, A Just Russia and the New People party, and one (in constituency No. 5) from United Russia.
Republic of Tatarstan
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the State Council in Vysokogorsky single-mandate electoral constituency No. 50.
The deputy mandate became vacant in January 2026 after United Russia faction member Azat Ziganshin moved to work in the republic’s government; he was appointed minister of ecology and natural resources.
Four candidates were nominated for the upcoming election, of whom one is a self-nominated candidate and three are from the parties United Russia, the CPRF and the LDPR.
However, only three were registered: the United Russia candidate, Renat Gibadullin, general director of the construction company “Biektau-Service”, dropped out of the election race after voluntarily submitting a statement of self-withdrawal. At the same time, he had confidently won the internal party primary, gaining more than 88% of the vote.
This decision was probably taken because of the participation in the campaign of self-nominated candidate Farid Abdulganiev, an aide to the head of the republic, Rustam Minnikhanov, and the commissioner for entrepreneurs’ rights under him. That is, Abdulganiev is running first and foremost as a direct representative of the team of the Rais (head of the republic) of Tatarstan. In the past, Abdulganiev held the post of minister of ecology and natural resources of the republic, and then minister of the economy.
Republic of Tuva
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Supreme Khural (the republic’s parliament).
United Russia faction member and chairman of the parliamentary committee on national and youth policy, sport and tourism, Sayan Ondar, resigned his deputy powers early because of a high-profile criminal scandal that ended for him in a real prison term. He was found guilty under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional infliction of grave bodily harm) and Part 2 of Article 112 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional infliction of medium-gravity bodily harm) and sentenced to eight years in a general-regime penal colony.
However, the scandal accompanied not only the stripping of Sayan Ondar of his deputy mandate, but also his election to the republic’s parliament in 2024. The point is that in the preliminary vote organised by United Russia he lost to Diinmei Balban-ool and was forced to take part in the election as a self-nominated candidate.
During the primary, Diinmei Balban-ool said on his account that it was difficult to compete for voters’ support because the local authorities had, in his words, organised “forced voting”. “The whole republic saw a crude and widespread violation of electoral law and of the party charter. In particular, forced voting for certain candidates was organised by local authorities and other responsible officials of state institutions,” federal media quoted him as saying.
In the end, Diinmei Balban-ool was denied registration because he submitted an incomplete set of documents to the election commission, and Sayan Ondar won the election in the single-mandate constituency.
Only two candidates are taking part in the upcoming vote — from United Russia and the CPRF.
Republic of Yakutia
Yakutia will hold a by-election to the State Assembly — Il Tumen in Verkhnevilyuysk-Gorny single-mandate electoral constituency No. 15.
In March 2026, at a session of the regional parliament, the powers of two people’s deputies of the seventh convocation were terminated early: Alexander Ivanov (in connection with his being granted foreign agent status) and Vladimir Poskachin (because of the entry into force of a guilty court verdict).
Alexander Ivanov was elected to Il Tumen in September 2023 on the lists of the New People party, although he was not a member of it. The deputy was designated a foreign agent after the publication of a video from Alma-Ata in which he called “the independence and freedom of the Kazakh people” the main wealth of Kazakhstan and said that “the Sakha people do not have this good”. According to him, in Yakutia “it is sometimes forbidden to study one’s own language and history”.
After these statements, New People party leader Alexei Nechaev called Ivanov’s words a betrayal and demanded his expulsion from the faction.
In February 2025, the Yakut parliament asked the Interior Ministry, the prosecutor’s office and the Justice Ministry to check the deputy’s statements. The result was that Ivanov was granted foreign agent status.
Since the deputy was elected to the parliament on the lists of the New People party, the vacant seat was taken by the next candidate on the party list — Tatyana Tymyrova, who is the head of the party’s regional executive committee.
Vladimir Poskachin entered the State Assembly of the current convocation as a self-nominated candidate in the Verkhnevilyuysk-Gorny single-mandate constituency. Therefore, a by-election was called to fill his mandate.
The ex-deputy had also been elected to the parliament of Yakutia (Il Tumen) in the first and second convocations. Then, from 2007 to 2023, he was head of the Verkhnevilyuysky ulus. All those years he was a member of United Russia and held the post of secretary of the Verkhnevilyuysk local branch. However, in June 2023, shortly before the parliamentary elections, Poskachin left the party amid scandal because of disagreements over the party primary.
The reason for stripping Poskachin of his mandate in March 2026 was a criminal case — he was charged under the article on the illegal acquisition and storage of ammunition. Poskachin himself did not admit guilt, called the case politically motivated and tried to appeal the verdict, pointing to procedural violations. However, on 19 March 2026, the Supreme Court of Yakutia rejected the appeal and upheld the decision.
Candidates from four political parties have been registered for the upcoming election: United Russia, the CPRF, A Just Russia and New People.
Krasnodar Krai
The region will hold by-elections for deputies of the Krasnodar city duma in single-mandate electoral constituencies No. 28 and No. 38.
The powers of deputy Viktor Timofeev, elected in 2025 in constituency No. 38 from United Russia, were terminated early at the demand of the supervisory authorities because of a serious conflict of interest and concealed income. The Krasnodar Krai prosecutor’s office established that the deputy was the de facto beneficiary of contractor organisations (including OOO SpetsTransAvto and KGS structures) that received municipal contracts worth billions. At the same time, he concealed his personal interest and continued to vote for approval of the city budget from which these projects were financed.
Igor Mikhailov, elected at the same time in constituency No. 28 from the New People party, moved to a new post in the government of Rostov Oblast. At the same time, earlier, from 2005 to 2018, over three convocations, Timofeev had been a deputy and vice-speaker of the city duma from United Russia.
In total, ten candidates have been registered in the two constituencies for the upcoming election: two from United Russia, two from the CPRF, two from the LDPR, two from the New People party, one from A Just Russia and one self-nominated candidate.
Krasnoyarsk Krai
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Krasnoyarsk City Council of Deputies.
In October 2025, Vyacheslav Dyukov, elected in 2023 from United Russia, was stripped of his deputy mandate here. The prosecutor’s office established that the people’s elected representative had failed to notify the city parliament in a timely manner of a conflict of interest that had arisen.
The director of the construction company “SZ Tekhinvest” had approached the city council with a request to provide assistance and organise a meeting in the mayor’s office on the construction of a school in a new microdistrict (Solontsy-2). Vyacheslav Dyukov actively joined the process, sending an official inquiry to the social development department of the Krasnoyarsk administration and proposing that the matter be discussed. It emerged that the application on behalf of the developer company had been prepared and submitted by the deputy’s assistant Anton Pagurets, who was at the same time an official employee of that very “Tekhinvest”.
Under the law “On combating corruption”, Dyukov was obliged to declare in writing the emergence of a personal interest that could affect the objectivity of his deputy decisions, but he did not do so.
Nevertheless, Dyukov himself said that all this was the result of “harassment” organised against him and revenge for his fight against corruption in the mayor’s office.
It is also worth noting that in 2024 he was expelled from the United Russia party after sharp, high-profile statements addressed to citizens leaving to serve in the special military operation under contract.
During a session of the city council’s standing commission on local self-government, Dyukov criticised the current approaches to recruitment for contract service and publicly stated that over the past year it was predominantly asocial elements who had been joining as contract servicemen, describing them as “mainly alcoholics, homeless people, down-and-outs, convicts and so on”.
In addition, shortly before being stripped of his mandate, he openly criticised the mayor’s office and demanded the resignation of the krai’s first vice-governor.
The upcoming election is quite competitive: seven candidates have been registered at once — from United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR, A Just Russia, the New People party, the Greens party and the Pensioners’ Party.
Khabarovsk Krai
The region will hold by-elections for deputies of the Khabarovsk city duma in single-mandate electoral constituencies No. 31, 33 and 34.
The head of the Khabarovsk branch of the Young Guard of United Russia, Sergei Tizhin, lost his mandate because of a criminal case. The deputy organised a large-scale fraudulent scheme in the sphere of bank lending, and in doing so he formed a criminal group from among his subordinates in the public organisation.
The group members found nominal citizens in whose names loans were taken out. To do this, forged employment certificates with fictitious high salaries were produced. Young Guard members personally accompanied the borrowers to bank branches to receive the money. Immediately after the cash was issued at the nearest ATM, most of the sum was seized for the benefit of the organisers. A few months later, the borrowers simultaneously stopped making payments and filed for bankruptcy, citing a “sharply deteriorated financial situation”.
United Russia faction member Ivan Kostenko lost his mandate in January 2026 on the basis of a statement by the region’s governor about violations of anti-corruption legislation. The decision to terminate Kostenko’s powers early in electoral constituency No. 34 was taken on 13 January 2026 at a session of the Khabarovsk city duma. It is noteworthy that the session was held behind closed doors, and the city authorities initially did not widely publicise the details and exact figures of the assets concealed by Kostenko.
Ibragim Geliskhanov, also representing United Russia, left the duma in autumn 2025 in connection with a move to a managerial post at OAO Russian Railways.
In total, 19 candidates have been registered for the by-elections: three from United Russia, three from the CPRF, three from the LDPR, three from the New People party, two from A Just Russia and five self-nominated candidates.
Amur Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Blagoveshchensk city duma in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 29.
United Russia faction member and head of major medical centres Yevgeny Pushkarev resigned his powers as a people’s elected representative of his own accord in November 2025. Two months later, he was given a guilty verdict in a case of giving a bribe of 50,000 roubles to an official of the regional Health Ministry for actions to amend a previously obtained licence to carry out medical activity. Pushkarev was sentenced to a fine of 1 million roubles.
At the same time, the investigation established that the head of the licensing service of the regional Health Ministry had made unlawful demands on Pushkarev’s organisation, in particular concerning the need for additional training of specialists not provided for by law. A separate criminal case has now been opened against her.
Three candidates from the political parties United Russia, the LDPR and the CPRF have been registered for the upcoming election.
Arkhangelsk Oblast
The region will hold by-elections for deputies of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly in single-mandate electoral constituencies No. 8 and No. 19.
In constituency No. 8, the mandate became vacant after United Russia representative Mikhail Avaliani voluntarily resigned his powers because of dual citizenship.
United Russia faction member and deputy chair of the committee on budget, economy, financial and tax policy, Irina Florova, also left the assembly of her own accord.
In total, 11 candidates have been registered for the upcoming election: two from United Russia, two from the CPRF, two from the LDPR, two from A Just Russia, two from the Pensioners’ Party and one from the New People party.
Astrakhan Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Astrakhan city duma in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 15.
The mandate became vacant here after United Russia representative and deputy head of the Astrakhan Cossack society, Mikhail Zaplavnov, left for the special military operation. It is interesting that the ataman of the Cossack society is his father, Dmitry Zaplavnov. In August 2022, Governor Igor Babushkin appointed him deputy chair of the oblast government. In this post, Dmitry Zaplavnov oversaw issues of reconstruction and humanitarian aid to the sponsored territories in the LPR and DPR.
Four candidates from the political parties United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR and A Just Russia have been registered for the upcoming election.
Belgorod Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Belgorod City Council in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 10.
The executive secretary of the local Belgorod branch and head of the regional headquarters of the Young Guard of United Russia movement, Yevgeny Mikhailyukov, resigned his mandate as a city council deputy early in connection with his election as a deputy of the Belgorod Oblast Duma.
Five candidates from the political parties United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR, New People and the Pensioners’ Party have been registered for the upcoming election.
Bryansk Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Bryansk Oblast Duma of the eighth convocation in Starodubsky single-mandate electoral constituency No. 28.
The mandate became vacant after United Russia faction member Yuri Nikiforov was appointed deputy governor of Bryansk Oblast.
Five candidates from the political parties United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR, A Just Russia and New People have been registered for the upcoming election.
Vladimir Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Legislative Assembly in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 24.
Vice-speaker of the oblast parliament and United Russia faction member Roman Kavinov was appointed head of the administration of the city of Suzdal and resigned his deputy mandate.
Only two of the six nominated candidates were registered for the upcoming election — from the parties United Russia and the LDPR. The CPRF candidate Pavel Zhemkov was denied registration because he failed to provide information on expenditures and immovable property. The Pensioners’ Party representative Alexander Akishin withdrew from the election after a publication in the media about his actual affiliation with the United Russia party.
Volgograd Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Volgograd Oblast Duma in Kirovsky single-mandate electoral constituency No. 18.
A deputy of several convocations from the United Russia faction and chairman of the duma committee on economic policy, tourism, investment activity, entrepreneurship, property and land relations, Stanislav Korotkov, resigned his mandate because of violations of anti-corruption legislation. Initially — “of his own accord”, but then the Tsentralny District Court changed the grounds for the early termination of the deputy’s powers to the harsh formulation “in connection with repeated failure to comply with the restrictions, prohibitions and obligations established by anti-corruption legislation”.
A prosecutor’s check established that the deputy, contrary to the law, combined parliamentary activity with the de facto management of the commercial firm OOO Zemlya Profi, which controls the ID Tower business centre in Volgograd worth 2 billion roubles. He personally distributed cash flows and approved payments to contractors and salaries to employees. The court recognised this income as unlawful and ordered the recovery of 164.8 million roubles from the ex-deputy for the benefit of the state, and his accounts and elite real estate, including in Moscow, were seized.
Four candidates from the political parties United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR and A Just Russia have been registered for the upcoming election.
Vologda Oblast
The region will hold by-elections for deputies of the Vologda city duma in single-mandate electoral constituencies Nos. 4, 11, 13 and 16.
All four deputies who resigned their powers early on their own statements of resignation represented the United Russia party.
Nineteen candidates have been registered for the upcoming election: four from United Russia, four from the CPRF, four from A Just Russia, four from the New People party and three from the LDPR.
Irkutsk Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 18.
The head of the United Russia party faction in the oblast parliament, Natalya Dikusarova, voluntarily resigned her deputy powers in connection with a move to the post of deputy chair of the government of Irkutsk Oblast, heading the social block.
Four candidates from the political parties United Russia, the LDPR, A Just Russia and New People have been registered for the upcoming election.
Kemerovo Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Legislative Assembly in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 5.
The mandate became vacant here after United Russia party faction member Natalya Lazovskaya submitted a voluntary statement on the resignation of her powers.
Four candidates from the political parties United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR and A Just Russia have been registered for the upcoming election.
Kurgan Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Kurgan Oblast Duma in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 1 — Vostochny, and for a deputy of the Kurgan city duma in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 12.
In the regional parliament, the mandate became vacant after the resignation of United Russia representative Vladimir Semenov, the former head of the oblast hospital for war veterans.
The main elections here were held in 2025. It was then that Semenov won in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 1 — Vostochny. The springboard for his nomination was precisely his post as head of the medical institution.
However, in April, searches were carried out at the hospital in connection with the institution’s financial activity. In May, Semenov left the post of its head, and on 16 June his resignation was also accepted by the deputies of the Kurgan Oblast Duma.
Candidates from five political parties are taking part in the upcoming election: United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR, A Just Russia and New People.
The coordinator of the regional branch of the People’s Front, Yelena Vasilyeva, will face competition from the head of the Kurgan city committee of the CPRF, Artur Pushchin. This will be incredibly difficult for him, given the trail of a criminal fraud case in which he was sentenced in 2024. Another problem for him will be the participation of former CPRF deputy in the Kurgan city duma Maxim Pivovarov, who left the party amid scandal (along with such prominent party representatives in the region as Yakov Sidorov and Natalya Vorobyova). Pivovarov was nominated by A Just Russia.
Another serious obstacle on the path to victory for the United Russia candidate Vasilyeva will be the participation of vice-speaker of the Kurgan city duma Anton Rudakov, who represents the LDPR. The decision of the regional branch to nominate an experienced politician in the by-election, and moreover in a constituency familiar to him, shows that the party is aiming for a real fight for the deputy mandate.
For the New People party candidate Irina Nalimova, the current election campaign is already her second, but she will lack name recognition and experience.
The mandate in the Kurgan city duma election became vacant after its chairman, United Russia faction member Igor Prozorov, was elected to the oblast parliament.
Candidates from five political parties have been registered here: United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR, A Just Russia and New People.
Penza Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Penza city duma in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 19.
Denis Sobolev, elected to the local representative body in 2024 from United Russia and appointed its chairman, voluntarily gave up his mandate without publicly explaining the reasons for his decision. Immediately after this, his page was removed from the party’s website. Political analysts and deputies noted that over a year and a half of leadership Sobolev had failed to build a constructive dialogue and find common ground with many colleagues in the deputy corps, including within his own faction.
Candidates from five political parties are contesting the vacated mandate: United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR, A Just Russia and New People.
Rostov Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Legislative Assembly in Voroshilovsky single-mandate electoral constituency No. 30.
United Russia representative Lidia Novoseltseva voluntarily resigned her deputy mandate in the oblast parliament in connection with her election as a deputy of the Rostov-on-Don city duma. There she headed the party faction and took the post of chair, replacing Zinaida Neyarokhina, who had led the representative body without interruption for 31 years.
Six registered candidates are contesting the mandate vacated in the Legislative Assembly, from United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR, A Just Russia, the New People party and the Communists of Russia party.
Ryazan Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Ryazan city duma in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 14.
The mandate became vacant here after United Russia representative Yelena Akimkina resigned her powers on a personal application.
Candidates from five political parties have been registered for the election: United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR, A Just Russia and New People.
Tula Oblast
The region will hold by-elections for deputies of the Tula Oblast Duma in single-mandate electoral constituencies No. 10, No. 11 and No. 17, as well as for a deputy of the Tula city duma in single-mandate electoral constituency No. 14.
All three mandates in the region’s duma became vacant in connection with the early resignation of powers on the own applications of United Russia deputies. At the same time, Dmitry Afonichev, deputy general director of the Mekhmash plant, and retired special forces colonel Gennady Nikitin left the oblast parliament in solidarity with State Duma deputy Viktor Dzyuba, who represented Tula Oblast in it.
On 12 February, Dzyuba published a letter addressed to the secretary of the State Council, aide to the president of Russia and former governor of Tula Oblast, Alexei Dyumin. In it, the ex-deputy said that he had “parted ways with the regional elites in the understanding of how to serve the region, Russia and the Orthodox faith”.
Twelve candidates have been registered for the upcoming election here: three from United Russia, three from the LDPR, three from A Just Russia and three from the Pensioners’ Party.
United Russia representative and general director of the Mekhmash plant, Alexander Shvykov, also surrendered his mandate as a deputy of the Tula city duma following the example of, and in support of the decision of, Viktor Dzyuba.
Three candidates have been registered here: from United Russia, A Just Russia and the Pensioners’ Party.
Ulyanovsk Oblast
The region will hold a by-election for a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Ulyanovsk Oblast in Veshkaimsky single-mandate electoral constituency No. 2.
United Russia faction member Shamil Shaidullin resigned his powers early on a personal application.
Candidates from five political parties are contesting the vacated mandate: United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR, A Just Russia and New People.
Chelyabinsk Oblast
In the region, on the single voting day, by-elections will be held for deputies of the Chelyabinsk city duma in single-mandate constituencies No. 5, 12, 21 and 25.
At the end of April 2026, in constituency No. 5, a statement on the early resignation of powers was submitted by Alexander Galkin, who represented A Just Russia in the duma.
Earlier, the prosecutor’s office had identified a discrepancy between his income and expenditure in the purchase of an apartment in the Moscow residential complex Hide. On 13 April, the Tsentralny District Court of Chelyabinsk partially granted the claim of the prosecutor’s office and the Federal Property Management Agency for the seizure of the deputy’s elite apartment, leaving the property in Galkin’s ownership but ordering the recovery of 16.4 million roubles from him and his wife.
Alexander Galkin served as a deputy of the Chelyabinsk city duma for 12 years. He began his political career in the Young Guard of United Russia, and in 2012 he became coordinator of the organisation for the Urals Federal District. He was elected as a deputy precisely from this party. However, in June 2021, the Chelyabinsk city duma decided to remove him from the post of chairman of the standing commission on public safety, regulations and deputy ethics. And before that, he had been expelled from the United Russia party faction.
The reason for this was systematic violation of party discipline. In particular, Alexander Galkin and several of his associates stood in the primary without coordination with the party’s regional leadership. Contrary to the plans of the party leadership, Galkin unexpectedly took a place in the top ten leaders of the list vote.
After being expelled from the faction, Galkin went into opposition to the local authorities. As a district deputy*, he headed a group of 11 deputies that blocked the adoption of the Kalininsky district budget for 2022 and disrupted several sessions. The district was threatened with the dissolution of its council, which provoked a harsh reaction from the oblast authorities. The conflict was later defused, but Galkin definitively cemented his status as a systemic oppositionist within the duma.
*Until 2024, Chelyabinsk retained a two-tier system of municipal self-government under which residents elected deputies to district councils, and then the deputies themselves delegated representatives from among their number to the Chelyabinsk city duma.
Candidates from five political parties have been registered for the upcoming election: United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR, A Just Russia and New People.
The election in single-mandate constituency No. 12 was called in connection with the move of Vitaly Rodionov, elected as a deputy in 2024, to the post of head of the administration of the Chesmensky municipal district.
Candidates from five political parties have been registered here: United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR, A Just Russia and New People.
Among the nominated candidates was also self-nominated candidate Ilyas Bakhteev, in the past a deputy of the Leninsky district council of Chelyabinsk from United Russia. However, the territorial commission found 20% of the voters’ signatures collected in his support to be unreliable and invalid, and denied him registration.
The election in constituency No. 21 was called because of the election to the region’s Legislative Assembly of Vigen Mkhitaryan from United Russia.
Representatives of the same parties have been registered here: United Russia, the CPRF, the LDPR, A Just Russia and New People.
The election in constituency No. 25 was called in connection with the early resignation of the powers of vice-speaker of the Chelyabinsk city duma Kirill Matveev.
Candidates from the above-mentioned parties were also nominated and registered here. However, the LDPR subsequently withdrew the candidacy of Alexei Suvorin, who is simultaneously taking part in the State Duma deputy election in the Korkinsky single-mandate electoral constituency.