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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.[1]

The nearest by-election will be held in September 2025, in at least four constituencies.

Overview

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Constituency Date Former MP Party Cause Winner Party Retained
Simferopol 8–10 September 2023 Alexey Chernyak United Russia Resigned[2] Yury Nesterenko United Russia Yes
Lipetsk 8–10 September 2023 Nikolay Bortsov United Russia Death[3] Dmitry Averov United Russia Yes
Karachay-Cherkessia 8–10 September 2023 Dzhasharbek Uzdenov United Russia Death[4] Soltan Uzdenov United Russia Yes
Divnogorsk 8–10 September 2023 Viktor Zubarev United Russia Death[5] Sergey Yeryomin United Russia Yes
Khakassia 6–8 September 2024 Sergey Sokol United Russia New Post[6] Nikolay Shulginov Independent No[a]
Southern 6–8 September 2024 Vitaly Kushnarev United Russia New Post[7] Viktoria Abramchenko United Russia Yes
Unecha 6–8 September 2024 Nikolay Alekseyenko United Russia Resigned[8] Oleg Matytsin United Russia Yes
Biysk 14 September 2025 Aleksandr Prokopyev United Russia New Post[9] TBD TBD TBD
Skopin 14 September 2025 Dmitry Khubezov United Russia New Post[10] TBD TBD TBD
Krasnodar 14 September 2025 Yevgeny Pervyshov United Russia New Post[11] TBD TBD TBD
Samara 14 September 2025 Alexander Khinshtein United Russia New Post[12] TBD TBD TBD

8–10 September 2023

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Simferopol

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Map of Simferopol constituency
Elected Deputy Yury Nesterenko

On 3 September 2022, Deputy Alexey Chernyak of Simferopol constituency asked for his resignation from the State Duma to focus on work in Crimea.[2] 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.[13] On 10 September 2023, Simferopol City Council member Yury Nesterenko won the by-election.

Registered candidates

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Did not file

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Eliminated in United Russia primary

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  • Olga Pavolotskaya, unemployed[20]
  • Alik Palakyan, unemployed[21]
  • Maxim Pinayev, entrepreneur[22]
  • Igor Savchenko, unemployed[23]
  • Alexander Stolbov, Sergeant of the Russian Armed Forces[24]
  • Sait Umerov, controller of Crocus International JSC[25] (running as an Independent)
  • Alexander Chuvakov, Commander of the 6th department of the Fire and Rescue Unit of Simferopol[26]

Declined

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  • 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[27]

Results

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Summary of the 8–10 September 2023 by-election in the Simferopol constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Yury Nesterenko United Russia 97,343 68.71%
Stepan Kiskin A Just Russia – For Truth 10,589 7.47%
Vasily Sayenko Communist Party 10,472 7.39%
Aleksandr Turov Communists of Russia 9,233 6.52%
Dmitry Fridman Liberal Democratic Party 9,167 6.47%
Total 141,679 100%
Source: [28]

Lipetsk

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Map of Lipetsk constituency
Elected Deputy Dmitry Averov

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.[3] 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

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Did not file

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Eliminated in United Russia primary

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  • Nikolay Golosov, Director of the Center for the Development of Children's Recreation[30]
  • Leonid Gusev, retired Captain 1st rank of the Russian Navy, Chairman of the Lipetsk Branch of the All-Russian Fleet Support Movement[30]
  • Margarita Zhirova, Head of the Department of the Youth Center[30]
  • Vladimir Khabibullin, Head of the Department for Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Yelets City Administration[30]

Declined

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Results

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Summary of the 8–10 September 2023 by-election in the Lipetsk constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Dmitry Averov United Russia 106,525 58.78%
Sergey Tokarev Communist Party 25,305 13.96%
Anatoly Yemelyanov Liberal Democratic Party 17,553 9.69%
Larisa Ksenofontova A Just Russia – For Truth 15,618 8.62%
Oleg Tokarev Communists of Russia 11,783 6.50%
Total 181,222 100%
Source: [35]

Karachay-Cherkessia

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Map of Karachay-Cherkessia constituency
Elected Deputy Soltan Uzdenov

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.[4] 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

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Eliminated in United Russia primary

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Results

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Summary of the 8–10 September 2023 by-election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Soltan Uzdenov United Russia 148,692 71.16%
Kemal Bytdayev Communist Party 27,216 13.03%
Zaur Akbashev A Just Russia – For Truth 16,280 7.79%
Oleg Zhedyayev Liberal Democratic Party 13,180 6.31%
Akhmed Abazov Yabloko 3,213 1.54%
Total 208,947 100%
Source: [39]

Divnogorsk

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Map of Divnogorsk constituency
Elected Deputy Sergey Yeryomin

Four-term State Duma member Viktor Zubarev from Krasnoyarsk Krai died on 31 May 2023 in Moscow.[5] 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

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Eliminated in United Russia primary

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  • Denis Dudalev, Deputy Chief Engineer of Krasnoyarsk Regional Energy Company JSC;[43]
  • 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

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Results

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Summary of the 8–10 September 2023 by-election in the Divnogorsk constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Sergey Yeryomin United Russia 111,032 57.54%
Dmitry Semirenko Communist Party 20,352 10.55%
Grigory Gavrilov Liberal Democratic Party 19,732 10.23%
Ivan Serebryakov Rodina 14,849 7.70%
Ksenia Kadakina A Just Russia – For Truth 12,159 6.30%
Andrey Kucheryavy Yabloko 5,665 2.94%
Total 192,967 100%
Source: [46]

6–8 September 2024

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Khakassia

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Map of Khakassia constituency
Elected Deputy Nikolay Shulginov

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.[6] 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.[47] 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.[48] 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,[49] however, in late May 2024 she was announced as United Russia candidate in a Southern constituency by-election.[50] Among other mentioned candidates were Moscow City Duma member and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev and even Head of Khakassia Valentin Konovalov.[51] 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.[52]

Registered candidates

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Withdrawn candidates

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Declined

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Results

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Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 by-election in the Khakassia constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Nikolay Shulginov Independent 59,730 55.30%
Vladimir Smyshlyayev A Just Russia – For Truth 32,189 29.80%
Mikhail Gayday Green Alternative 3,332 3.09%
Sergey Izmaylov Civic Platform 2,539 2.35%
Anton Palyulin Party of Direct Democracy 1,938 1.79%
Georgy Slyvus The Greens 1,783 1.65%
Total 108,002 100%
Source: [83]

Southern

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Map of Southern constituency
Elected Deputy Viktoria Abramchenko

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.[7] 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

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Declined

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Results

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Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 by-election in the Southern constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Viktoria Abramchenko United Russia 154,908 75.73%
Natalya Oskina Communist Party 23,069 11.28%
Maksim Fyodorov A Just Russia – For Truth 9,075 4.44%
Dmitry Velichko New People 6,827 3.34%
Roman Klimov Liberal Democratic Party 5,693 2.78%
Aleksandr Yefimov Yabloko 2,972 1.45%
Total 204,566 100%
Source: [90]

Unecha

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Map of Unecha constituency
Elected Deputy Oleg Matytsin

First-term State Duma member Nikolay Alekseyenko announced his intention to resign his seat in the Duma on May 27, 2024.[8] 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

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Results

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Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 by-election in the Unecha constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Oleg Matytsin United Russia 180,650 68.01%
Andrey Arkhitsky Communist Party 32,432 12.21%
Ruslan Titov Liberal Democratic Party 20,626 7.76%
Aleksey Timoshkov A Just Russia – For Truth 13,721 5.17%
Sergey Gorelov New People 13,541 5.10%
Total 204,566 100%
Source: [96]

14 September 2025

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Biysk

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Map of Biysk constituency

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.[9] As 2024 by-elections had already been scheduled, a by-election for this seat will be held next year, in September 2025.

Potential candidates

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Declined

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Skopin

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Map of Skopin constituency

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.[10] 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

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Map of Krasnodar constituency

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.[11]

Potential candidates

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Declined

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Samara

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Map of Samara constituency

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.[12]

Notes

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  1. ^ Shulginov eventually joined United Russia faction in the State Duma

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