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.Федеральный закон от 22.02.2014 N 20-ФЗ (ред. от 29.05.2019) "О выборах депутатов Государственной Думы Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации". Статья 97. Дополнительные выборы.

Overview Constituency Date Former MP Party Cause Winner Party RetainedSimferopol8–10 September 2023Alexey ChernyakUnited RussiaResignedYury NesterenkoUnited RussiaYesLipetsk8–10 September 2023Nikolay BortsovUnited RussiaDeathDmitry AverovUnited RussiaYesKarachay-Cherkessia8–10 September 2023Dzhasharbek UzdenovUnited RussiaDeathSoltan UzdenovUnited RussiaYesDivnogorsk8–10 September 2023Viktor ZubarevUnited RussiaDeathSergey YeryominUnited RussiaYesKhakassia6–8 September 2024Sergey SokolUnited RussiaNew PostNikolay ShulginovIndependentNoSouthern6–8 September 2024Vitaly KushnarevUnited RussiaNew PostViktoria AbramchenkoUnited RussiaYesUnecha6–8 September 2024Nikolay AlekseyenkoUnited RussiaResignedOleg MatytsinUnited RussiaYesBiysk14 September 2025Aleksandr ProkopyevUnited RussiaNew PostBy-election cancelledSkopin14 September 2025Dmitry KhubezovUnited RussiaNew PostKrasnodar14 September 2025Yevgeny PervyshovUnited RussiaNew PostSamara14 September 2025Alexander KhinshteinUnited RussiaNew PostMagadan14 September 2025Anton BasanskyUnited RussiaNew PostProkopyevsk14 September 2025Dmitry IslamovUnited RussiaNew PostUfa14 September 2025Pavel KachkayevUnited RussiaDeathEngels14 September 2025Alexander StrelyukhinUnited RussiaNew PostVolzhsky14 September 2025Oleg SavchenkoUnited RussiaResigned

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.ЦИК: В следующем году запланировано 20 выборов губернаторов 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)Списки заверены 13.07.2023 Stepan Kiskin (SR–ZP), former Member of Simferopol City Council (2014–2019)Состоялось заседание Президиума Центрального совета Партии СПРАВЕДЛИВАЯ РОССИЯ – ЗА ПРАВДУ Yury Nesterenko (United Russia), Member of Simferopol City Council (2014–2023)Юрий Нестеренко одержал победу в предварительном голосовании "Единой России" Vasily Sayenko (CPRF), Member of Simferopol City Council (2019–present)КПРФ выдвинула четырех кандидатов на довыборы в Госдуму Aleksandr Turov (Communists of Russia), pensionerСписки заверены 07.07.2023

Did not file Sait Umerov (Independent), security specialist, United Russia primary candidateУмеров Саит Экремович

Eliminated in United Russia primary Olga Pavolotskaya, unemployedПаволоцкая Ольга Борисовна. Электронное предварительное голосование Alik Palakyan, unemployedПалакян Алик Леваевич. Электронное предварительное голосование Maxim Pinayev, entrepreneurПинаев Максим Викторович. Электронное предварительное голосование Igor Savchenko, unemployedСавченко Игорь Юрьевич. Электронное предварительное голосование Alexander Stolbov, Sergeant of the Russian Armed ForcesСтолбов Александр Александрович. Электронное предварительное голосование Sait Umerov, controller of Crocus International JSCУмеров Саит Экремович. Электронное предварительное голосование (running as an Independent) Alexander Chuvakov, Commander of the 6th department of the Fire and Rescue Unit of SimferopolЧуваков Александр Сергеевич. Электронное предварительное голосование

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«Коммерсантъ» узнал об идее ЛДПР по участию Бута в довыборах в Госдуму

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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 Dmitry Averov (United Russia), Chairman of the Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies (2021–2023), former Senator from Lipetsk Oblast (2021)Спикер липецкого облсовета подал документы для участия в праймериз ЕР по отбору кандидата в ГосдумуПраймериз «Единой России» по довыборам в Госдуму стартовал в Липецкой областиСпикер Липецкого облсовета Дмитрий Аверов выиграл праймериз «Единой России» перед довыборами в Госдуму 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 seatДепутат липецкого облсовета Анатолий Емельянов пойдет на довыборы в Госдуму от ЛДПР

Did not file Anton Rychkov (Yabloko), shooting instructor«Яблоко» выдвинуло кандидатов на довыборы депутатов Государственной Думы в Карачаево-Черкесии, Красноярском крае и Липецкой области

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 seatРазбор мандатов

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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 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«Единая Россия» выдвинет сына умершего депутата Узденова на довыборы Oleg Zhedyayev (LDPR), Member of People's Assembly of Karachay-Cherkessia (2009–present), 2021 candidate for this seatВысший Совет ЛДПР выдвинул Олега Жедяева на довыборы депутатов Государственной Думы

Eliminated in United Russia primary Ahmed Baterbiyev, Member of Cherkessk City Duma (2002–present)Стартовало предварительное голосование «Единой России» на довыборах в Госдуму в Липецкой области и Карачаево-Черкесской Республике 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)

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Divnogorsk

By-elections to the 8th Russian State Duma

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