The 2026 Parliament of the Chechen Republic election took place on 18–20 September 2026, on common election day, coinciding with the 2026 Chechen head election and 2026 Russian legislative election. All 41 seats in the Parliament were up for re-election.
United Russia retained its overwhelming majority in the Parliament, winning 84.2% of the vote, but lost two seats. Liberal Democratic Party of Russia narrowly entered the Parliament for the first time after party leader Leonid Slutsky established close ties to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
Electoral system Under current election laws, 41 seats in the Parliament are elected for a term of five years by party-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold. Seats are allocated using the Hare quota, Chechnya and Ingushetia are the only regions in Russia that are presently using the Hare quota in regional legislative elections. Unlike most regional elections in Russia, party lists in Chechnya are not divided between territorial groups.
Candidates Party lists To register regional lists of candidates, parties need to collect 0.5% of signatures of all registered voters in Chechnya.
The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures: United Russia Communist Party of the Russian Federation Liberal Democratic Party of Russia A Just Russia New People
№PartyParty-list leadersCandidatesStatus1 A Just Russia • Bekkhan Aibuyev • Apti Dubayev • Zelimkhan Suleimanov • Shamil Zhulagov41 Registered2 Communist PartyKhalid Nakayev • Islam Khatuyev • Khasmagomed Deniyev • Lom-Ali Akhluyev • Visadi Makharazhov51 Registered3 Liberal Democratic PartyLeonid Slutsky • • Magomed Umarov • Magomed Alkhazurov • Umar Umarov47 Registered4 United Russia • Magomed Dokhtukayev • Dzhamalay Zakriyev • Eskerkhan Tagiyev • Walid Abdureshidov62 Registered
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia took part in the Chechen legislative election for the first time since 2013.
Results
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan=2| Party ! width="75"| Votes ! % ! ±pp ! Seats ! +/– |- | style="background-color:;"| | style="text-align:left;"| United Russia | | 84.15 | 5.05 | 35 | 2 |- | style="background-color:;"| | style="text-align:left;"| A Just Russia | | 5.41 | 0.18 | 2
| style="background-color:;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Communist Party | | 5.25 | 0.09 | 2
| style="background-color:;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Liberal Democratic Party | | 5.13 | New | 2 | New |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Invalid ballots | | 0.05 | 0.01 | — | — |- style="font-weight:bold" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Total | | 100.00 | — | 41
| colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Turnout | | 95.18 | 0.57 | — | — |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Registered voters | | 100.00 | — | — | — |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="6" |Source:
Deputy Premier of Chechnya (United Russia) was elected Chairman of the Parliament, replacing outgoing Chairman Shaid Zhamaldayev (United Russia). Incumbent Senator Mokhmad Akhmadov (United Russia) was re-appointed to the Federation Council.
Members Incumbent deputies are highlighted with bold, elected members who declined to take a seat are marked with strikethrough.
Party lists Member PartyUnited RussiaMagomed DokhtukayevUnited RussiaDzhamalay ZakriyevUnited RussiaEskerkhan TagiyevUnited RussiaWalid AbdureshidovUnited RussiaIdris AbubakarovUnited RussiaAslambek AidamirovUnited RussiaAlikhan ElembayevUnited RussiaMokhmad AkhmadovUnited RussiaNurdi AkhiyanovUnited RussiaIbragim AkhmatovUnited RussiaKhumaid BorshigovUnited RussiaZelimkhan DzhamaldinovUnited RussiaMurat GapurayevUnited RussiaDzhabrail GarnayevUnited RussiaRyzvan DadayevUnited RussiaAdlan DinayevUnited RussiaArbi DzhafarovUnited RussiaKhusein KadyrovUnited RussiaUnited RussiaWalid ZainalabdiyevUnited RussiaSakhab ZakriyevUnited RussiaSaid-Magomed KhakimovUnited RussiaAdnan NagayevUnited RussiaImam-Ali MakhmutkhazhiyevUnited RussiaArtur KhadzhiyevUnited RussiaSurkho MunayevUnited RussiaDmitry KashlyunovUnited RussiaZabek RashayevUnited RussiaVakha UstrakhanovUnited RussiaRizvan TsabayevUnited RussiaIbragim EdilovUnited RussiaRoman EdilovUnited RussiaMusa KhanarikovUnited RussiaUnited RussiaA Just RussiaBekkhan AibuyevA Just RussiaKhalid NakayevCommunist PartyIslam KhatuyevCommunist PartyLeonid SlutskyLiberal Democratic PartyLiberal Democratic PartyMagomed UmarovLiberal Democratic PartyMagomed AlkhazurovLiberal Democratic Party
See also 2026 Russian regional elections
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