2023 Smolensk Oblast Duma election
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The 2023 Smolensk Oblast Duma election took place on 8–10 September 2023, on common election day, coinciding with 2023 Smolensk Oblast gubernatorial election. All 48 seats in the Oblast Duma were up for reelection.
Under current election laws, the Oblast Duma is elected for a term of five years, with parallel voting. 16 seats are elected by party-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold, with the other half elected in 32 single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. Until 2023 the number of mandates allocated in proportional and majoritarian parts were standing at 24 each. Seats in the proportional part are allocated using the Imperiali quota, modified to ensure that every party list, which passes the threshold, receives at least one mandate.[1]
Candidates
Party lists
To register regional lists of candidates, parties need to collect 0.5% of signatures of all registered voters in Smolensk Oblast.
The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures:[2]
- United Russia
- Communist Party of the Russian Federation
- A Just Russia — Patriots — For Truth
- Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
- New People
- Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice
| № | Party | Oblast-wide list | Candidates | Territorial groups | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberal Democratic Party | Leonid Slutsky • Andrey Borisov • Mikhail Kovalyov | 44 | 16 | Registered |
| 2 | Communists of Russia | Roman Shklavets • Anna Frolova • Vladimir Zagryadsky | 19 | 16 | Registered |
| 3 | Communist Party | Valery Kuznetsov • Andrey Mitrofanenkov • Aleksandr Stepchenkov | 38 | 16 | Registered |
| 4 | The Greens | Artur Redchenkov • Tatyana Gomareva | 18 | 16 | Registered |
| 5 | New People | Aleksandr Zhustaryov • Aleksey Voytov • Oleg Kletny | 30 | 15 | Registered |
| 6 | A Just Russia – For Truth | Andrey Ivanov | 30 | 16 | Registered |
| 7 | United Russia | Vasily Anokhin • Natalya Polushkina • Igor Lyakhov | 51 | 16 | Registered |
| 8 | Party of Pensioners | Dmitry Vasilyev • Svetlana Vtorova • Igor Pushkarev | 39 | 16 | Registered |
| Yabloko | Failed to qualify | ||||
| Rodina | Failed the certification |
New People, Communists of Russia and The Greens will take part in Smolensk Oblast legislative election for the first time.
Single-mandate constituencies
32 single-mandate constituencies were formed in Smolensk Oblast, an increase of 8 seats since last redistricting in 2018. To register candidates in single-mandate constituencies need to collect 3% of signatures of registered voters in the constituency.
| Party | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominated | Registered | ||
| United Russia | 32 | 31 | |
| Communist Party | 30 | 30 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 32 | 32 | |
| Party of Pensioners | 17 | 17 | |
| A Just Russia — For Truth | 30 | 29 | |
| New People | 17 | 14 | |
| Communists of Russia | 21 | 16 | |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 180 | 169 | |
