2016 Russian elections explained

Election Name:Russian Election Day, 2016
Country:Russia
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Russian Election Day, 2015
Previous Year:2015
Next Election:Russian Election Day, 2017
Next Year:2017
Election Date:18 September 2016

Election Day in Russia was 18 September 2016. Among them were the legislative election for the 7th State Duma, nine gubernatorial elections, 39 regional parliamentary elections, and many elections on the municipal and local level.

State Duma

See main article: 2016 Russian legislative election.

All 450 seats of the State Duma were up for re-election on 18 September.

Gubernatorial elections

See main article: 2016 Russian gubernatorial elections.

Regional legislative elections

Mayoral elections in regional capitals

Local self-government elections in regional capitals

Other local elections

On election day in 2016 there were more than five thousand other elections of heads of municipalities and for local municipal councils of deputies in cities across the country, along with 148 local referendums.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ГАС "Выборы". 2017-08-07. 2017-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20170422181939/http://www.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/izbirkom. dead.