Moscow City Duma District 45 Explained

Moscow City Duma District 45
Member-Type:Deputy
Member:Magomet Yandiyev
Member-Party:A Just Russia — For Truth
Administrative-Okrug:Central, Eastern
Districts:Basmanny, Krasnoselsky, Meshchansky, Sokolniki
Voters: (2019)[1]

Moscow City Duma District 45 is one of 45 constituencies in Moscow City Duma. Currently the district covers eastern part of Central Moscow as well as Sokolniki in Eastern Moscow.

The district has been represented since 2019 by A Just Russia faction leader Magomet Yandiyev, an economist, who succeeded retiring incumbent Yaroslav Kuzminov (My Moscow), defeating Kuzminov's deputy in the Higher School of Economics Valeria Kasamara (Independent).

Boundaries

2014–2024: Basmanny, Krasnoselsky, Meshchansky, Sokolniki[2]
The district was created prior to the 2014 election, after Moscow City Duma had been expanded from 35 to 45 seats. It covers eastern part of Central Moscow as well as Sokolniki in Eastern Moscow.

2024–present: Arbat, Basmanny, Krasnoselsky, Meshchansky, Tverskoy[3]
During the 2023–24 Moscow redistricting the district was pushed westwards gaining Tverskoy District from District 44 and Arbat from District 43, while losing Sokolniki. In this configuration the district is contained entirely within Central Moscow.

Members elected

ElectionMemberParty
2014Yaroslav KuzminovIndependent
2019Magomet YandiyevA Just Russia

Election results

2014

|-! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%|-|style="background-color: "||align=left|Yaroslav Kuzminov|align=left|Independent||40.99%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Yelena Fomicheva|align=left|Communist Party||23.42%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Nikolay Kavkazsky|align=left|Yabloko||12.78%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Kristina Simonyan|align=left|A Just Russia||11.24%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Anton Umnikov|align=left|Liberal Democratic Party||3.93%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Anton Komendantov|align=left|Independent||2.50%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Barbara Babich|align=left|Independent||2.24%|-| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"||- style="font-weight:bold"| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total| | 100%|-| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"||- style="font-weight:bold"| colspan="4" |Source:|[4] |}

2019

|-! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Magomet Yandiyev|align=left|A Just Russia||38.09%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Valeria Kasamara|align=left|Independent||32.42%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Yevgeny Turushev|align=left|Liberal Democratic Party||12.14%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Mikhail Konev|align=left|Independent||9.90%|-| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"||- style="font-weight:bold"| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total| | 100%|-| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"||- style="font-weight:bold"| colspan="4" |Source:|[1] |}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 2019. moscow-city.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-01-12.
  2. Web site: Закон города Москвы от 30 апреля 2014 года №22 "О схеме одномандатных избирательных округов по выборам депутатов Московской городской Думы". docs.cntd.ru. 2024-01-12.
  3. Web site: Закон города Москвы от 27 декабря 2023 года №39 "О схеме одномандатных избирательных округов по выборам депутатов Московской городской Думы". docs.cntd.ru. 2024-01-12.
  4. Web site: Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 2014. moscow-city.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-01-12.