Parliamentary elections in Russia: features and procedure

Proceeding from the main rules for holding elections to the lower house of the Federal Assembly approved in February 2014 by the Federal Law, deputies to the relevant body are elected by citizens of the Russian Federation through the right to universal, equal, secret ballot. Parliamentary elections in Russia are not mandatory for participation, a citizen can independently decide on the need for him to elect candidates.

Principles of the electoral system of the Russian Federation

1. Parliamentary elections in Russia involve the election of 450 deputies.
2. Half of the aforesaid number of deputies is elected in single-mandate electoral districts, 1 deputy per principle.
3. The second part is selected by the federal electoral district from the principle of the number of persons in proportion to the number of votes.
4. The citizen of the Russian Federation who has reached the age of eighteen at the time of the election is to give his vote to the candidate in law.
5. A citizen of Russia has the right to elect a candidate for deputy in single-mandate constituencies if he has been registered in the relevant district for more than 3 months at the time of voting.
6. A citizen of Russia who has the right to elect can participate in the nomination of candidates to the appropriate body, make lists of candidates, take part in lawful campaigning, observe the election and determine the results of voting.
7. The right to be elected to the lower house of the Federal Assembly is held by a Russian citizen who has reached the age of twenty-one.

Limitations that do not allow the nomination of a candidate for deputy

1. Outstanding conviction for a crime committed in grave or especially grave form.
2. A conviction that has been canceled or dropped for a crime committed in grave form, if the conviction was dropped less than 10 years ago. In case of a particularly grave form, the term is increased to 15 years.
3. With the exception of the previous paragraphs, a conviction for extremist activity.
4. The candidate has deposits, values and funds in foreign banks that are located outside the Russian Federation.

A candidate can be nominated only if the deadlines indicated in the second paragraph expire before the voting day. Accordingly, if the crimes are committed in a different form than the one stipulated above, the right to be elected returns to the citizen immediately after the repayment of the criminal record.

Stages of the electoral process

1. Establish a voting day.
2. Compilation of voter lists.
3. Nomination of candidates to the relevant authority and their registration.
4. Election campaign and agitation.
5. Actually the voting process.
6. Counting and publishing of voting results.

Appointment of elections

Parliamentary elections in Russia are an obligatory part of the electoral process. Elections are appointed by the incumbent president of the state within one hundred and ten to ninety days before the start of voting. The day of voting is necessarily Sunday, at this point the term of the previous convocation of deputies ends.

The president's decision on the appointment of a vote should be announced by an official source within five days. In the event that the incumbent president did not approve the holding of elections in a timely manner, this authority passes to the CEC. The commission will appoint elections on the first Sunday of the month when the term of the convocation expires. The decision of the CEC is also subject to publication, but not later than 7 days after the concept of the decision.

Elections may be appointed next Sunday if the Sabbath was declared an official holiday or Sunday officially declared in due course as a general working day.

Compilation of voter lists. Nomination of candidates and their registration

Each political party participating in the process should be nominated a federal list, consisting of 2 parts: federal and regional (1 part may be absent). The federal list is divided into regional groups of candidates. This is created in order to have the opportunity to vote for the candidates themselves. At the same time, if the party gets seats in the Duma, in the first place, the candidates become candidates, for which more votes were given.

The federal list is compiled by collecting signatures of voters. The party submits the list of the CEC and within 10 days the commission undertakes to announce the decision on registration. If the CEC registers a list, each candidate identified in the list receives the status of a registered candidate and acquires the right to campaigning.

Formation of electoral districts and districts

For the electoral process , 225 single-member districts are created on the territory of the Russian Federation. The district's education and its boundaries are determined on the basis of the number of registered voters. Single-seat districts before each election are created anew due to the active displacement of the population of the country.

Electoral precincts are created so that they have no more than 3000 voters. The lists of voters drawn up by the site include people registered on the slave's territory.

Pre-election campaigning

The parliamentary elections of 2016 in Russia proclaimed new rules of agitation in accordance with the appeal of the incumbent president.

Now the image of public figures on any propaganda materials is forbidden. Because it contradicts world practice. Materials of this nature can not be placed 50 meters from the polling station and on cultural facilities, historical monuments and architectural monuments.

Candidates are now required to participate in television debates.

Vote

Parliamentary elections in Russia involve voting from 8 am to 8 pm on the appointed day. Time can be transferred for a maximum of 2 hours in specified cases. Parliamentary elections in Russia in 2016 were not tolerated in any sector.

Summing up, publishing

At 20:00 local time, counting of votes begins after the announcement of the vote by the end of the chairman of the commission. But before the counting, the commission members should check the integrity of seals and seals, identify invalid ballots and violations. After counting all votes, an act of voting results is drawn up in the presence of observers.

All protocols are sent to the CEC, where the results of parliamentary elections in Russia are counted, which must be published within 3 weeks. Compliance with this procedure is a mandatory rule.

The results of the parliamentary elections in Russia in 2016 showed unrivaled leadership of the party "United Russia". In addition, representatives of 3 more parties (except for parties that received a small percentage of the mandate) got to the Duma, in addition to the EP. The parties represented were KPRF, LDPR and Just Russia.

The electoral process in Russia is quite complex, consisting of a large number of stages, which are constantly highlights. Therefore, the results of parliamentary elections in Russia are most often predictable.