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2022 Moscow Municipal Elections
The 2022 Moscow municipal elections took place in Moscow on 9–11 September 2022. Elections will take place for deputies of the municipal councils in most of the districts of Moscow, for a total of at least 1,502 seats. Although the post of municipal council member is relatively powerless, candidates for mayor of Moscow are required to obtain support from municipal deputies to stand in elections. Last elections In 2017, in multiple districts in the center of Moscow, as well as some on the periphery of the city, the ruling party United Russia suffered defeats to opposition candidates, who received a combined total of nearly 20% of the seats. The opposition formed a coalition called United Democrats to get candidates elected to municipal councils of deputies. {{2022 elections in Russia Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Moscow Municipal Elections
The 2017 Moscow municipal elections took place in Moscow on 10 September 2017. Elections took place for deputies of the municipal councils in 124 of 125 districts of Moscow and in one administrative okrug, for a total of 1,502 seats, which were contested by around 7,500 candidates. The voter turnout was 14.82%. Although the post of municipal council member is relatively powerless, candidates for mayor of Moscow are required to obtain support from municipal deputies to stand in elections. While United Russia gained the majority with 1,153 seats, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) was replaced in second place by the liberal opposition party Yabloko with 176 seats. The Communist Party only received 44 seats, while 108 went to independents, ten to A Just Russia, five to the Party of Growth, four to the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), and two to the People's Freedom Party (PARNAS). Because of the large number of seats that went to opposition parties and ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
