The 2022

Saratov Oblast Duma The Saratov Oblast Duma (russian: Саратовская областная дума, Saratovskaya oblastnaya duma) is the Regional parliaments of Russia, regional parliament of Saratov Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. A total of 45 deputies ...

election took place on 9–11 September 2022, on common election day, coinciding with the

gubernatorial election A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

. All 40 seats in the Oblast Duma were up for reelection.

Electoral system

Under current election laws, the Oblast Duma is elected for a term of five years, with

parallel voting Parallel voting is a type of mixed electoral system in which representatives are voted into a single chamber using two or more different systems, most often first-past-the-post voting (FPTP) with party-list proportional representation (PR). It ...

. 10 seats are elected by

party-list proportional representation Party-list proportional representation (list-PR) is a subset of proportional representation electoral systems in which multiple candidates are elected (e.g., elections to parliament) through their position on an electoral list. They can also be us ...

with a 5%

electoral threshold The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can ...

, with the other half elected in 30 single-member constituencies by

first-past-the-post voting In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...

. Until 2022 the number of mandates allocated in proportional and majoritarian parts were standing at 23 and 22 seats, respectively (so the total number of seats in the Duma had been reduced from 45 to 40). Seats in the proportional part are allocated using the

Imperiali quota The Imperiali quota is a formula used to calculate the minimum number, or quota, of votes required to capture a seat in some forms of single transferable vote or largest remainder method party-list proportional representation voting systems. It i ...

, modified to ensure that every party list, which passes the threshold, receives at least one mandate.

Candidates

Party lists

To register regional lists of candidates, parties need to collect 0.5% of signatures of all registered voters in

Saratov Oblast Saratov Oblast (russian: Сара́товская о́бласть, ''Saratovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Saratov. As of the 2010 Cen ...

. Prior to the election oblast-wide part of party lists was abolished with only territorial groups retaining. The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures: *

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Russian conservative political party. As the largest party in Russia, it holds 325 (or 72.22%) of the 450 seats in the State Duma , havin ...

* Communist Party of the Russian Federation *

A Just Russia — Patriots — For Truth A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...

* Liberal Democratic Party of Russia * New People New People and Rodina will take part in Saratov Oblast legislative election for the first time.

Single-mandate constituencies

30 single-mandate constituencies were formed in

, an increase of 8 seats since last redistricting in 2017. To register, candidates in single-mandate constituencies need to collect 3% of signatures of registered voters in the constituency.

Results

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, 597,854 , 60.50 , 6.34% , 7 , 11 , 22 , 4 , 29 , 7 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;",

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...

, 141,829 , 14.35 , 0.32% , 1 , 2 , 4 , 2 , 5 , 0 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Liberal Democratic Party , 91,255 , 9.24 , 1.18% , 1 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 2 , 0 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", A Just Russia — For Truth , 67,057 , 6.79 , 1.04% , 1 , 0 , 1 , 1 , 2 , 1 , - , colspan="11" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", New People , 35,000 , 3.54 , New , 0 , New , 1 , New , 1 , New , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;",

Communists of Russia The Communist Party "Communists of Russia" (CPCR; russian: Коммунистическая партия «Коммунисты России»; КПКР; ''Kommunisticheskaya partiya «Kommunisty Rossii»'', ''KPKR'') or simply Communists of Russi ...

, 29,232 , 2.96 , 0.70% , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Rodina , 15,902 , 1.61 , New , 0 , New , 1 , New , 1 , New , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;", Independents , — , — , — , — , — , 0 , 1 , 0 , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2", Invalid ballots , 9,978 , 1.01 , 0.1% , — , — , — , — , — , — , - style="font-weight:bold" , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2", Total , 988,111 , 100.00 , — , 10 , 13 , 30 , 8 , 40 , 5 , - , colspan="11" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2", Turnout , 988,111 , 53.69 , 1.07% , — , — , — , — , — , — , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2", Registered voters , 1,840,460 , 100.00 , — , — , — , — , — , — , — , - , colspan="11" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="10" , Source: , Former Governor of Saratov Oblast Valery Radayev (

) was appointed to the

Federation Council The Federation Council (russian: Сове́т Федера́ции – ''Soviet Federatsii'', common abbreviation: Совфед – ''Sovfed''), or Senate (officially, starting from July 1, 2020) ( ru , Сенат , translit = Senat), is th ...

, replacing retiring incumbent Oleg Alekseyev (

).Экс-губернатор Радаев стал сенатором Совета Федерации от Саратовской областной думы
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References

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