The Duma of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug () is the regional parliament of the

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka ( ; ), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an Autonomous okrugs of Russia, autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a border wi ...

, a

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in the

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of the country. Together with the

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and

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branches, the

okrug An okrug is a type of administrative division in some Slavic-speaking states. The word ''okrug'' is a loanword in English, alternatively translated as area, district, county, or region. Etymologically, ''okrug'' literally means ' circuit', der ...

duma A duma () is a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions. The term ''boyar duma'' is used to refer to advisory councils in Russia from the 10th to 17th centuries. Starting in the 18th century, city dumas were formed across Russia ...

(assembly) is vested with power to control the okrug's own affairs with high levels of

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from Moscow. All members are elected by public vote and are titled as deputies. Deputies currently have a five-year term.

History

Prior to the dissolution of the

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, the Supreme Soviet of RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) was the legislative body of the Soviet Union that was elected by members of the

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. The Supreme Soviet contained the Council of the Republic and the Council of Nationalities, which represented the population size of the

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. Until 1990, Chukotka was administrated under

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, but a law passed that year allowed this arrangement to be altered. Chukotka declared its administrative independence from Magadan Oblast to join the

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as an autonomous

. During the

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, the legislative body of Russia was dissolved and power was decentralized to the individual federal subjects by a presidential decree ( 1617). Due to this, on 11 January 1994, another new decree was established to name the new local legislative body in Chukotka as the Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Initially, the body had two chambers: an

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with nine deputies, and a

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with six deputies. The first legislative election was scheduled for 10 April 1994 to elect deputies for two-year terms. Of Russia's 85 federal subjects, the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ranks seventh by land area and 84th by population; it also is the least-densely populated (as of 2010 census). Approximately half of its population are

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or other

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.Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Territorial Branch of the

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Численность населения Чукотского автономного округа

Structure

The Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Duma is

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, like most legislative assembly bodies of Russian federal subjects. It currently comprises 15 deputies, with 6 of them running in multi-seat

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and the other 9 in single electoral districts. Deputies are elected every 5 years by public vote, in which winners are determined by a combination of

first-past-the-post voting First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...

and

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, in what is known as the

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system. The duma also internally elects a legislative representative to the

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, which is the upper house of Russia's legislative branch. The executive branch of Chukotka works closely with the duma. The executive branch is also known as the government of Chukotka and is headed by the governor, who is the highest-ranking person in the okrug. The governor is not to be confused with the chairman of the duma, who is head of the duma only and chosen from amongst the deputies.

Elections

2021

List of chairmen

Previous legislative assemblies

References

{{Regional parliaments of Russia Government of Russia Legislatures of the federal subjects of Russia Politics of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug