2022 Sakhalin Oblast Duma election

2022 Sakhalin Oblast Duma election

9–11 September 2021
Turnout	29.67%
Majority party Minority party Third party   LDPR Candidate Valery Limarenko Aleksey Korniyenko Vitaly Baranov Leader Dmitry Medvedev Gennady Zyuganov Leonid Slutsky Party United Russia CPRF LDPR Last election 19 seats, 44.64% 4 seats, 16.50% 2 seats, 13.02% Seats won 21 2 1 Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 52,359 15,804 10,200 Percentage 47.20% 14.25% 9.19% Swing 2.56% 2.25% 3.83%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   NL RPPSS SR-ZP Candidate Roman Vedeneyev Yury Vygolov Vadim Politsinsky Leader Aleksey Nechayev Vladimir Burakov Sergey Mironov Party New People Party of Pensioners SR-ZP Last election Did not exist Did not participate 0 seats, 4.54% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change Did not exist Did not participate 1 Popular vote 9,865 7,435 5,706 Percentage 8.89% 6.70% 5.14% Swing Did not exist Did not participate 0.60%

The 2022 Sakhalin Oblast Duma election took place on 9–11 September 2022, on common election day. All 28 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. 10 seats are elected by party-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold, with the other half elected in 18 single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. Until 2022 the number of mandates allocated in proportional and majoritarian parts were standing at 14 each. Initially, 7 party list mandates and 21 single-member constituencies were proposed, however, this model was declared unconstitutional as it could create a situation, where there would be not enough seats for every qualified party. Seats in the proportional part are allocated using the Imperiali quota, modified to ensure that every party list, which passes the threshold, receives at least one mandate ("Tyumen method").

Candidates

Party lists

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

The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures:

• United Russia
• Communist Party of the Russian Federation
• A Just Russia — Patriots — For Truth
• Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
• New People
• Rodina
• Russian Party of Freedom and Justice
• Yabloko
• Communists of Russia

№	Party	Republic-wide list	Candidates	Territorial groups	Status
1	Party of Pensioners	Yury Vygolov • Alla Lyubimova • Lidia Lazareva • Sergey Li • Armen Khachatryan	23	18	Registered
2	Liberal Democratic Party	Vitaly Baranov • Dmitry Fleyer • Anton Butov	38	18	Registered
3	A Just Russia — For Truth	Vadim Politsinsky • Natalya Zhdakayeva • Aleksandr Yalovoy • Aleksandr Anistratov • Anna Sokolovskaya	37	18	Registered
4	United Russia	Valery Limarenko • Andrey Khapochkin • Yevgenia Tuchkova • Yelena Kasyanova • Vitaly Gomilevsky	58	18	Registered
5	Communist Party	Aleksey Korniyenko • Pavel Ashikhmin • Mikhail Cherevik • Andrey Silenginsky	42	18	Registered
6	New People	Roman Vedeneyev • Ivan Butakov • Vladislav Glukhov • Ivan Rybakov • Aleksandr Borovikov	19	14	Registered
7	Communists of Russia	Dmitry Zenkin • Dmitry Karpov • Darya Sviridenko • Yelena Larkina • Aleksandr Zenkin	30	17	Registered
8	Rodina	Aleksandr Konkov • Viktor Sheybak • Andrey Yermakov • Yevgeny Peshkov • Aleksandr Afonichev	20	15	Registered
9	RPSS	Susanna Adrova • Dana Pantyukhina • Konstantin Bessonov • Nadezhda Smirnova • Yury Markov	22	17	Registered
	Civic Platform	Yevgeny Cherny • Anna Nikolskaya • Yelena Zapodoynikova	25	12	Failed to qualify
	Yabloko				Failed the certification

New People and RPPSS will take part in Sakhalin Oblast legislative election for the first time, while For Women of Russia and Patriots of Russia, who participated in the 2017 election, had been dissolved henceforth.

Single-mandate constituencies

18 single-mandate constituencies were formed in Sakhalin Oblast, an increase of 4 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.

Number of candidates in single-mandate constituencies

Party		Candidates
		Nominated	Registered
	United Russia	18	18
	Communist Party	18	17
	Liberal Democratic Party	17	16
	A Just Russia — For Truth	18	18
	New People	11	10
	Communists of Russia	18	18
	Rodina	18	17
	RPSS	16	16
	Party of Pensioners	4	3
	Independent	4	0
Total		142	132

Results

Summary of the 9–11 September 2022 Sakhalin Oblast Duma election results

Party		Party list					Constituency		Total
		Votes	%	±pp	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
	United Russia	52,359	47.20	2.56%	4	5	17	7	21	2
	Communist Party	15,804	14.25	2.25%	2	1	0	1	2	2
	Liberal Democratic Party	10,200	9.19	3.83%	1	1	0		1	1
	New People	9,865	8.89	New	1	New	1	New	2	New
	Party of Pensioners	7,435	6.70	New	1	New	0	New	1	New
	A Just Russia — For Truth	5,706	5.14	0.60%	1	1	0		1	1
	Communists of Russia	2,827	2.55	1.57%	0		0		0
	RPSS	1,620	1.46	2.36%	0		0		0
	Rodina	795	0.72	0.45%	0		0		0
Invalid ballots		4,325	3.90	0.63%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total		110,936	100.00	—	10	4	18	4	28
Turnout		110,936	29.67	3.65%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Registered voters		373,907	100.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Source:

Former Sakhalin Oblast Duma Speaker Andrey Khapochkin (United Russia) was appointed to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent Yury Arkharov (Independent).

See also

• 2022 Russian regional elections