The 2022

Saratov Oblast Duma The Saratov Oblast Duma () is the Regional parliaments of Russia, regional parliament of Saratov Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. A total of 45 deputies are elected for five-year terms. History The 2017 Saratov Oblast Duma elections took pl ...

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

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. 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

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. 10 seats are elected by

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with a 5%

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

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- ...

. 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

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, 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 is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Saratov. As of the 2021 Russian cens ...

. 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: *

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* 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 , 141,829 , 14.35 , 0.32% , 1 , 2 , 4 , 2 , 5 , 0 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 91,255 , 9.24 , 1.18% , 1 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 2 , 0 , - , style="background-color:;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 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; ; ''Kommunisticheskaya partiya «Kommunisty Rossii»'', ''KPKR'') or simply Communists of Russia (CR; ; ''Kommunisty Rossii'', ''KR'') is an Anti-revisionism, anti-revisionist Marxism–Leninism ...

, 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 The Governor of Saratov Oblast () is the Governor (Russia), head of government of Saratov Oblast, a Federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. The position was introduced in 1991 as ''Head of Administration''. The title of office was ...

Valery Radayev Valery Vasilyevich Radayev (; born 2 April 1961) is a Russian politician who served as Governor of Saratov Oblast from 2012 to 2022. He succeeded Pavel Ipatov (politician), Pavel Ipatov, who resigned on 23 March 2012. He was the chairman of the S ...

(

) was appointed to the

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, 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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