Kaliningrad Oblast election, 2011

The election for the fifth term of the Kaliningrad Oblast Duma was held on 13 March 2011. 20 deputies were elected in single-mandate electoral constituencies, 20 others in the general regional constituency under proportional representation.

Results

The participation grade was 42%. 4.22% of votes were declared unvalid. The table hereafter lists the results of the valid votes.

Results of the regional elections of 13 March 2011[1][2]
PartyPercentageDirect
seats		List
seats		Total
seats
United Russia42.6%15924
Communist Party of the Russian Federation22.3%156
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia13.1%–22
A Just Russia10.5%–22
Patriots of Russia8.9%–22
Yabloko2.5%–––
Independents–4–4
Total99.9%202040

Marina Orgejewa (United Russia) was elected as chairperson of the regional Duma. The representative of the regional Duma in the Federation Council of Russia is Nikolai Vlasenko (United Russia).[3]

Independent deputies

There are four independents deputies, elected in single-seat constituencies. The Russian Political Parties Act is very restrictive, a recognized political party must have at least 50,000 members and 45 regional branches with more than 500 members,[4] so that non recognized political parties may not take part to elections unless through individual candidates. No local party is recognized.

2012 by-election

A by-election for the 13th single-seat constituency is due to take place on 4 March 2012, in parallel with the Russian presidential election, amidst accusations of massive vote-buying e.g. by the candidate Arkady Korovikova, according to Vladimir Sultanov, a Kaliningrad Regional Duma deputy from the Communist Party, who called the election an "orgy of vote-buying" and wrote a letter to President Dmitry Medvedev.[16]

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