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href="/wiki/File:Central_Election_Commission_of_Russia_(former_logo).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Central_Election_Commission_of_Russia_%28former_logo%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="140" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="140" /></a><figcaption>Former logo of the Central Election Commission</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Центральная избирательная комиссия Российской Федерации</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">Tsentral'naya izbiratel'naya komissiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii</i></span>, abbr. <b>ЦИК</b>, <i>TsIK</i>), also known as <b>Tsentrizbirkom</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Центризбирком</span>) is the superior power body responsible for conducting federal <a href="/wiki/Elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections">elections</a> and overseeing local elections in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federation">Russian Federation</a> founded in September 1993. It consists of 15 members. The <a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Duma" title="State Duma">State Duma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Federation_Council_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Federation Council of Russia">Federation Council of Russia</a> each appoint five members. In turn, these members elect the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Secretary. The Commission is in power for a four-year term. </p><p>On 30 January 2007, amendments to the Russian election legislation, which would allow people without higher education in law to become members of the Central Election Commission, were passed by <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Commission_(Russia)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1917-1918 there was the All-Russian election commission for the Constituent Assembly, in the Far East in 1920-1922 - The Central Election Commission for the elections to the National Assembly, 1937-1989 - The Central Election Commission on elections to the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, in the USSR in the same period - the Central Election Commission on elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, in 1989–1993. Central Election Commission for the Election of the MPs of the RSFSR, in 1993-1995 - Central Election Commission for the Election of the Members for the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. </p><p>The Central Election Commission on elections to the State Duma was established by a decree of the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin of 24 September 1993. The first composition of the commission - 20 people - was approved by the head of state on 29 September 1993. Ten of them been at the suggestion of regional parliaments, and the other ten represented the bodies of executive power of the subjects of the Russian Federation. A prerequisite was that applicants had a higher legal education or a degree in law (then, since 2007, a higher education degree was required). </p><p>After the parliamentary elections in December 1993, the institution was renamed into the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_Cooperation">International Cooperation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Commission_(Russia)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: International Cooperation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The CEC of Russia was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Central_and_Eastern_European_Election_Officials" title="Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials">Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ifestudy_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ifestudy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chairpersons">Chairpersons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Commission_(Russia)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chairpersons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th colspan="3" class="unsorted">Term of office </th></tr> <tr> <th>Start </th> <th>End </th> <th>Length of service </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Ryabov, Nikolay"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikolay_Ryabov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nikolay Ryabov (page does not exist)">Nikolay Ryabov</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001993-09-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">24 September 1993</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-11-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">14 November 1996</span> </td> <td>3 years, 51 days (<span data-sort-value="7003114700000000000♠"></span>1,147 days) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Ivanchenko, Alexander"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Ivanchenko&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexander Ivanchenko (page does not exist)">Alexander Ivanchenko</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-11-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">14 November 1996</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-03-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">24 March 1999</span> </td> <td>2 years, 130 days (<span data-sort-value="7003200700000000000♠"></span>2,007 days) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Veshnyakov, Alexander"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Veshnyakov" title="Alexander Veshnyakov">Alexander Veshnyakov</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-03-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">24 March 1999</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-03-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">26 March 2007</span> </td> <td>8 years, 2 days (<span data-sort-value="7003292400000000000♠"></span>2,924 days) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Churov, Vladimir"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Churov" title="Vladimir Churov">Vladimir Churov</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-03-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">27 March 2007</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002016-03-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">27 March 2016</span> </td> <td>9 years, 0 days (<span data-sort-value="7003328800000000000♠"></span>3,288 days) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Pamfilova, Ella"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ella_Pamfilova" title="Ella Pamfilova">Ella Pamfilova</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002016-03-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">28 March 2016</span> </td> <td>— </td> <td>8 years, 244 days (<span data-sort-value="7003316600000000000♠"></span>3,166 days) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members">Members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Commission_(Russia)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The composition of the Central Election Commission, as of November 2024. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Appointed by </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ella_Pamfilova" title="Ella Pamfilova">Ella Pamfilova</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pavel Andreyev </td></tr> <tr> <td>Igor Borisov </td></tr> <tr> <td>Natalya Budarina </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andrey Shutov </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Levichev" title="Nikolai Levichev">Nikolai Levichev</a> (<a href="/wiki/A_Just_Russia_%E2%80%93_For_Truth" title="A Just Russia – For Truth">A Just Russia</a>) </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/State_Duma" title="State Duma">State Duma</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Kurdyumov" title="Aleksandr Kurdyumov">Aleksandr Kurdyumov</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_of_Russia" title="Liberal Democratic Party of Russia">LDPR</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yevgeny Kolyushin (<a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Communist Party of the Russian Federation">CPRF</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anton Lopatin </td></tr> <tr> <td>Konstantin Mazurevsky </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boris_Ebzeyev" title="Boris Ebzeyev">Boris Ebzeyev</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Federation_Council_(Russia)" title="Federation Council (Russia)">Federation Council</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yevgeny Shevchenko </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lyudmnila Markina </td></tr> <tr> <td>Elmira Khaimurzina </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nikolay Bulayev </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subordinate_organizations">Subordinate organizations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Commission_(Russia)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Subordinate organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following organizations are operating under Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation according to the corresponding presidential decrees of the President of Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Federal Center of Informatization</li> <li>Control and Audit Service Affiliated to the CEC of Russia</li> <li>Russian Center of Training in Electoral Technologies affiliated to CEC of Russia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Functions">Functions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Commission_(Russia)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Functions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Central Electoral Committee of the Russian Federation: </p> <ul><li>Is carrying out control on protection of the electoral rights and of the right to participate at the referendum of the citizens of the Russian Federation;</li> <li>Organizing, developing the standards of the technological equipment (the voting booth, ballot box) for the constituency commissions, approved the standards and carrying out control for their compliances, and as well organizes the placement of an order for the production of this technological equipment during the elections to the federal government bodies, the referendum of the Russian Federation;</li> <li>ensures the implementation of activities related to the preparation and conduct of elections, referendums, the development of the electoral system in the Russian Federation, the introduction, operation and development of automation equipment, voters legal training, professional training of commission members and other election organizers, referendums, publication of necessary printed materials;</li> <li>carries out measures to organize a uniform procedure for the distribution of airtime and print space among registered candidates, electoral associations for election campaigning, among the referendum initiative group and other groups of referendum participants for campaigning on referendum issues, establishing voting results, determining election results, referendums , as well as the procedure for publication (promulgation) of the voting results and the results of elections, referendum, while including in the information and telecommunication network "Internet" for public use;</li> <li>carries out measures to organize financing for the preparation and conduct of elections, referendums, allocates funds granted by the federal budget for the financial support of preparation and conduct of elections, referendum, controls the targeted use of these funds;</li> <li>carrying out the legal, methodological, logistical and technical assistance to the committees;</li> <li>carrying out the international cooperation in the field of voting systems;</li> <li>hears the reports from federal executive authorities, executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local governments on issues related to the preparation and conduct of elections to the federal government bodies and the referendum of the Russian Federation;</li> <li>establishing the standards to prepare the lists of voters, the participants at the referendum and other voting documents, which relate also with the preparation and carrying out the referendum.</li> <li>Reviewing the petitions (claims) on the rulings and actions (inactions) of the subordinated committees and adopting the reasoning rulings based on the petitions submitted.</li> <li>Carrying out other tasks in accordance with the Federal Law in effect and with the other federal legislation.</li></ul> <p><sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Russian_Center_for_Training_in_Electoral_Technologies_under_the_Central_Election_Commission_of_the_Russian_Federation">The Russian Center for Training in Electoral Technologies under the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Commission_(Russia)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The Russian Center for Training in Electoral Technologies under the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rcoit1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Rcoit1.png/220px-Rcoit1.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Rcoit1.png 1.5x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="132" /></a><figcaption>Logo of the RCTET at the CEC of Russia</figcaption></figure> <p>An institution subordinate to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. The main goals of its activities are training of election organizers and other participants in the electoral process, as well as improving the level of legal culture of citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2015, the Center has a branch in the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2008, the Center for the Development of Information Technologies and Technology at the Central Executive Committee of the Russian Federation together with the scientific and technical center "Poisk-IT" has been developing and implementing a specialized software package for monitoring the media.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The goal was to ensure equal distribution of airtime among candidates and parties, to comply with the procedure for publishing election results and to timely suppress violations in this area.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to experts, despite the futility of applying this system to the electoral process in foreign countries,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it remains extremely popular to ensure the legality of elections in Russia itself.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, the format of conducting among students, graduate students and young teachers of the "Сontest for the best work on the issues of electoral law and the process" underwent significant changes, and the competition itself was called "Atmosphere". Since 2019, the rules for holding the Olympiad "Sophium" among students in grades 9-11 have changed. </p><p>Also in 2019, the official Youtube channel called <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85">“Simply about the Elections”</a> was restarted, containing educational and enlightening materials on electoral topics. </p><p>At the end of 2019, the scientific journal "Citizen. Elections. Power" was included in the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vak.minobrnauki.gov.ru/uploader/loader?type=19&name=90988005002&f=5298">List of peer-reviewed scientific publications</a> by decision of the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission. </p><p>One of the constant lines of educational work with youth is to conduct study tours of the building of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. </p><p>The existing assessments of the results of the Center’s activities have changed significantly over time. If in mid-2017 experts agreed on the overall inefficiency of this state structure,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then by the end of 2019 independent observers directly linked the reduction in violations in election commissions of various levels with the actions of the RCTET at the Central Executive Committee of Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Approving_election_candidates">Approving election candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Commission_(Russia)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Approving election candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Commission has been known to be strict on candidate approval, with especially the Russian presidential elections being known to require that any and all documents are in order, whether due to real or disputed reasons. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2024_Russian_presidential_election" title="2024 Russian presidential election">2024 Russian presidential election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boris_Nadezhdin" title="Boris Nadezhdin">Boris Nadezhdin</a> was disqualified due to quirks in the approval process, as despite having received an estimate of more than 200,000 signatures, only a maximum of 105,000 of them could be submitted to the commission, and of those, 100,000 had to be accepted by the committee, who ended up only approving 95,987.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the committee citing reasons including alleged "dead people" and "information it said it received from Russia’s Internal Affairs Ministry" among the signatures,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his disqualification has led to speculations about <a href="/wiki/Kremlin" title="Kremlin">Kremlin</a> interference in the committee processes.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Candidates_in_the_2018_Russian_presidential_election#Declared_candidates_who_withdrew" title="Candidates in the 2018 Russian presidential election">2018 Russian presidential election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Kozlov_(politician)" title="Mikhail Kozlov (politician)">Mikhail Kozlov</a> was disqualified due to a missing document stamp, and Natalysa Lisitsyna due to a set of signatures not having made it to the Moscow commission office on time. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Candidates_in_the_2012_Russian_presidential_election#Rejected_candidates" title="Candidates in the 2012 Russian presidential election">2012 Russian presidential election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grigory_Yavlinsky" title="Grigory Yavlinsky">Grigory Yavlinsky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Mezentsev" title="Dmitry Mezentsev">Dmitry Mezentsev</a> were rejected due to alleged invalid signatures, Lidiya Bednaya due to supposedly not providing necessary documentation, <a href="/wiki/Eduard_Limonov" title="Eduard Limonov">Eduard Limonov</a> for not having initiative committee member signatures certified by a notary, and Boris Mironov for having been previously convicted of publishing anti-Semitic texts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Commission_(Russia)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vybori2008_plakat.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Campaign poster of the Central Election Commission for the 2008 Presidential Elections"><img alt="Campaign poster of the Central Election Commission for the 2008 Presidential Elections" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Vybori2008_plakat.JPG/120px-Vybori2008_plakat.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Vybori2008_plakat.JPG/180px-Vybori2008_plakat.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Vybori2008_plakat.JPG/240px-Vybori2008_plakat.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Campaign poster of the Central Election Commission for the <a href="/wiki/2008_Russian_presidential_election" title="2008 Russian presidential election">2008 Presidential Elections</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Commission_(Russia)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Institute_for_Election_Systems_Development" title="Institute for Election Systems Development">Institute for Election Systems Development</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Election_Commission_(Russia)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Electoral_Commission_(Angola)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Electoral Commission (Angola) (page does not exist)">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_National_Electoral_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Autonomous National Electoral Commission (page does not exist)">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Electoral_Commission_(Botswana)" title="Independent Electoral Commission (Botswana)">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_(Burkina_Faso)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent National Electoral Commission (Burkina Faso) (page does not exist)">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_(Burundi)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent National Electoral Commission (Burundi) (page does not exist)">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_Cameroon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elections Cameroon (page does not exist)">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Electoral_Commission_(Cape_Verde)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Electoral Commission (Cape Verde) (page does not exist)">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Authority_of_Elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Authority of Elections (page does not exist)">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_(Comoros)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent National Electoral Commission (Comoros) (page does not exist)">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_(Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo)" title="Independent National Electoral Commission (Democratic Republic of the Congo)">DR Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Elections_Authority" title="National Elections Authority">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Election_Board_of_Ethiopia" title="National Election Board of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Electoral_Commission_(Gambia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Electoral Commission (Gambia) (page does not exist)">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_Ghana" title="Electoral Commission of Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_(Guinea)" title="Independent National Electoral Commission (Guinea)">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Electoral_Commission_(Guinea-Bissau)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Electoral Commission (Guinea-Bissau) (page does not exist)">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Electoral_Commission_(Ivory_Coast)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Electoral Commission (Ivory Coast) (page does not exist)">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Electoral_and_Boundaries_Commission" title="Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Electoral_Commission_(Lesotho)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Electoral Commission (Lesotho) (page does not exist)">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Elections_Commission_(Liberia)" title="National Elections Commission (Liberia)">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_National_Election_Commission" title="High National Election Commission">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_for_the_Transition&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent National Electoral Commission for the Transition (page does not exist)">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malawi_Electoral_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malawi Electoral Commission (page does not exist)">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Independent_Election_Commission" title="National Independent Election Commission">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Commissioner%27s_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electoral Commissioner's Office (page does not exist)">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Electoral_Commission_(Mozambique)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Electoral Commission (Mozambique) (page does not exist)">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_Namibia" title="Electoral Commission of Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Electoral_Commission_(Niger)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Electoral Commission (Niger) (page does not exist)">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_National_Electoral_Commission" title="Independent National Electoral Commission">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Autonomous_Electoral_Commission_(Senegal)" title="National Autonomous Electoral Commission (Senegal)">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_Seychelles" title="Electoral Commission of Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Electoral_Commission_(Somaliland)" title="National Electoral Commission (Somaliland)">Somaliland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_South_Africa" title="Electoral Commission of South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan_National_Elections_Commission" title="Sudan National Elections Commission">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Electoral_Commission_(Tanzania)" title="National Electoral Commission (Tanzania)">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_High_Authority_for_Elections" title="Independent High Authority for Elections">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_of_Uganda" title="Electoral Commission of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_Electoral_Commission" title="Zimbabwe Electoral Commission">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antigua_%26_Barbuda_Electoral_Commission" title="Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li>Argentina <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=C%C3%A1mara_Nacional_Electoral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cámara Nacional Electoral (page does not exist)">CNE</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Direcci%C3%B3n_Nacional_Electoral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dirección Nacional Electoral (page does not exist)">DINE</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_and_Boundaries_Commission_(Barbados)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Barbados) (page does not exist)">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belize_Elections_and_Boundaries_Commission" title="Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plurinational_Electoral_Organ" title="Plurinational Electoral Organ">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_Electoral_Court" title="Superior Electoral Court">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_Canada" title="Elections Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Service" title="Electoral Service">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Electoral_Council_(Colombia)" title="National Electoral Council (Colombia)">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Electoral_Court_of_Costa_Rica" title="Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Electoral_Tribunal_(Honduras)" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Electoral Tribunal (Honduras)">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instituto_Nacional_Electoral" title="Instituto Nacional Electoral">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Electoral_Council_(Nicaragua)" title="Supreme Electoral Council (Nicaragua)">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Court_(Panama)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electoral Court (Panama) (page does not exist)">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Court_of_Electoral_Justice&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Supreme Court of Electoral Justice (page does not exist)">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Office_of_Electoral_Processes" title="National Office of Electoral Processes">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_and_Boundaries_Commission_(Trinidad_and_Tobago)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Trinidad and Tobago) (page does not exist)">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Court_of_Uruguay" title="Electoral Court of Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Electoral_Council_(Venezuela)" title="National Electoral Council (Venezuela)">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Election_Commission_(Afghanistan)" title="Independent Election Commission (Afghanistan)">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_(Azerbaijan)" title="Central Election Commission (Azerbaijan)">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Directorate_of_Elections_and_Referendums&action=edit&redlink=1" 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referendums in Russia</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_presidential_elections" title="Russian presidential elections">Presidential elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Russian_presidential_election" title="1991 Russian presidential election">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Russian_presidential_election" title="1996 Russian presidential election">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Russian_presidential_election" title="2000 Russian presidential election">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Russian_presidential_election" title="2004 Russian presidential election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Russian_presidential_election" title="2008 Russian presidential election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Russian_presidential_election" title="2012 Russian presidential election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Russian_presidential_election" title="2018 Russian presidential election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Russian_presidential_election" title="2024 Russian presidential election">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=2030_Russian_presidential_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2030 Russian presidential election (page does not exist)">2030</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_legislative_elections" title="Russian legislative elections">Legislative elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1906_Russian_legislative_election" title="1906 Russian legislative election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1907_Russian_legislative_election" title="January 1907 Russian legislative election">1907 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1907_Russian_legislative_election" title="October 1907 Russian legislative election">1907 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Russian_legislative_election" title="1912 Russian legislative election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Russian_Constituent_Assembly_election" title="1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election" title="1921 Russian Supreme Soviet election">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election" title="1938 Russian Supreme Soviet election">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election" title="1947 Russian Supreme Soviet election">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election" title="1951 Russian Supreme Soviet election">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 Russian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 Russian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 Russian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 Russian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 Russian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 Russian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980 Russian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election" title="1985 Russian Supreme Soviet election">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Russian_Supreme_Soviet_election" title="1990 Russian Supreme Soviet election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Russian_legislative_election" title="1993 Russian legislative election">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Russian_legislative_election" title="1995 Russian legislative election">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Russian_legislative_election" title="1999 Russian legislative election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Russian_legislative_election" title="2003 Russian legislative election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Russian_legislative_election" title="2007 Russian legislative election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Russian_legislative_election" title="2011 Russian legislative election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Russian_legislative_election" title="2016 Russian legislative election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Russian_legislative_election" title="2021 Russian legislative election">2021</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2026_Russian_legislative_election" title="2026 Russian legislative election">2026</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Governor_(Russia)" title="Governor (Russia)">Gubernatorial elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="1991–92 Russian gubernatorial elections">1991–92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="1993 Russian gubernatorial elections">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="1994 Russian gubernatorial elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="1995 Russian gubernatorial elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="1996 Russian gubernatorial elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="1997 Russian gubernatorial elections">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="1998 Russian gubernatorial elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="1999 Russian gubernatorial elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2000 Russian gubernatorial elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2001 Russian gubernatorial elections">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2002 Russian gubernatorial elections">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2003 Russian gubernatorial elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2004–05 Russian gubernatorial elections">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2012 Russian gubernatorial elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Russian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2013 Russian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Russian gubernatorial elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Russian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2015 Russian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2016 Russian gubernatorial elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2017 Russian gubernatorial elections">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2018 Russian gubernatorial elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Russian_gubernatorial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Russian gubernatorial elections (page does not exist)">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Russian gubernatorial elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2021 Russian gubernatorial elections">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2022 Russian gubernatorial elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Russian gubernatorial elections">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Russian gubernatorial elections">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Russian_gubernatorial_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2025 Russian gubernatorial elections">2025</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Regional_parliaments_of_Russia" title="Regional parliaments of Russia">Regional elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Russian_elections" title="1996 Russian elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1997 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Russian_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2000 Russian elections (page does not exist)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2001 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2002_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Russian_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Russian elections (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2005 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2006 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Russian_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Russian elections (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2010 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Russian_regional_elections" title="2012 Russian regional elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2013 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Russian_elections" title="2014 Russian elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Russian_regional_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2015 Russian regional elections (page does not exist)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Russian_elections" title="2016 Russian elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Russian_regional_elections" title="2017 Russian regional elections">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Russian_regional_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Russian regional elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Russian_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Russian elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Russian_regional_elections" title="2020 Russian regional elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Russian_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Russian elections">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_regional_elections" title="2022 Russian regional elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Russian_regional_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Russian regional elections">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Russian_regional_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Russian regional elections">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Russian_regional_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2025 Russian regional elections">2025</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Russian_presidential_referendum" title="1991 Russian presidential referendum">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Russian_government_referendum" title="1993 Russian government referendum">1993 (Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_referendum" title="1993 Russian constitutional referendum">1993 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Russian_constitutional_referendum" title="2020 Russian constitutional referendum">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>See also: <a href="/wiki/Template:Russian_by-elections" title="Template:Russian by-elections">By-elections to the State Duma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a 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