2026 Karelian legislative election

2026 Karelian legislative election
18–20 September 2026
All 36 seats in the Legislative Assembly
19 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
CPRF
Candidate Artur Parfenchikov Yevgeny Ulyanov Roine Izyumov
Party United Russia CPRF A Just Russia
Last election 28.96%, 22 seats 16.91%, 4 seats 12.81%, 4 seats
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Candidate Leonid Slutsky Sardana Avksentyeva Erik Prazdnikov
Party LDPR New People Party of Pensioners
Last election 9.86%, 2 seats 6.35%, 1 seat 5.60%, 1 seat
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Rodina
Greens
CPCR
Candidate Dmitry Titov Sergey Yarlykov Aleksey Samolyotov
Party Rodina The Greens Communists of Russia
Last election 1.02%, 0 seats Did not participate Did not participate
Chairman before election

Elissan Shandalovich
United Russia

 Elected Chairman

TBD

Senator before election

Igor Zubarev
United Russia

 Senator after election

TBD

The 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election will take place on 18–20 September 2026, on common election day, coinciding with the 2026 Russian legislative election. All 36 seats in the Legislative Assembly will be up for re-election.

Electoral system

Under current election laws, the Legislative Assembly is elected for a term of five years, with parallel voting. 18 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. 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.[1]

Candidates

Party lists

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

The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures:[2]

№ Party Republic-wide list Candidates Territorial groups Status
1 New People Sardana Avksentyeva • Sergey Usatenko 42 18 Registered
2 Communist Party Yevgeny Ulyanov • Sergey Andrunevich • Andrey Monastyrshin 19 16 Registered
4 Rodina Dmitry Titov 18 17 Registered
5 Liberal Democratic Party Leonid Slutsky 49 18 Registered
6 A Just Russia Roine Izyumov • Andrey Rogalevich 44 18 Registered
7 United Russia Artur Parfenchikov • Olga Barysheva • Igor Zubarev 57 18 Registered
8 The Greens Sergey Yarlykov • Aleksey Glushkov 15 13 Registered
9 Party of Pensioners Erik Prazdnikov • Grigory Fandeyev • Andrey Manin 19 16 Registered
10 Communists of Russia Aleksey Samolyotov 14 13 Registered
3 Yabloko Inna Boluchevskaya • Olga Tuzhikova • Anna Pavlova 18 15 Disqualified

Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" and Communists of Russia will take part in the Karelian legislative election for the first time. Russian Party of Freedom and Justice, which participated in the last election, did not file, while Party of Growth and Green Alternative were dissolved and united with New People and Russian Ecological Party "The Greens", respectively. Yabloko was initially registered for the legislative election but was disqualified on July 29, 2026, by the Supreme Court of Karelia for lack of necessary documents.[3]

Single-mandate constituencies

18 single-mandate constituencies were formed in Karelia. To register candidates in single-mandate constituencies need to collect 3% of signatures of registered voters in the constituency.[1]

Number of candidates in single-mandate constituencies
PartyCandidates
NominatedRegistered
United Russia1818
Communist Party1716
A Just Russia1717
Liberal Democratic Party1818
Yabloko1512
New People1313
Party of Pensioners1817
Total116111

Results

Results by party lists

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election results
Party Party list Constituency Total
Votes % ±pp Seats +/– Seats +/– Seats +/–
United Russia
Communist Party
A Just Russia
Liberal Democratic Party
New People
Party of Pensioners
Rodina – –
The Greens – –
Communists of Russia – –
Yabloko – – – – –
Invalid ballots — — — — — —
Total 100.00 — 18 Steady 18 Steady 36 Steady
Turnout — — — — — —
Registered voters 100.00 — — — — — — —
Source:

Results in single-member constituencies

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18

District 1

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Petrozavodsky constituency No.1
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksey Alyoshin Party of Pensioners
Sergey Andrunevich Communist Party
Aleksandr Kalko United Russia
Sergey Kashtanyuk Liberal Democratic Party
Aleksey Lobov A Just Russia
Total 100%
Source:

District 2

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Petrozavodsky constituency No.2
Candidate Party Votes %
Tatyana Chernoyarova Yabloko
Sergey Digtyar New People
Marina Gumennikova (incumbent) United Russia
Mikhail Pedin Party of Pensioners
Andrey Rogalevich A Just Russia
Sergey Tupitsin Liberal Democratic Party
Total 100%
Source:

District 3

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Petrozavodsky constituency No.3
Candidate Party Votes %
Anna Belyaninova Party of Pensioners
Maria Cheblukova Liberal Democratic Party
Nadezhda Dreyzis United Russia
Vanda Fatenko A Just Russia
Andrey Malafeyev Yabloko
Svetlana Posokh New People
Total 100%
Source:

District 4

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Petrozavodsky constituency No.4
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksey Belyaninov Party of Pensioners
Olga Bilko (incumbent) United Russia
Andrey Larkin Liberal Democratic Party
Tamara Petukhova A Just Russia
Lia Teryushkova New People
Galina Vasilyeva Communist Party
Total 100%
Source:

District 5

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Petrozavodsky constituency No.5
Candidate Party Votes %
Polina Andriyenko Liberal Democratic Party
Yevgeny Bykov A Just Russia
Vladislav Chivin Party of Pensioners
Aleksandr Davydov New People
Mikhail Fyodorov Communist Party
Sergey Shugayev (incumbent) United Russia
Olga Tuzhikova Yabloko
Total 100%
Source:

District 6

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Petrozavodsky constituency No.6
Candidate Party Votes %
Maria Akulova A Just Russia
Aleksandr Chazhengin New People
Darya Kalikina Communist Party
Vasily Katarov United Russia
Dmitry Nikitin Liberal Democratic Party
Valery Shottuyev Party of Pensioners
Total 100%
Source:

District 7

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Petrozavodsky constituency No.7
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksey Bezrukov New People
Nadezhda Grishunova Party of Pensioners
Yekaterina Kosheleva Communist Party
Anna Lopatkina (incumbent) United Russia
Aleksandr Pakkuyev Liberal Democratic Party
Yulia Sokolova Yabloko
Maksim Truvalev A Just Russia
Total 100%
Source:

District 8

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Northern constituency No.8
Candidate Party Votes %
Nikita Kanashenko Party of Pensioners
Gennady Kokkov United Russia
Sergey Lebedev A Just Russia
Andrey Monastyrshin (incumbent) Communist Party
Aleksey Remshuyev Liberal Democratic Party
Sergey Shatkov New People
Total 100%
Source:

District 9

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Severno-Karelsky constituency No.9
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandr Belozerov Communist Party
Aleksey Goryayev New People
Aleksey Korneyev Liberal Democratic Party
Marina Krasilnikova Party of Pensioners
Larisa Podsadnik United Russia
Ivan Valdayev A Just Russia
Yelena Yegorova Yabloko
Total 100%
Source:

District 10

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Pomorsky constituency No.10
Candidate Party Votes %
Inna Boluchevskaya Yabloko
Irina Kuzicheva (incumbent) United Russia
Aleksey Orlov Liberal Democratic Party
Anastasia Pavlova Party of Pensioners
Vladimir Pishchalnikov Communist Party
Total 100%
Source:

District 11

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Segezhsky constituency No.11
Candidate Party Votes %
Sergey Asmolovsky New People
Yekaterina Chirkova Communist Party
Andrey Demushkin Liberal Democratic Party
Elina Golovastaya Party of Pensioners
Natali Karapetyan (incumbent) United Russia
Anastasia Podberezskaya Yabloko
Aleksey Sukhotsky A Just Russia
Total 100%
Source:

District 12

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Pudozhsky constituency No.12
Candidate Party Votes %
Marina Fomina Yabloko
Ilya Gashkov A Just Russia
Galina Lindunen United Russia
Mikhail Pimenov Liberal Democratic Party
Vasily Tarkov Communist Party
Veniamin Yanov Party of Pensioners
Total 100%
Source:

District 13

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Zapadno-Karelsky constituency No.13
Candidate Party Votes %
Natalya Boris Yabloko
Sergey Firsov Party of Pensioners
Andrey Ivanov Communist Party
Olga Karaseva Liberal Democratic Party
Tatyana Tishkova (incumbent) United Russia
Andrey Vorobyov A Just Russia
Total 100%
Source:

District 14

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Kondopozhsky constituency No.14
Candidate Party Votes %
Anastasia Denishchuk Party of Pensioners
Aleksey Kozhushny A Just Russia
Yevgeny Matviyenko Communist Party
Olesya Turkenicheva New People
Oleg Zaytsev (incumbent) United Russia
Aleksandr Zhidkov Liberal Democratic Party
Total 100%
Source:

District 15

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Priladozhsky constituency No.15
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandr Fedichev (incumbent) A Just Russia
Yegor Fomin Party of Pensioners
Dmitry Kuzmin New People
Sergey Orlov Communist Party
Viktoria Sirotkina Liberal Democratic Party
Tatyana Yemelyanova United Russia
Total 100%
Source:

District 16

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Tsentralno-Karelsky constituency No.16
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandr Bakhtin Party of Pensioners
Igor Bochinsky Liberal Democratic Party
Svetlana Ivanova Communist Party
Anna Pavlova Yabloko
Yulia Pavlova New People
Olga Plekhanova A Just Russia
Elissan Shandalovich United Russia
Total 100%
Source:

District 17

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Prigorodny constituency No.17
Candidate Party Votes %
Kristina Dmitriyeva New People
Irina Firsova Yabloko
Leonid Kondratyev Communist Party
Anastasia Panova Party of Pensioners
Irina Safonova A Just Russia
Olga Shmayenik (incumbent) United Russia
Pavel Staltsov Liberal Democratic Party
Total 100%
Source:

District 18

Summary of the 18–20 September 2026 Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia election in Yuzhno-Karelsky constituency No.18
Candidate Party Votes %
Oksana Filippova A Just Russia
Artyom Ilyin Communist Party
Natalya Kiseleva Yabloko
Pavel Polivany Liberal Democratic Party
Artyom Valyuk United Russia
Total 100%
Source:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Закон Республики Карелия от 26 июня 2003 года N 681-ЗРК "О выборах депутатов Законодательного Собрания Республики Карелия" (с изменениями на 21 ноября 2025 года)". docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  2. ↑ "Политические партии, выдвижение которыми кандидатов, списков кандидатов не требует сбора подписей избирателей на выборах депутатов законодательных органов субъектов Российской Федерации" (PDF). cikrf.ru. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  3. ↑ "Суд отменил регистрацию списка партии «Яблоко» на выборах в парламент Карелии". kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
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