2026 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast legislative election
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18–20 September 2026
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The 2026 Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast election will take place on 18–20 September 2026, on common election day, coinciding with the 2026 Russian legislative election. All 50 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. 25 seats are elected by party-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold, with the other half elected in 25 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 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures:[2]
- United Russia
- Communist Party of the Russian Federation
- Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
- A Just Russia
- New People
- Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice
| № | Party | Oblast-wide list | Candidates | Territorial groups | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Communist Party | Vladislav Yegorov • Roman Kabeshev • Lyudmila Burkova • Aleksandr Chernigin • Oleg Kiritsa | 55 | 25 | Registered | |
| 2 | A Just Russia | Tatyana Grinevich • Roman Laptev • Sergey Chendyrin | 58 | 25 | Registered | |
| 3 | United Russia | Gleb Nikitin • Yevgeny Lyulin • Olga Shchetinina • Yulia Garevskaya • Aleksandr Shchelokov | 80 | 25 | Registered | |
| 4 | Party of Pensioners | Erik Prazdnikov • Aleksandr Tsopov • Aleksandr Kuligin • Valery Leushkin • Andrey Koposov | 55 | 25 | Registered | |
| 5 | New People | Pavel Solodkiy • Oleg Gusarovsky • Arsen Krbashyan • Anastasia Cherneva • Aleksey Dushkin | 46 | 25 | Registered | |
| 6 | Liberal Democratic Party | Leonid Slutsky • Vladislav Atmakhov • Dmitry Yelizarov • Aleksey Zdyumayev • Mikhail Shatilov | 55 | 25 | Registered | |
| Rodina | Aleksey Kamrakov | 14 | 13 | Failed to qualify | ||
Communists of Russia, which participated in the last election, did not filed, while Party of Growth was dissolved and merged with New People.
Single-mandate constituencies
25 single-mandate constituencies were formed in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. To register candidates in single-mandate constituencies need to collect 3% of signatures of registered voters in the constituency.[1]
| Party | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominated | Registered | ||
| United Russia | 25 | 25 | |
| Communist Party | 25 | 25 | |
| A Just Russia | 25 | 25 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 25 | 25 | |
| New People | 25 | 24 | |
| Party of Pensioners | 25 | 25 | |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 153 | 149 | |
Results
Results by party lists
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Invalid ballots | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Total | 100.00 | — | 25 |  |
25 | |
50 | | ||
| Turnout | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Registered voters | 100.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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See also
Notes
- ↑ Rustam Dosayev, the sole party faction member, left the party in April 2026 to run in the United Russia primary
References
- 1 2 "Закон Нижегородской области от 25.11.2005 N 187-З "О выборах депутатов Законодательного собрания Нижегородской области" (с изменениями на 11 февраля 2026 года)". pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
- ↑ "Политические партии, выдвижение которыми кандидатов, списков кандидатов не требует сбора подписей избирателей на выборах депутатов законодательных органов субъектов Российской Федерации" (PDF). cikrf.ru. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
