Election observation report | Doc. 12833 | 23 January 2012
Observation of the parliamentary elections in the Russian Federation (4 December 2011)
Bureau of the Assembly
1. Introduction
- Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD)
- Pedro AGRAMUNT, Spain
- Miloš ALIGRUDIĆ, Serbia
- Martón BRAUN, Hungary
- Nikolaos DENDIAS, Greece
- Valeriu GHILETCHI, Moldova
- Olga HERASYM’YUK, Ukraine
- Elsa PAPADIMITRIOU, Greece,
- Zaruhi POSTANJYAN, Armenia
- Marietta de POURBAIX-LUNDIN, Sweden
- Giacomo SANTINI, Italy
- Giuseppe SARO, Italy
- Elkhan SULEYMANOV, Azerbaijan
- Egidijus VAREIKIS, Lithuania
- Miltiadis VARVITSIOTIS, Greece
- Socialist Group (SOC)
- Joe BENTON, United Kingdom
- Michael CONNARTY, United Kingdom
- Josette DURRIEU, France
- Andreas GROSS, Switzerland
- Sabir HAJIYEV, Azerbaijan
- Tadeusz IWIŃSKI, Poland
- Andreja RIHTER, Slovenia
- René ROUQUET, France
- European Democrat Group (EDG)
- Brian BINLEY, United Kingdom
- Davit HARUTYUNYAN, Armenia
- Tomáš JIRSA, Czech Republic
- Yuliya LIOVOCHKINA, Ukraine
- Øyvind VAKSDAL, Norway
- Karin WOLDSETH, Norway
- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
- Marieluise BECK, Germany
- Kerstin LUNDGREN, Sweden
- Hermine NAGHDALYAN, Armenia
- Andrea RIGONI, Italy
- Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
- Tiny KOX, Netherlands
- Grigore PETRENCO, Moldova
- Venice Commission
- Maria BIGLINO CAMPOS, Spain
- Amaya UBEDA DE TORRES, Secretariat of the Venice Commission
- Secretariat
- Mr Vladimir Dronov, Head of Secretariat, Interparliamentary Co-operation and Election Observation
- Mr Chemavon Chahbazian, Deputy-head, Interparliamentary Co-operation and Election Observation
- Ms Daniele Gastl, Interparliamentary Co-operation and Election Observation
- Ms Ivi-Triin Odrats, Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Bogdan Torcatoriu, Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Angus Macdonald, Press Officer
- Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD)
- Marietta de POURBAIX-LUNDIN, Sweden
- Socialist Group (SOC)
- Indrek SAAR, Estonia
- European Democrat Group (EDG)
- Øyvind VAKSDAL, Norway
- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
- Andrea RIGONI, Italy
- Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
- Tiny KOX Netherlands
- Mr Kayrat Ischanov, Leader of the CIS Parliamentary Assembly observation team monitoring elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- Mr Vladimir Garkun, Leader of the CIS observation mission monitoring elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee;
- Mr Evgeny Sloboda, Chief of Staff, CIS observation mission monitoring elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;
- Mr Mikhail Krotov, Secretary General of the Council of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the CIS.
2. Political background and legal framework
3. Election administration and voter and candidate registration
3.1. Election administration
3.2. Voter registration
3.3. Candidate registration
3.4. Methods of voting
4. The campaign period and media environment
4.1. The campaign and its financing
4.2. Media environment
5. Complaints and appeals
6. Election day
- in many polling stations the obligatory protocol was not followed by the Head and the members of the polling station
- one Assembly team saw evidence of ballot box stuffing in one polling station
- in the same PEC (with almost 2 800 voters registered on the lists), the voters’ lists disappeared immediately after the closure of the PEC, without any counting of the number of signatures, and PEC members informed the observer team that the lists had been “taken into a safe room” until the end of the vote count;
- one Assembly team observed identical signatures on the voters’ lists;
- one Assembly team observed that, among the 650 unused ballot papers, 50 were pre-marked for United Russia.
7. Conclusions
Appendix 1 – Programme of the pre-electoral mission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (8-11 November 2011)
(open)Tuesday, 8 November 2011
9:00-9:30 Ad hoc Committee meeting
9:30 Meeting with:
- Mr Denis Keefe, Chargé d’affaires a.i., Embassy of the United Kingdom, representing the Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
- Mr Fernando M. Valenzuela, Head of the European Union Office in Moscow
- Council of Europe ambassadors whose countries are represented by members on the pre-election visit to Moscow
- Ms Heidi Tagliavini, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission
14:30 Meetings with leaders of political factions in the Duma and party list leaders (4 factions)
14:30-15:15 – United Russia – Mr D. Medvedev, List leader, Mr Boris Gryzlov, faction leader
15:15-16:00 – Communist Party – Mr Guennady Zyuganov, Party Chairman, faction leader
16:00-16:45 – Liberal Democratic Party – Mr Vladimir Zhyrinovski, Party Chairman, faction leader
16:45-17:30 – Just Russia – Mr Vladimir Mironov, faction leader
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Meetings with a cross-section of political parities not represented in the parliament and running in these elections
10:00 Meeting with Mr Sergei Mitrokhin, Leader of the Yabloko Party
11:15 Meeting with Mr Andrei Dunaev, Leader of the Right Cause
12:15 Meeting with Mr Sergei Glotov, Deputy Leader of the Patriots of Russia Party
14:30 Meeting with NGOs:
- CIS EMO, Mr Alexei Kochetkov, President
- Moscow Helsinki Group, Ms Ludmila Alexeeva
- Moscow Human Rights Institute, Mr Valentin Gefter
- Ms Lilia Shibanova, Executive Director, GOLOS (VOICE) – Association for the Protection of Voters’ Rights
- Ms Maria Lipman, Editor, Pro et Contra, Carnegie Moscow Center
Thursday, 10 November 2011
10:00 Meeting with the civil society groups denied registration as political parties:
10:00 PARNAS – MM. Mikhail Kasyanov, Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Ryzhkov
14:00 Meeting with Media Representatives:
- Mr Andrej Bystritsky, Chairman, Broadcasting Company “The Voice of Russia”
Friday, 11 November 2011
13:00 Press conference (Interfax news agency)
Appendix 2 – Statement by the PACE pre-electoral mission
(open)Russian parliamentary elections: PACE delegation told of improved access to media, but also concerns that the playing field is not level
Moscow, 11.11.2011 – More TV and radio debates, freer air-time and other campaigning possibilities for the seven parties participating in Russia’s parliamentary elections were cited as a significant change in the political process by most interlocutors who met the pre-electoral delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) currently in Moscow. But the delegation was also told that major concerns remain about a level playing field in the election campaign.
PACE’s five-member pre-electoral delegation was in Moscow at the invitation of the Speaker of the Russian Parliament from 8 to 11 November 2011. It met with representatives of the political parties running in these elections, leaders of civil society groups that had been denied registration as political parties, NGO and media representatives, and the head of the OSCE ODIHR election observation mission, as well as diplomats in Moscow. The delegation regrets that it did not meet with the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission, as a scheduled and confirmed meeting on Tuesday was cancelled at short notice with no reasons given.
Most interlocutors mentioned an improved media situation compared to the 2007 parliamentary elections, though some pointed out that this concerned only those political parties registered to participate in the forthcoming elections. Debates between candidates are taking place on major TV and radio channels, although mostly not at prime-time. Registered parties are also entitled to free air-time on an equal basis according to a fixed and transparent schedule. Furthermore, they can buy additional air-time, although several interlocutors told the delegation this possibility was only open to those with large financial resources. Parties not represented in the State Duma lack these resources, as they are not entitled to receive state subsidies, which are related to the number of votes won in earlier elections.
With seven political parties running, three of them not represented in the State Duma, there is a possibility of real competition, although most parties complain that the United Russia party has access to administrative resources and uses these to its political advantage. Nevertheless, the electorate will have a variety of choices on December 4.
The delegation was told by many interlocutors that several serious problems remain to be addressed. These include the cumbersome political party registration procedure, although PACE members were informed of a reduction in the number of signatures required for registration. Most interlocutors said they were in favour of more transparent and less obstructive registration rules.
Another problem is a high threshold for entering parliament. The delegation was told that a law lowering the threshold to 5 per cent has been passed by the State Duma, but that it will only be applied in 2016. It also learned of provisions to allocate seats to those parties receiving between 5 and 7 per cent of the vote.
Other problems include hurdles in the way of registration to run in the elections, and a ban on forming political blocs.
According to most interlocutors, with the exception of United Russia and the Liberal Democratic Party, parties other then the ruling party, in particular those not represented in the parliament, are at a heavy disadvantage. Furthermore, some interlocutors expressed serious concern that the election results could be manipulated.
A full-fledged, 40-member team of PACE observers will arrive in Moscow at the beginning of December to observe the vote in close co-operation with teams from OSCE ODIHR and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. The PACE delegation will present its findings and recommendations to the Assembly in January 2012.
Appendix 3 – Letters
(open)CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CHAIRMAN
Bol’shoi Cherkasskii pereulok, dom 9, Moscow, 109012, tel.: (495) 606-79-57, fax: (495) 606-97-69, cikrf.ru, цик.рф
14.11.2011, No 05-21/6703
Attorney General of the Russian Federation, MrYu.Ya. Chaika
Dear Yurii Yakovlevich,
At the invitation of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly (letter from the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly № I.I-0389 of 10 October 2011), a visit was paid to Russia by a PACE pre-electoral observation group (hereinafter referred to as ’the Group’). On 11 November 2011 the Group held a press conference at the Interfax information agency, at which the group was presented as ’a delegation of PACE observers’.
Given that the Group adopted the stance of observers, even though no decision on their accreditation had yet been taken, we feel that there was a breach of the provisions of sections 4 and 5 of Article 31 of the Federal Act ’On the election of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly’, pursuant to which the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation issues a pass to a foreign (international) observer which gives him/her the right to pursue his/her activities, starting from the day of his/her accreditation by the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation and continuing until the day of the official publication of the results of an election of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly.
The Group distributed a press release in English, with an unofficial translation into Russian, bearing the title ’The Pre-Election Campaign in Russia: PACE observers report on improved access to the mass media, and at the same time on problems linked to inequality of opportunities’ (enclosed), which was announced by Tiny Kox, the Group’s leader, as ’our observation’. This text comprises value judgments relating to the preparations for and holding of the elections in the Russian Federation, with reference made to ’interlocutors’ of the Group.
Moreover, at the press conference, Group member Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin (Sweden, European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)) said the following: ’By way of an example of how administrative resources make it almost impossible to distinguish between party and state, I would like to show you a pre-election poster from the Central Electoral Commission in which people are urged to vote, and yes, it is very important that citizens should be involved in voting; but the truth is that the UNITED RUSSIA party has a pre-election poster which looks almost exactly the same, and promotes UNITED RUSSIA. In my opinion it shouldn’t be like that: a promotion by the state, by the Central Electoral Commission, to get people to vote is one thing, while a UNITED RUSSIA poster calling on people to vote for it is a quite different thing altogether’. This utterance was widely reported in the mass media (mass media monitoring enclosed).
We feel that such actions by members of the Group are in breach of section 1 of Article 12 of the Federal Act ’On the election of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly’, which establishes a ban on foreign citizens, stateless persons, foreign organisations and international organisations engaging in activities which facilitate or hinder the preparations for and holding of elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly, and the presentation, registration and election of one or another list of candidates.
Furthermore, in view of the stance taken by the Group as observers, we feel that their actions contravene section 9 of Article 31 of the Federal Act ’On the election of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly’, pursuant to which foreign (international) observers have a right to express their opinion in public concerning Russian Federation legislation on elections and concerning the preparations for and holding of elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly, and to hold press conferences and address representatives of the mass media, only when the voting period is over throughout the whole of the Russian Federation.
In the light of the above, we would like to ask you to give your assessment of the observance by the PACE pre-electoral observation group of the requirements of Russian Federation law.
...
[signature] V.E. Churov
Enclosures: on 29 pages, in 1 copy.
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CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CHAIRMAN
Bol’shoi Cherkasskii pereulok, dom 9, Moscow, 109012, tel.: (495) 606-79-57, fax: (495) 606-97-69, cikrf.ru, цик.рф
14.11.2011, No 05-21/6712
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, S.V. Lavrov
Dear Sergei Viktorovich,
A letter has been sent by the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation to the Russian Federation Attorney General, Yu.Ya. Chaika, requesting him to provide an appraisal of the actions of the PACE pre-electoral observation group (hereinafter referred to as ’the Group’), which visited the Russian Federation at the invitation of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly.
On 11 November 2011 the Group held a press conference at the Interfax information agency, at which the group was presented as ’a delegation of PACE observers’.
Given that the Group adopted the stance of observers, even though no decision on their accreditation had yet been taken, we feel that there was a breach of the provisions of sections 4 and 5 of Article 31 of the Federal Act ’On the election of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly’, pursuant to which the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation issues a pass to a foreign (international) observer which gives him/her the right to pursue his/her activities, starting from the day of his/her accreditation by the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation and continuing until the day of the official publication of the results of an election of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly.
The Group distributed a press release in English, with an unofficial translation into Russian, bearing the title ’The Pre-Election Campaign in Russia: PACE observers report on improved access to the mass media, and at the same time on problems linked to inequality of opportunities’, which was announced by Tiny Kox, the Group’s leader, as ’our observation’. This text comprises value judgments relating to the preparations for and holding of the elections in the Russian Federation, with reference made to ’interlocutors’ of the Group.
Moreover, at the press conference, Group member Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin (Sweden, European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)) said the following: ’By way of an example of how administrative resources make it almost impossible to distinguish between party and state, I would like to show you a pre-election poster from the Central Electoral Commission in which people are urged to vote, and yes, it is very important that citizens should be involved in voting; but the truth is that the UNITED RUSSIA party has a pre-election poster which looks almost exactly the same, and promotes UNITED RUSSIA. In my opinion it shouldn’t be like that: a promotion by the state, by the Central Electoral Commission, to get people to vote is one thing, while a UNITED RUSSIA poster calling on people to vote for it is a quite different thing altogether’. This utterance was widely reported in the mass media.
We feel that such actions by members of the Group are in breach of section 1 of Article 12 of the Federal Act ’On the election of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly’, which establishes a ban on foreign citizens, stateless persons, foreign organisations and international organisations engaging in activities which facilitate or hinder the preparations for and holding of elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly, and the presentation, registration and election of one or another list of candidates.
Furthermore, in view of the stance taken by the Group as observers, we feel that their actions contravene section 9 of Article 31 of the Federal Act ’On the election of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly’, pursuant to which foreign (international) observers have a right to express their opinion in public concerning Russian Federation legislation on elections and concerning the preparations for and holding of elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly, and to hold press conferences and address representatives of the mass media, only when the voting period is over throughout the whole of the Russian Federation.
Pursuant to point 2.8 of the Procedural Explanations relating to the activities of foreign (international) observers during the holding of elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly, Sixth Convocation, which were ratified by Resolution № 10/97-6 of the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation of 12 May 2011, the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation has a right to refuse accreditation to a foreign (international) observer in the event that the fundamental objectives of the foreign (international) organisation or the objectives of its presence in the Russian Federation and the activities of the foreign (international) organisation or a representative of that organisation are in breach of the Russian Federation Constitution and Russian Federation law, or constitute a threat to the sovereignty, security, territorial integrity, national unity and national interests of the Russian Federation.
...
[signature] V.E. Churov
Appendix 4 – Joint parliamentary briefing program
(open)Election Observation Mission to the Russian Federation
State Duma Elections, 1-5 December 2011
Members of the OSCE PA Delegation and PACE will be joined by the Nordic Council Delegations for the meetings and briefings on 1 and 2 December. Members are requested to bring their CEC accreditation badges and passports.
All meetings on 1 and 2 December will take place at the Moscow Marriott Royal Aurora Hotel on Petrovka St-Bld 11. Hotel meeting room: Petrovskyi Salon -1.
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided between Russian, English and French.
Thursday, 1 December
11.00-12.00 |
Meeting of the PACE Ad hoc committee |
13:00-13:30 |
Opening by the Heads of Parliamentary Delegation Mr Petros Efthymiou, Head of the OSCE PA Delegation and Special Co-ordinator to lead the OSCE short-term observer mission Mr Tiny Kox, Head of the PACE Delegation |
14:30-18:00 |
Meetings with representatives of seven political parties Format: one-by-one (approx. 20 min each, plus 10 min for Q and A) 14:30-15:00: Mr Sergei Zheleznyak, First Deputy of the Presidium, United Russia 15:00-15:30: Mr Gennadyi Ziuganov, Chairman of the Communist Party and Mr Ivan Melnikov, Communist Party 15:30-16:00: Mr Maxim Rokhnistrov, Deputy Chair, Liberal Democratic Party 16:00-16:30: Mr Nikolai Levichev, Chairman, Just Russia 16:30-17:00: Mr Andrei Kosmynin, Ms Olga Radayeva, Yabloko Party 17:00-17:30: Mr Grigorii Tomchin, the Right Cause |
18:00-19:00 |
Meeting with Media Representatives Format: panel discussion (approx. 10-15 minutes each) Mr Dmitry Kiselev, Deputy Director, and Ms Zoya Matvievskaya, Legal Counsel, Federal State Agency, Russia’s national tele-radio company (VGTRK) Mr Maxim Chevchenko, Echo of Moscow Mr Danila Galperovich, Radio Liberty Mr Mikhail Rostorslati, Editor-in-Chief, Moskovski Komsomoletz (followed by questions and answers) |
Friday, 2 December
10:00-11:45 |
Briefing by the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Ms Heidi Tagliavini, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Overview of the campaign period and EOM observations Political parties, candidates contesting the elections Legal framework and election administration Media monitoring (followed by questions and answers) |
11:45-12:45 |
Meeting with NGOs and Civil Society Mr Grigory Melkoniants, Regional network Manager, GOLOS (Voice) – Association for the Protection of Voters’ Rights Mr Alexei Emenov, Centre for Monitoring Democratic processes “Quorum” Mr Yaroslav Ternovsky, Co-Chair, NGO Coalition for Defense of Electoral Rights “Civic Control” Mr Mikhail Veller, Writer Ms Ludmila Alexeeva, Moscow Helsinki Group Mr Garry Kasparov, Solidarity Movement Stanislav Belkovsky, President, Institute of National Strategy (followed by questions and answers) |
14:15-17:00 |
Meeting with representatives of civil society groups denied registration as political parties PARNAS – Mr Mikhail Kasyanov and Mr Vladimir Ryzhkov (followed by questions and answers) |
Saturday, 3 December
12:00-14:00 |
Informal Meeting with the OSCE Long-Term Observers for Moscow and the Moscow region, ODIHR experts. To be discussed: deployment, observation forms, other questions on election observation (Venue: the Marriott Grand Hotel) Meetings with drivers/interpreters |
Sunday, 4 December
08:00 |
Polling stations open |
Morning/afternoon |
Visit polling stations |
16:00-17:00 |
Meeting with representatives of the CIS and PA-CIS observation team |
17:00-18:00 |
Negotiations for the statement with representatives of OSCE/ODIHR, PA OSCE and PACE (T. Kox, V. Dronov, B. Torcatoriu) |
20.00- |
Polling stations close followed by vote count |
Monday, 5 December
09.00-10.00 |
De-briefing |
14.00 |
Press conference |
Appendix 5 – Statement by the Election Observation Mission
(open)Despite lack of level playing field in Russian elections, voters took advantage of right to express choice, observers say
Strasbourg, 05.12.2011 – Despite the lack of a level playing field during the Russian State Duma elections, voters took advantage of their right to express their choice, the international observers concluded in a statement issued today.
The observers noted that the preparations for the elections were technically well-administered across a vast territory, but were marked by a convergence of the state and the governing party, limited political competition and a lack of fairness.
Although seven political parties ran, the prior denial of registration to certain parties had narrowed political competition. The contest was also slanted in favour of the ruling party: the election administration lacked independence, most media were partial and state authorities interfered unduly at different levels. The observers also noted that the legal framework had been improved in some respects and televised debates for all parties provided one level platform for contestants.
On election day, voting was well organized overall, but the quality of the process deteriorated considerably during the count, which was characterized by frequent procedural violations and instances of apparent manipulations, including serious indications of ballot box stuffing.
"Yesterday’s elections proved that the Russian people can form the future of this country by expressing their will despite many obstacles. However, changes are needed for the will of the people to be respected. I particularly noticed the interference of the state in all levels of political life, the lack of necessary conditions for a fair competition and no independence of the media. I honour the effort of the Russian people to shape their democratic future in line with our common commitments," said Petros Efthymiou, the Special Co-ordinator to lead the short-term OSCE observer mission and Head of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation.
"This result shows that voting can make a real difference in Russia, even when the playing field is slanted in favour of one party. However, any election needs an impartial referee – and until now, there has not been one. This needs to change. Yesterday, Russia showed that it is technically able to organize fair elections – now it is up to the parties to use this opening for real politics and make it a reality," said Tiny Kox, Head of the delegation of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly.
"These elections were like a game in which only some players are allowed on the pitch, and then the field is tilted in favour of one of the players. Although the choice was limited and the competition lacked fairness, voters were able to come out and have their voices heard," said Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, the Head of the Election Observation Mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Appendix 6 – Official results, nationwide and by region
(open)ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA, published on 10 December 2011
Resolution of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation of 9 December 2011 No. 70/576-6, Moscow
“On the results of the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of sixth convocation”
In accordance with Articles 25 and 82 of the Federal Law “On elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation” and on the basis of the Protocol of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation on the results of the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of sixth convocation of 9 December 2011, the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation hereby resolves:
1. To recognise the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of sixth convocation as having taken place and as being valid.
2. To establish that 450 deputies have been elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of sixth convocation (a list of the deputies is appended hereto).
3. To publish this resolution in “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, the “Parliamentary Gazette” and the “Bulletin of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation”.
Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation V. Churov
Secretary of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation N. Konkin
Minutes of the CEC results of the Legislative Elections of the State Duma
Figures contained in the Protocol of the Central Election Commission on the results of the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of sixth convocation
The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, on the basis of the figures contained in the protocols of the RF subject election commissions on the results of the voting (on the results of the voting in parts of the territory of RF subjects), in the protocols of the territorial election commissions set up to direct the activities of the precinct election commissions, set up in electoral precincts formed outside the territory of the Russian Federation, on the results of the voting, following a preliminary check to ensure that the said protocols have been correctly compiled by totalling the figures contained therein, has determined as follows:
1 |
Number of voters entered in the lists of voters at the time when the polls closed |
109 237 780 |
2 |
Number of ballots received by the precinct election commissions |
103 023 773 |
3 |
Number of ballots issued to early voters |
170 710 |
4 |
Number of ballots issued by precinct election commissions to voters at polling stations on polling day |
61 250 309 |
5 |
Number of ballots issued to voters who voted at places other than polling stations on polling day |
4 353 443 |
6 |
Number of cancelled ballots |
37 246 690 |
7 |
Number of ballots in mobile ballot boxes |
4 522 236 |
8 |
Number of ballots in stationary ballot boxes |
61 134 290 |
9 |
Number of invalid ballots |
1 033 464 |
10 |
Number of valid ballots |
64 623 062 |
11 |
Number of absentee voting certificates received by precinct election commissions |
2 173 343 |
12 |
Number of absentee voting certificates issued by precinct election commissions to voters in electoral precincts before polling day |
1 647 223 |
13 |
Number of voters who voted in electoral precincts on the basis of absentee voting certificates |
1 257 968 |
14 |
Number of cancelled unused absentee voter certificates |
525 993 |
15 |
Number of absentee voter certificates issued to voters by territorial election commissions |
149 716 |
16 |
Number of lost absentee voter certificates |
127 |
17 |
Number of lost ballots |
2 842 |
18 |
Number of ballots unrecorded upon receipt |
221 |
|
Names of the political parties which registered federal lists of candidates |
Number of votes cast for each federal list of candidates |
|
---|---|---|---|
absolute number |
as a percentage of the number of voters who took part in the voting |
||
19 |
1. Political party A JUST RUSSIA |
8 695 522 |
13.24 |
20 |
2. Political party “Liberal Democratic Party of Russia” |
7 664 570 |
11.67 |
21 |
3. Political party “PATRIOTS OF RUSSIA” |
639 119 |
0.97 |
22 |
4. Political party “Communist Party of the Russian Federation” |
12 599 507 |
19.19 |
23 |
5. Political party “Russian United Democratic Party "YABLOKO"” |
2 252 403 |
3.43 |
24 |
6. All-Russia political party “UNITED RUSSIA” |
32 379 135 |
49.32 |
25 |
7. All-Russia political party “RIGHT CAUSE” |
392 806 |
0.60 |
RF Central Election Commission data on the number of absentee voter certificates |
||
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I |
Number of absentee voter certificates received by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation |
2 600 000 |
K |
Number of absentee voter certificates issued by lower election commissions |
2 540 100 |
L |
Number of unused absentee voter certificates cancelled by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation |
59 900 |
M |
Number of absentee voter certificates lost at the Central Election Commission |
0 |
The names of the political parties, whose federal lists of candidates are included in the distribution of deputy seats, and the number of deputy seats due to each of these lists:
Political party A JUST RUSSIA – 64
Political party “Liberal Democratic Party of Russia” – 56
Political party “Communist Party of the Russian Federation” – 92
All-Russia political party “UNITED RUSSIA” – 238
Official results by region (%)
|
“United Russia” |
Communist Party (CPRF) |
“A Just Russia” |
Liberal Democrats (LDPR) |
“Yabloko” |
“Right Cause” |
“Patriots of Russia |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adygei |
61,0 |
18,23 |
8,46 |
7,75 |
1,77 |
- |
- |
Altai krai |
31,17 |
24,71 |
16,1 |
16,57 |
2,42 |
- |
- |
Bashkortostan |
70,5 |
15,65 |
5,45 |
5,20 |
1,25 |
- |
- |
Buryatia |
49,02 |
24,34 |
12,63 |
9,47 |
1,88 |
||
Chechnya |
99,48 |
0,09 |
0,18 |
- |
0,05 |
- |
0,07 |
Chuvashia |
43,42 |
20,90 |
18,79 |
10,67 |
1,60 |
- |
- |
Daghestan |
91,44 |
7,93 |
0,19 |
- |
- |
0,06 |
0,13 |
Ingushetia |
90,96 |
2,94 |
2,32 |
- |
0,77 |
1,50 |
- |
Kabardino-Balkaria |
81,91 |
17,63 |
0,20 |
0,08 |
0,07 |
- |
- |
Kalmykia |
66,1 |
18,37 |
7,18 |
4,02 |
1,43 |
- |
- |
Kamchatka |
45,25 |
17,08 |
10,06 |
18,61 |
4,11 |
- |
’ |
Karachai-Cherkessia |
89,84 |
8,82 |
0,47 |
0,28 |
0,13 |
- |
- |
Karelia |
32,26 |
19,26 |
20,58 |
17,94 |
6,21 |
- |
- |
Khabarovsk |
38,11 |
20,49 |
14,09 |
19,82 |
3,68 |
- |
- |
Khakassia |
40,13 |
23,63 |
13,67 |
16,01 |
2,67 |
- |
- |
Komi |
58,81 |
13,46 |
11,47 |
11,91 |
1,51 |
- |
- |
Krasnodar |
56,15 |
17,56 |
10,81 |
10,45 |
2,02 |
- |
- |
Krasnoyarsk |
36,7 |
23,60 |
15,86 |
16,99 |
3,23 |
- |
- |
Marii El |
52,24 |
20,73 |
10,59 |
11,72 |
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Mordovia |
6.79 |
90.31 |
2.10 |
0.25 |
2,01 |
- |
- |
North Ossetia |
67,9 |
21,72 |
6,03 |
2,23 |
- |
- |
0,35 |
Perm |
36,28 |
21,02 |
16,41 |
17,89 |
4,34 |
- |
- |
Primore |
33,12 |
23,27 |
18,13 |
18,70 |
3,06 |
- |
- |
Stavropol |
49,11 |
18,40 |
11,82 |
15,31 |
2,13 |
- |
- |
Tatarstan |
77,83 |
10,59 |
5,30 |
3,48 |
1,08 |
- |
- |
Tuva |
85,29 |
3,93 |
6,71 |
2,08 |
0,52 |
- |
- |
Udmurtia |
45,09 |
19,55 |
11,18 |
16,59 |
2,84 |
- |
- |
Moscow |
46,62 |
19,35 |
12,14 |
9,45 |
8,55 |
- |
- |
Region of Moscow |
32,97 |
25,58 |
15,81 |
14,27 |
6,09 |
- |
- |
St-Petersburg |
35,11 |
15,41 |
23,82 |
10,32 |
11,62 |
- |
- |
Region of St-Petersburg |
33,73 |
17,26 |
25,11 |
14,73 |
4,94 |
- |
- |
Appendix 7 – Report by Ministry of the Interior and Investigative Committee on violations during State Duma election
(open)21 December 2011
The Ministry of the Interior and the Investigative Committee submitted to the President of Russia a report on established violations during the election campaign and voting process for the State Duma election of December 4, 2011.
According to the Interior Ministry, its officers submitted reports on 2091 administrative violations during the election campaign. The majority of the violations were registered in Moscow (462), Stavropol Territory (96), and the Samara (88), Sverdlovsk (80) and Novosibirsk (64) regions.
The most wide-spread violations were the unlawful production and use of campaigning materials (1153), breach of the procedures for holding mass rallies (511), campaigning by unauthorised individuals (114), deliberate destruction of or damage to print materials (91), and campaign activities in locations prohibited by law (88).
Since the start of the campaign period, 53 criminal suits have been instigated in 27 of Russia’s federal constituent entities. First of all in the Moscow (5), Sverdlovsk (5) and Vladimir (4) regions. Currently, perpetrators have been identified in ten of these criminal cases. In five cases, the criminal proceedings have been ceased, suspended, or terminated by the courts.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation received 259 notifications containing allegations of crimes committed during the election campaign. Investigations have been performed concerning all of them. According to the Investigative Committee, the majority of the notifications were received from people and members of electoral commissions. A Just Russia and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation filed most of the complaints.
The Investigative Committee is investigating into nine complaints of voting falsification in Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk Regions, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, Stavropol Territory, and the republics of Bashkortostan, Kalmykia, and North Ossetia-Alania. Four investigations are underway concerning voter bribery (in Leningrad, Tambov and Kaliningrad regions, and in St Petersburg). Five investigations are in progress on allegations of ballot-stuffing (in Leningrad and Nizhny Novgorod regions, Moscow and the republics of Bashkortostan and Tuva). Complaints are also being verified on proxy voting, coercion to vote for a particular party, and the sale of absentee ballots.
The President instructed law enforcement agencies to report on the results of the on-going investigations.
Source: Russian Presidential website (http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/3263)