The 2023 Smolensk Oblast Duma election took place on 8–10 September 2023, on common election day, coinciding with 2023 Smolensk Oblast gubernatorial election. All 48 seats in the Oblast Duma were up for reelection.
Under current election laws, the Oblast Duma is elected for a term of five years, with parallel voting. 16 seats are elected by party-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold, with the other half elected in 32 single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. Until 2023 the number of mandates allocated in proportional and majoritarian parts were standing at 24 each. 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]
To register regional lists of candidates, parties need to collect 0.5% of signatures of all registered voters in Smolensk Oblast.
The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures:[2]
New People, Communists of Russia and The Greens will take part in Smolensk Oblast legislative election for the first time.
32 single-mandate constituencies were formed in Smolensk Oblast, an increase of 8 seats since last redistricting in 2018. To register candidates in single-mandate constituencies need to collect 3% of signatures of registered voters in the constituency.
Igor Lyakhov (United Russia) was re-elected as Chairman of the Oblast Duma,[4] while Oblast Duma member Artyom Malashchenkov (United Russia) was appointed to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent Senator Irina Kozhanova (LDPR).[5]
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