# 2017 Kingisepp by-election

Legislative elections were held in Russia on 18 September 2016. On 5 October 2016 Sergey Naryshkin resigned because of his appointment as Director of SVR. On 14 June, the Central Election Commission scheduled an election in the Kingisepp constituency for 10 September 2017.

## Results by 112 Kingisepp constituency 2016

| Candidates | Party | Votes | % |
| Armen Ananyan | Greens | 2,529 | 1.3 |
| Alexander Gabitov | Civic Platform | 1,541 | 0.8 |
| Anatoly Golosov | Rodina | 3,755 | 2.0 |
| Vyacheslav Dyubkov | Liberal Democratic Party | 14,413 | 7.6 |
| Nikolay Kuzmin | Communist Party | 21,424 | 11.4 |
| Marina Lyubushkina | A Just Russia | 22,823 | 12.1 |
| Sergey Naryshkin | United Russia | 98,999 | 52.5 |
| Viktor Perov | Communists of Russia | 6,894 | 3.7 |
| Alexander Senotrusov | Yabloko | 5,329 | 2.8 |
| Dmitry Skurikhin | People's Freedom Party | 3,194 | 1.7 |
| Invalid votes | | 7,701 | 1.9 |

## United Russia primary

On May 28, 2017, the United Russia held primary for the selection of candidate in Kingisepp's Constituency. The primary was attended by eight people. It was possible to vote for multiple candidates.
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | % |
| | Sergey Yakhnyuk | United Russia | 90.30% |
| | Viktor Kabatsky | United Russia | 20.86% |
| | Anton Moroz | Independent | 20.61% |
| | Yelena Diniskina | Independent | 4.22% |
| | Olga Ignatyeva | Independent | 3.69% |
| | Arthur Portalenko | Independent | 3.47% |
| | Damir Urusov | Independent | 2.08% |
| | Valery Tsiganok | Independent | 1.89% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9.23% |
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## Candidates
### Registered

* United Russia: Sergey Yakhnyuk, Vice-Governor of Leningrad Oblast - Chairman of regional Committee for agriculture and fishing industry
* Communist Party: Nikolay Kuzmin, former deputy of State Duma (2014-2016), 2016 candidate for State Duma for this seat
* Liberal Democratic Party: Natalya Kruglova, actress
* A Just Russia: Marina Lyubushkina, 2016 candidate for State Duma for this seat
* Communists of Russia: Konstantin Zhukov, executive secretary of the Central Committee of Communists of Russia
* Yabloko (with the support of the People's Freedom Party): Sergey Gulyaev, journalist, Second Chechen War veteran, former deputy of Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast (2002-2007)
* Party of Pensioners: Andrey Shirokov, president of Assistance Fund for Regional Projects and Programs, former deputy of Moscow City Duma (1997-2001), 2016 candidate for State Duma
* Rodina: Valery Shinkarenko, lawyer, 2016 candidate for State Duma in the Volkhov constituency
* Patriots of Russia: Serik Urazov, businessman

## Result

Summary of the 10 September 2017 Russian by-election in Kingisepp's Single-member Constituency election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Sergey Yakhnyuk | United Russia | 61,420 | 61.6% |
| | Nikolay Kuzmin | Communist Party | 11,269 | 11.3% |
| | Marina Lyubushkina | A Just Russia | 6,942 | 7.0% |
| | Natalya Kruglova | Liberal Democratic Party | 5,198 | 5.2% |
| | Andrey Shirokov | Party of Pensioners | 3,714 | 3.7% |
| | Sergey Gulyaev | Yabloko | 3,138 | 3.2% |
| | Konstantin Zhukov | Communists of Russia | 3,040 | 3.0% |
| | Valery Shinkarenko | Rodina | 1,109 | 1.1% |
| | Serik Urazov | Patriots of Russia | 758 | 0.7% |
| Total | Total | Total | 96,588 | 100% |
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