# 2017 Bryansk by-election

Legislative elections were held in Russia on 18 September 2016. On 10 June 2017 Vladimir Zhutenkov resigned. On 14 June, the Central Election Commission scheduled a by-election in the Bryansk constituency for 10 September 2017.

## 2016 result

| Candidates | Party | Votes | % |
| Vladimir Zhutenkov | United Russia | 166,146 | 57.2 |
| Alexander Bogomaz | Yabloko | 29,684 | 10.2 |
| Konstantin Pavlov | Communist Party | 27,840 | 9.6 |
| Dmitry Vinokurov | Liberal Democratic Party | 25,644 | 8.8 |
| Valery Khramchenkov | A Just Russia | 9,640 | 3.3 |
| Yelena Shanina | Communists of Russia | 9,090 | 3.1 |
| Alexey Alkhimov | Patriots of Russia | 3,973 | 1.4 |
| Roman Lobzin | Rodina | 3,563 | 1.3 |
| Mikhail Lelebin | Party of Growth | 3,191 | 1.1 |
| Dmitry Kornilov | Civic Platform | 2,450 | 0.8 |
| Artyom Suvorov | Civilian Power | 2,365 | 0.8 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 6,773 | 1.2 |

## Candidates
### Registered

Candidates on the ballot:
* Party of Growth: Sergey Gorelov, businessman, 2016 candidate for State Duma in the Unecha constituency (Bryansk Oblast)
* Rodina: Nikolay Alekseyenko, businessman
* Communists of Russia: Sergey Malinkovich, deputy of Smolninskoye Municipal Okrug Assembly (Saint Petersburg), 2016 candidate for State Duma
* Communist Party: Aleksandr Kupriyanov, secretary of ideology of CPRF Bryansk regional office
* Liberal Democratic Party: Boris Paykin, billionaire, partner at Fort Group, 2016 candidate for State Duma in the Central constituency (Saint Petersburg)
* Patriots of Russia: Konstantin Kasaminsky, Deputy Head of Administration of Karachevsky District
* Yabloko: Olga Matokhina, local activist, 2016 candidate for State Duma in the Unecha constituency (Bryansk Oblast)
* Party of Pensioners: Vladimir Vorozhtsov, former First Deputy Director of Federal Tax Police Service (2000-2002), 2016 candidate for State Duma
* A Just Russia: Sergey Kurdenko, deputy of Klimovo Council of People's Deputies, 2016 candidate for State Duma for this seat

### Denied registration

* Great Fatherland Party: Nikolay Starikov, writer, leader of Great Fatherland Party

### Withdrew

* Independent: Nikolay Burbyga, former Chief Federal Inspector for Bryansk Oblast
* Independent: Andrey Novikov, Bryansk City Council of People's Deputies staffer

### Declined

* United Russia: Aleksandr Khinshtein, former member of State Duma (2003-2016)
* United Russia: Viktor Malashenko, former member of State Duma (2006-2011, 2014-2016)
* Communist Party: Pyotr Romanov, former member of State Duma (1995-2016)

## Result

Summary of the 10 September 2017 Russian by-election in the Bryansk single-member constituency election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Boris Paykin | Liberal Democratic Party | 93,794 | 52.0% |
| | Sergey Gorelov | Party of Growth | 17,120 | 9.5% |
| | Alexander Kupriyanov | Communist Party | 16,911 | 9.3% |
| | Sergey Kurdenko | A Just Russia | 11,123 | 6.2% |
| | Vladimir Vorozhtsov | Party of Pensioners | 8,814 | 4.9% |
| | Konstantin Kasaminsky | Patriots of Russia | 6,928 | 3.8% |
| | Olga Matokhina | Yabloko | 6,746 | 3.7% |
| | Sergey Malinkovich | Communists of Russia | 6,159 | 3.4% |
| | Nikolay Alexeyenko | Rodina | 4,890 | 2.7% |
| Total | Total | Total | 172,485 | 100% |
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