2001 Moscow City Duma election

2001 Moscow City Duma election
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Turnout30.47%

The Moscow legislative election of 2001 was held on 16 December of that year to the fourth convocation of the Moscow City Duma. The elections were held according to a majoritarian system in 35 single-mandate constituencies.

Every sixth candidate was registered on the basis of an electoral deposit (the amount of which is 450 thousand rubles[1]). There was a noticeable increase in the role of administrative resources compared to previous elections and the understanding by potential candidates that “the fight is useless - everything has been decided in advance”.[2] 25 incumbent deputies took part in the elections, 22 of them were re-elected for a new term.[3] The city election commission spent 121 million rubles on the elections.[4]

  1. ^ "Кто хочет стать московским депутатом" (in Russian). Коммерсантъ. 2001-11-16.
  2. ^ Аркадий Любарев. "Выборы в Московскую городскую думу: хроника деградации выборов" (PDF) (in Russian).
  3. ^ "Рапортует Москва: план Лужкова-Шойгу-Немцова-Явлинского выполнен на 94%" (in Russian). Lenta.ru. 2001-12-17.
  4. ^ "В Москве выбирают депутатов Городской Думы" (in Russian). Коммерсантъ. 2001-12-16.