Managing regional elections in Russia

On 10 September, elections to provincial assemblies, municipal councils, and regional executive positions were held in a number of Russia’s regions; by-elections to the State Duma were also held in two regions. The elections brought few surprises. As expected, pro-Kremlin United Russia (UR) party candidates claimed victory in most of the contested seats in the six regional legislatures for which elections were held—240 of the 309 regional council mandates and 101 of the 119 single-member districts.