Legislative Duma of Khabarovsk Krai

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Legislative Duma of Khabarovsk Krai

Законодательная дума Хабаровского края
7th legislature
Unicameral
Leadership
Chairwoman
Irina Zikunova, LDPR[1]
since 2 October 2019
Structure
Seats36
Political groups
  LDPR (26)

  United Russia[a] (5)
  CPRF[b] (3)

  Vacant (2)[2][3]
Elections
Mixed: 24 deputies elected in single-member districts and 12 elected proportionally
Last election
8 September 2019
Next election
2024
Meeting place
Muravyova-Amurskogo Street, Khabarovsk
Website
duma.khv.ru

The Legislative Duma of Khabarovsk Krai (Russian: Законодательная дума Хабаровского края) is the regional parliament of Khabarovsk Krai, a federal subject of Russia.[4]

The Duma consists of 36 deputies elected for a term of five years. 24 deputies are elected by single-member constituencies and another 12 deputies are elected in party lists.[5]

History

Elections were last held on 8 September 2019. Governor Sergei Furgal's party, LDPR, won by a landslide in the election, gaining 27 seats (30 total) and therefore a supermajority, while the ruling party, United Russia, lost 28 seats and its supermajority.[6]

In December 2019, a deputy from LDPR,

Federation Council with 22 votes out of the 30 deputies present in the Legislative Duma.[7][8]

In June 2020, LDPR deputy Vyacheslav Furgal, the brother of Sergei Furgal, died in June 2020 due to COVID-19.[9]

By-elections were held on 13 September 2020.[10]

Elections

2014

Party[11] % Seats
United Russia 57.14 30
Communist Party of the Russian Federation 14.12 3
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 13.34 3
A Just Russia
 4.37 0
Rodina 3.68 0
Communists of Russia 2.23 0
Yabloko 1.72 0

2019

Composition of the parliament following the 2019 elections
Party[12][13] % Seats
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 56.12 30
Communist Party of the Russian Federation 17.24 3
United Russia 12.51 2
Self-nominated (Yabloko) — 1
A Just Russia
 3.53 0
Communists of Russia 3.43 0
Party of Growth 1.74 0
Rodina 1.69 0
Registered voters/turnout 34.81

List of chairpersons

The chairperson of the Legislative Duma of Khabarovsk Krai is the

presiding officer
of that legislature.

Name Took office Left office
Victor Ozerov[14] 1994 2001
Yury Onoprienko[15] 2001 2009
Anatoly Ostrovsky[16] 2009 2010
Sergey Khokhlov 2010 2013
Viktor Chudov 2013 2016
Sergey Lugovskoy 2016 2019
Irina Zikunova 2019 -

References

  1. ^ Includes one Yabloko member who joined the United Russia duma faction.
  2. ^ Includes one CPRF member who did not join the Communist duma faction and two former CPRF members who were expelled from the party, yet remained in the faction.
  1. ^ "Ирина Зикунова избрана председателем Законодательной Думы Хабаровского края". duma.khv.ru. 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Депутатские фракции (объединения) - Законодательная Дума Хабаровского края". duma.khv.ru. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  3. ^ "ДЕПУТАТЫ ДУМЫ".
  4. ^ "ОБЩИЕ СВЕДЕНИЯ".
  5. ^ "Хабаровский край". council.gov.ru.
  6. ^ "ЛДПР захватила регион размером с Турцию". Kommersant. 9 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Сенатором от Хабаровского края избран Сергей Безденежных". kp.ru. 5 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Хабаровские депутаты нашли сенатора без судимостей". Kommersant. 4 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Умер депутат Хабаровского края Вячеслав Фургал". RBC. 13 June 2020.
  10. ^ "По итогам дополнительных выборов в состав Законодательной Думы Хабаровского края войдет самовыдвиженец Наталья Чумакова". duma.khv.ru.
  11. ^ "Выборы депутатов Законодательной Думы Хабаровского края шестого созыва".
  12. ^ "В Законодательной Думе Хабаровского края образованы три партийных фракции и одно депутатское объединение". duma.khv.ru. 19 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Выборы депутатов Законодательной Думы Хабаровского края седьмого созыва".
  14. ^ Biography
  15. ^ Biography
  16. ^ Biography
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