State Duma

Lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia

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April 3 2025 Yury Napso's term in the State Duma ends, with Dmitry Novikov expected to replace him.
March 10 2025 Dmitry Islamov, a two-term State Duma member, resigned from his position after being appointed State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia.
March 4 2025 Latest membership update shows 445 seats occupied and 5 seats vacant.
March 4 2025 Anton Basansky resigned from his first-term State Duma membership after being appointed State Secretary – Deputy Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic.
February 2025 A group of senators and deputies led by Andrey Klishas introduced a bill to ban by-elections to federal, regional, and municipal legislatures during two years prior to the regular election
December 5 2024 Continued changes in Duma composition, with 446 seats occupied and 4 seats vacant.
December 5 2024 Alexander Khinshtein, a five-term State Duma member and Chairman of the Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications, resigned from his State Duma position after being appointed acting Governor of Kursk Oblast.
November 4 2024 Further reduction in Duma membership, with 447 seats occupied and 3 seats vacant.
November 4 2024 Yevgeny Pervyshov resigned from his first-term State Duma seat after being appointed acting Head of Tambov Oblast.
October 8 2024 Duma membership adjusts to 448 seats occupied and 2 seats vacant.
October 8 2024 Dmitry Khubezov resigned from his position as first-term State Duma member and former Chairman of the Duma Committee on Health after being appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government – Minister of Health of the Altai Republic by republic Head Andrey Turchak.
September 2024 Nikolay Shulginov, former Minister of Energy of Russia (2020-2024), declines to run in the Khakassia constituency during the State Duma by-elections.
September 16 2024 Minor changes in Duma composition, with 2 seats potentially occupied.
September 8 2024 Significant shift in Duma membership, with 3 seats occupied and 449 seats vacant.
September 8 2024 By-election held for the State Duma seat previously held by Vitaly Kushnarev, with former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Viktoria Abramchenko winning the election.
September 8 2024 By-election held in Khakassia for the State Duma seat, which was won by former Minister of Energy of Russia Nikolay Shulginov.
September 8 2024 Final day of by-elections to the 8th Russian State Duma, concluding the multi-day voting process.
September 6 2024 Start of by-elections to the 8th Russian State Duma in Khakassia, with six registered candidates representing various political parties and independent backgrounds.
September 6 2024 First day of by-elections to the 8th Russian State Duma, with voting taking place over a multi-day period from September 6th to 8th.
June 25 2024 Continued changes in Duma composition, with 446 seats occupied and 4 seats vacant.
June 25 2024 Three-term State Duma member Aleksandr Prokopyev resigned after being appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government – Minister of Economic Development of the Altai Republic by acting Head Andrey Turchak.
June 10 2024 Head of Khakassia Valentin Konovalov and Sergey Sokol held a joint meeting with former Minister of Energy of Russia Nikolay Shulginov, offering him to run for State Duma with their support, which Shulginov accepted.
May 28 2024 Further reduction in Duma membership, with 447 seats occupied and 3 seats vacant.
May 27 2024 Duma membership changes, with 448 seats occupied and 2 seats vacant.
May 27 2024 First-term State Duma member Nikolay Alekseyenko announced his intention to resign his seat in the Duma.
May 23 2024 Vitaly Kushnarev is appointed Deputy Governor of Rostov Oblast – Minister of Transport of Rostov Oblast, announcing his intention to resign from his first-term State Duma seat.
November 1 2023 Vasily Vlasov's term in the State Duma ends, with Vasilina Kuliyeva replacing him on 22 November 2023.
September 19 2023 Slight change in Duma composition, with 449 seats occupied and 1 seat vacant.
September 10 2023 Duma returns to full membership with 450 seats occupied and 0 seats vacant.
September 10 2023 Sergey Sokol was elected to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Khakassia and decided to resign from the State Duma in preparation to assume the speakership of the regional parliament.
September 10 2023 By-election held in Divnogorsk for the State Duma seat, with Krasnoyarsk Krai Deputy Governor Sergey Yeryomin winning the election.
September 10 2023 By-election held in Karachay-Cherkessia for the State Duma seat, with Soltan Uzdenov's son winning the election and succeeding his late father.
September 10 2023 A by-election was held in Lipetsk Oblast, with Dmitry Averov, chairman of the Lipetsk Oblast Council of Deputies, winning the election to fill the vacant State Duma seat previously held by Nikolay Bortsov.
September 10 2023 By-election held in Simferopol, with Yury Nesterenko, a Simferopol City Council member, winning the seat in the 8th Russian State Duma.
September 8 2023 Viktor Bout, a former arms dealer, declined participation in by-elections to the 8th Russian State Duma in Simferopol during the period of September 8-10.
September 8 2023 By-elections to the 8th Russian State Duma began, with voting taking place from September 8th to 10th across multiple single-mandate electoral districts in Russia.
May 31 2023 Further changes in Duma membership, with 446 seats occupied and 4 seats vacant.
May 31 2023 Four-term State Duma member Viktor Zubarev from Krasnoyarsk Krai died in Moscow.
April 23 2023 Duma composition altered, with 447 seats occupied and 3 seats vacant.
April 23 2023 Freshman State Duma member Dzhasharbek Uzdenov from Karachay-Cherkessia died after battling a severe illness since his initial election in 2021.
April 23 2023 Longtime Deputy Nikolay Bortsov, a wealthy agribusinessman representing Lipetsk Oblast in the State Duma for nearly 20 years, died at the age of 77.
2022 Viktor Bout was exchanged in a prisoner swap, likely between the United States and Russia.
September 13 2022 Alexey Chernyak's resignation request was officially approved by the State Duma.
September 3 2022 Significant shifts in Duma membership, with 449 seats occupied and 1 seat vacant.
September 3 2022 Deputy Alexey Chernyak of Simferopol constituency requested resignation from the State Duma to focus on work in Crimea.
April 6 2022 Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the long-time leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, died, marking the end of his leadership of the party in the State Duma.
April 6 2022 Vladimir Zhirinovsky's term in the State Duma ends, with Andrey Svintsov taking his place on 1 June 2022.
2021 Eighth election cycle of the State Duma, representing the most recent composition of the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia.
November 10 2021 Changes in Duma composition occurred, with seat adjustments among factions.
October 12 2021 Alexei Didenko begins his term in the 8th State Duma, elected from the Tomsk single-mandate constituency in Tomsk Oblast.

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