2019 Crimean parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections took place in the Republic of Crimea on 8 September 2019.[1] These were the second elections since Crimea's annexation into the Russian Federation. The result saw an absolute majority victory for President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party but with a loss of seats.[2]

A map showing United Russia votes
2019 Crimean parliamentary election
8 September 2019
All 75 seats to the State Council
(38 seats were needed for a majority)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Yury Gotsanyuk Vladimir Zhirinovsky Sergey Bogatyrenko
Party United Russia LDPR Communist
Seats won 60 10 5
Popular vote 268,400 82,629 40,366
Percentage 54.70% 16.84% 8.22%
Composition of the State Council
Prime Minister before election

Sergey Aksyonov
United Russia

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Yury Gotsanyuk
United Russia

References
  1. "Russia's Ruling Party Sees Voter Support Drop in Crimea 5 Years After Annexation". The Moscow Times. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. "Official Results" (in Russian). Retrieved 22 November 2021.


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