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![]() Map showing location of Russian regional elections in 2020
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The 2020 Russian regional elections took place across three days from 11 to 13 September 2020 in 28 out of the 85 federal subjects of Russia. Voters elected 18 directly-elected governors, 2 indirectly-elected governors and 11 regional parliaments.[1] The elections also coincided with local elections in many cities. A total of 156,000 candidates stood for 78,000 positions at regional, local and municipal levels. The vote was extended over three days in a move the government said was to avoid over-crowding and to reduce the risk from COVID-19.[citation needed]
Candidates for the ruling United Russia party or their allies won all 20 governorships with more than 50% of the vote, meaning they would not need to hold a second round run-off.[2] However, the party lost their majority in city assemblies in Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Tambov.[3]
Ben Noble characterised the elections as the Kremlin's dress rehearsal for the 2021 State Duma elections.[4]
'Единая Россия' потеряла большинство в законодательных собраниях столиц трех субъектов – в Томске, Новосибирске и Тамбове.
The Kremlin's 2021 dress rehearsal success [...] For the Kremlin, the main question for these elections was clear and simple: How to secure electoral success in the 2021 State Duma elections, when United Russia's approval rating currently hovers just above 30%?