2014 Crimean parliamentary election

State election after annexation by Russia Crimea 2010 2019 14 September 2014 All 75 seats in the State Council of Crimea 38 yes United Russia Sergey Aksyonov 72.76 70 Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Vladimir Zhirinovsky 8.80 5 Chairman of the State Council Vladimir Konstantinov United Russia Vladimir Konstantinov United RussiaApril 2014 Parliamentary elections took place in the Republic of Crimea on 14 September 2014.http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/729621 Russian State Duma appoints parliamentary elections in Crimea on September 14, 2014 ITAR TASS 25 April 2014 25 April 2014 These were the first elections since Russian annexation of Crimea on 18 March. The outcome was an overwhelming victory for President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. Background On 17 April 2014, after the annexation, Russian president Putin submitted a draft law on parliamentary elections in Crimea and Sevastopol to the State Duma, setting 14 September 2014 as the election date. On this day also election were held in 30 Russian regions and 14 regional (Russian) legislatures.Election Victories Strengthen Putin's Grip Around Russia and Crimea, nytimes.com (SEPT. 14, 2014) Electoral system According to Crimean State Council Chairman Vladimir Konstantinov, the elections would be conducted according to a mixed system. Fifty deputies were to be elected on party-list proportional representation and 25 in majority constituencies. Russian Central Election Commission Chairman Vladimir Churov said that the commission filed a request for funding with the government for 400 million roubles to conduct the election.http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/728509 Putin submits law on parliamentary elections in Crimea, Sevastopol to State Duma 17 April 2014 ITAR-TASS 16 August 2014 On 9 September 2014 Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov announced that Crimean residents "who did not manage to obtain a passport of the Russian Federation" would be able to participate in the elections using their "Ukrainian local registration".uk Crimeans in the "elections" allowed to vote with Ukrainian passport, Ukrayinska Pravda (9 September 2014) Issues The local Crimean Tatars had called for a boycott of the elections. Opposition figures in Crimea complained that they were deprived of a chance to win seats because of "Administrative resource-tactics" that made sure unapproved challengers would have no chance of gaining traction. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) identified a situation of multiple and continuing human-rights violations in Crimea after the start of the Russian occupation. It found the situation when Russia held its election was marked by persistent intimidation that targeted those who had opposed the annexation "referendum" or were critical of de-facto "authorities", as well as Crimea's Indigenous Crimean Tatar nation, which caused increasing numbers to leave the peninsula. The intimidation included waves of forced disappearances, intrusive searches, and criminalization of the Crimean Tatars' national body, the Mejlis.Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 2014-11-15 Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 15 November 2014 https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Countries/UA/OHCHR_sixth_report_on_Ukraine.pdf 2023-09-1341 The OHCHR also noted that the participation of residents of Crimea in Ukraine's parliamentary elections of 26 October were limited by the need to travel to mainland Ukraine to vote, the burden of crossing administrative checkpoints from the occupied territory and back, and the fear of possible reprisals from the so-called authorities. Voters were summoned by Crimean police for "conversations" warning about "extremist activities", and had their personal data recorded by "Crimean self-defence" while leaving Russian-controlled territory.United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 2014-09-19 Report on the situation of human rights in Ukraine https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G14/167/38/PDF/G1416738.pdf?OpenElement 2023-09-13119 Only 2,800 Crimean voters voted in the parliamentary election, or 0.2% of pre-annexation registered voters6 In Ukraine's 25 May presidential elections, 6,000 Crimean residents had voted according to the Central Election Commission.94 Results According to the election commission's reported results, only two parties overcame the election threshold: of the council's 75 seats, United Russia won 70 mandates because its candidates won in all 25 single-member constituencies and it won 71.06% of the party-list vote; the other 5 mandates went to the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia which won 8.14% of the party-list vote.Russia's Central Election Commission Recognizes Crimea's Parliament Vote as ValidUnited Russia wins 70 out of 75 seats in Crimean parliament — preliminary count Voter turnout was 54% according to the commission. Russian media reported that 803 candidates had tried to win seats; 108 candidates in one of the single-member constituencies and the rest as candidates as member of 12 political parties. File:Crimean-parliament-breakdown-2014.svg Party-list Constituency Total United Russia 515926 45 25 70 Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 62380 5 0 5 Communist Party of the Russian Federation 32952 0 0 0 Rodina 19479 0 0 0 Communists of Russia 15480 0 0 0 Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice 14220 0 0 0 A Just Russia – For Truth 13546 0 0 0 Democratic Party of Russia 9723 0 0 0 Patriots of Russia 8634 0 0 0 Communist Party of Social Justice 6199 0 0 0 Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" 5872 0 0 0 Party of Veterans of Russia 4645 0 0 0 26090 1372655 Crimea Electoral Commission References Crimea Crimea Category:Elections in Crimea Category:Events affected by the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea Category:Regional legislative elections in Russia Category:Russian elections in Ukraine Category:Republic of Crimea