2018 Moscow mayoral election

The 2018 Moscow mayoral election was held on 9 September 2018, on common election day. To be elected, a candidate had to get more than 50% of votes. If no one achieved 50%, a runoff would have been held 14 days later, with only the two most successful candidates from the first round participating in the second round.

Sergey Sobyanin, the incumbent Mayor of Moscow, was re-elected for a new term.

Candidates Nomination and registration of candidates Candidates can be nominated both by political parties and as self-nomination.

In any case, candidates must pass the "municipal filter" (collection of signatures of municipal deputies). According to the decision of Moscow City Election Commission from 4 June 2018, the number of signatures of municipal deputies in support of a candidate must be in the range of from 110 to 115.

Candidates nominated by the self-nomination procedure, in addition to the signatures of municipal deputies, it is also necessary to collect signatures of voters. The number of signatures of voters should be in the range from 36,081 to 39,689.

Registered candidate Initially, four candidates were registered to participate in the election, but on 23 July, the Moscow City Court ordered the City Election Commission to register one more candidate. Thus, five candidates were registered to participate in the election.

Candidate Parties Office Mikhail BalakinInitially, Mikhail Balakin collected the required number of signatures of municipal deputies, but later three deputies withdrew their signatures, and registration was denied due to lack of signatures of municipal deputies, but on 23 July, the Moscow City Court declared the refusal illegal, since initially there were enough signatures and ordered to the City Election Commission to register Balakin as mayoral candidate.Union of CitizensMember of the Moscow City Dumafrom 38th constituencyMikhail DegtyarevLiberal Democratic PartyMember of the State DumaVadim Kumin(Website)Communist PartyFormer Member of the State DumaIlya Sviridov(Website)A Just RussiaHead of Tagansky Districtof MoscowSergey Sobyanin(Website)IndependentIncumbent Mayor of Moscow

Other candidates Candidates who fail to complete the registration Candidate Party Office NoteIlya BakovMonarchist PartyGeneral Director of "Royal Pond Group", son of Anton BakovRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsVladislav BuzarovIndependentUnemployedRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsMikhail ButrimovRussian All-People's UnionEntrepreneurRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsDenis GanichNational CourseEditor-in-chief of the newspaper "National Course"Registration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsAlexander GorlovIndependentElectrician of the MSTU "Stankin"Registration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsDmitry GudkovParty of ChangesLeader of the Party of ChangesRegistration was denied due to lack of signatures of municipal deputiesNatalia DontsovaIndependentGeneral Director of the Moscow Academy of professional GrowthRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsAlexander ZakondyrinGreen AllianceLeader of the Green Alliance partyRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsAnton KrasovskyIndependentJournalistRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsViktor KuvshinovIndependentPensionerRegistration is denied, as the nominated candidate provided only information about the three candidates for SenatorsAlexander MilovankinIndependentLeading engineer of LLC Gazprom InformWithdrawSergey MitrokhinYablokoLeader of the Moscow branch of the "Yabloko" partyRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsAlexey NazarovIndependentPresident of the Constitutional Committee on Overcoming the Genocide of the Russian PeopleRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsDmitry NovikovIndependentDirector of LLC "Nitek"Registration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsStanislav PolishchukParty of Social ReformLeader of the Party of Social ReformWithdrawSirazhdin RamazanovSocial Democratic PartyLeader of the Social Democratic PartyWithdrawSergei RevinThe GreensLeading specialist of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training CenterThe conference of the regional branch of the party decided to withdraw the candidacyIldar RyazapovParty of VeteransLeader of the Party of VeteransRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsAlexander RomanovIndependentPensionerRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsValery RuchnovIndependentPensionerRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsYaroslav SidorovCommunists of RussiaFirst Secretary of the Moscow City Branch of the Communists of RussiaRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsMaxim SlavinIndependentUnemployedWithdrawGerman SterligovIndependentBusinessmanRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsIgor SuzdaltsevIndependentGeneral Director of "ICT Management"Registration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsAnton TarasovIndependentEngineer of LLC "Energotekhservis"Registration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsSergey TroitskyIndependentRock musician, leader of the heavy metal band "Korrozia Metalla"Registration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsRuslan KhaliullinIndependentDirector of the Charity Fund "Fund for Support of Children and Youth"Registration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documentsIlya YashinIndependentHead of Krasnoselsky District of MoscowRegistration was denied because the candidate did not provide the necessary documents

Opinion polls DatePoll sourceSobyaninKuminDegtyarevSviridovBalakinGudkovYashinOther candidatesUndecidedAbstention28-30 August 2018WCIOM69.4%13.2%7.8%6.5%1.4%———1.7%6-10 August 2018WCIOM65.5%10.1%11.1%7.1%4.3%———1.9%13-23 June 2018Superjob63%2%2%2%—-----20 April-3 May 2018Levada Center34%————<1%<1%4%27%25%8 September 20132013 election51.4%—2.9%————44.2%——

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2018 Moscow mayoral election

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