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==Potential candidates== ==Potential candidates==

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Moscow mayoral election, 2013
← 2003 September 8, 2013 2018 →
  Mikhail Degtyaryov Nikolai Levichev Ivan Melnikov
Candidate Mikhail Degtyaryov Nikolai Levichev Ivan Melnikov
Party LDPR SR CPRF
  Sergey Mitrokhin Alexey Navalny Sergey Sobyanin
Candidate Sergey Mitrokhin Alexei Navalny Sergey Sobyanin
Party Yabloko RPR–PARNAS Nonpartisan
Incumbent Mayor

Sergey Sobyanin
United Russia



Moscow mayoral elections of 2013 will be held on September 8, 2013 as part of regional Election Day, when also elections in Moscow Oblast and other Oblasts will be held.

Elections will be held after Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has announced his departure on June 4. The upcoming elections will mark the first time in 10 years that citizens of the federal city of Moscow could choose their mayor by a popular vote.

Moscow is both a city and separate federal subject, according to the Constitution of Russia. Most of federal subjects are headed by governors or presidents, but the office of the head of Moscow is called Mayor of Moscow, according to the Charter of the city of Moscow. In 2004, Vladimir Putin suggested to cancel direct elections of governors and presidents in Russian regions.

Background

Moscow mayor was elected since 1991 and until 2004 when the legislation was changed and moved the election system to indirect one, in which parliamentary political parties and the President of Russia nominates a candidate who must be approved by the Moscow City Duma. Following the 2011–13 Russian protests which followed the 2011 parliamentary election, President Dmitry Medvedev offered to re-introduce the direct elections of the governors, and corresponding legislation was approved by the Parliament. On June 5, 2013 the incumbent Mayor, Sergey Sobyanin who was nominated as Mayor in 2010, announced his resignation from the post. Russian law allows the mayor to resign and run again for the same office if the president gives his approval. A short time later, Sobyanin confirmed his intention to stand for election.

Regulations

A candidate to the office must be citizen of the Russian Federation over the age of 30. Self-nomination of candidates for the post of Mayor of Moscow, and the collection of 70 000 signatures in support of the nomination shall be made within 30 days of the official publication of the decision to call the election. Or alternatively these signatures are not needed for candidates from registered political party.

Each of the political parties (electoral blocks were cancelled in early 2000s) can nominate only one candidate for the post of Mayor. In this case, the candidate can not give consent to be nominated from several polling organizations. The candidate nominated by self-nomination can not give consent to be nominated in the same election electoral association.

A candidate for mayor of Moscow may have 100 agents. The maximum amount of a candidate's election fund shall not exceed 200 million rubles. In the second round of this amount may be increased by 10 percent.

Campaign

In a vote held on June 6, 27 members of Moscow City Duma backed the proposed date, and only two voted against it.

Registered candidates

Registration for the election was completed on July 17.

Potential candidates

About 40 persons wanted to participate in the elections.

candidates who failed "municipal filter", not allowed to participate in elections
only stated about their participation

See Also

References

  1. "Moscow mayor resigns, sets his return amid upcoming elections". Press TV. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  2. "Russia's Medvedev Proposes Direct Elections Of Governors". Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. "Sobyanin's Early Election Stunt". Moscow Times. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  4. "Moscow City Hall Sets Snap Mayoral Election Date". RIA Novosti. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  5. ^ "Завершена регистрация кандидатов на пост мэра Москвы" (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. July 17, 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. http://moscow.er.ru/persons/346/
  7. http://moscow.er.ru/persons/presidium/
  8. http://moscow.er.ru/persons/346/
  9. http://www.mos.ru/en/press-center/news/index.php?id_4=23943&tag_4=885
  10. ^ Smolchenko, Anna (July 17, 2013). "Navalny Moscow mayoral bid accepted ahead of verdict". Fox News. Retrieved 18 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. "А.Навальный стал кандидатом в мэры от РПР-ПАРНАС" (in Russian). RBC Daily. June 14, 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External Links

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