Federalism and Local Politics in Russia

Table 6.4 Elections to legislative assemblies of members of the RF on 8 October 2006Legislative body for whichdeputies were electedThreshold (%) Lists on the voting paper Lists that crossed the thresholdLegislative Assembly of theRepublic of KareliyaLegislative Chamber of the GreatKhural of the Republic of TyvaState Council of the ChuvashRepublicLegislative Assembly of thePrimorskii krayState Duma of the AstrakhanoblastCouncil of People’s Deputies ofthe Lipetsk oblast7 7 57 6 2 (with a 5% thresholdit would have been 3)7 5 3 (with a 5% threshold itwould have been 5)7 10 4 (with a 5% thresholdit would have been 5)7 10 4 (with a 5% thresholdit would have been 5)7 8 4Novgorod Regional Duma 7 9 4 (with a 5% threshold itwould have been 6)Regional Duma of the LegislativeAssembly of the Sverdlovskoblast (rotation of half themembership, 14 out of 28deputies)Legislative Assembly of theJewish autonomous oblast7 10 4 (with a 5%threshold it would havebeen 5)7 6 3Source: Compiled by the author from data published by the Central Electoral Commission.*The second chamber of the parliament of Tyva, the Chamber of Representatives, is elected only through majority-based districts and iseffectively a decorative body with no real power.