Legislative elections were held in Russia on 18 September 2016. On 10 June 2017 Vladimir Zhutenkov resigned. On 14 June, the Central Election Commission scheduled a by-election in the Bryansk constituency for 10 September 2017. 2016 result Candidates Registered Candidates on the ballot: Party of Growth: Sergey Gorelov, businessman, 2016 candidate for State Duma in the Unecha constituency (Bryansk Oblast) Rodina: Nikolay Alekseyenko, businessman Communists of Russia: Sergey Malinkovich, deputy of Smolninskoye Municipal Okrug Assembly (Saint Petersburg), 2016 candidate for State Duma Communist Party: Aleksandr Kupriyanov, secretary of ideology of CPRF Bryansk regional office Liberal Democratic Party: Boris Paykin, billionaire, partner at Fort Group, 2016 candidate for State Duma in the Central constituency (Saint Petersburg) Patriots of Russia: Konstantin Kasaminsky, Deputy Head of Administration of Karachevsky District Yabloko: Olga Matokhina, local activist, 2016 candidate for State Duma in the Unecha constituency (Bryansk Oblast) Party of Pensioners: Vladimir Vorozhtsov, former First Deputy Director of Federal Tax Police Service (2000-2002), 2016 candidate for State Duma A Just Russia: Sergey Kurdenko, deputy of Klimovo Council of People's Deputies, 2016 candidate for State Duma for this seat Denied registration Great Fatherland Party: Nikolay Starikov, writer, leader of Great Fatherland Party Withdrew Independent: Nikolay Burbyga, former Chief Federal Inspector for Bryansk Oblast Independent: Andrey Novikov, Bryansk City Council of People's Deputies staffer Declined United Russia: Aleksandr Khinshtein, former member of State Duma (2003-2016) United Russia: Viktor Malashenko, former member of State Duma (2006-2011, 2014-2016) Communist Party: Pyotr Romanov, former member of State Duma (1995-2016) Result |- ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% |- |style="background-color: " | |Boris Paykin |Liberal Democratic Party |93,794 |52.0% |- |style="background-color: #0047AB" | |Sergey Gorelov |Party of Growth |17,120 |9.5% |- |style="background-color: " | |Alexander Kupriyanov |Communist Party |16,911 |9.3% |- |style="background-color: " | |Sergey Kurdenko |A Just Russia |11,123 |6.2% |- |style="background: #1E90FF;"| |Vladimir Vorozhtsov |Party of Pensioners |8,814 |4.9% |- |style="background-color: " | |Konstantin Kasaminsky |Patriots of Russia |6,928 |3.8% |- |style="background-color: " | |Olga Matokhina |Yabloko |6,746 |3.7% |- |style="background: #E62020;"| |Sergey Malinkovich |Communists of Russia |6,159 |3.4% |- |style="background-color: " | |Nikolay Alexeyenko |Rodina |4,890 |2.7% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 172,485 | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source: | |} External links CEC Russia References 2017 2017 elections in Russia 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation By-elections