Crimean parliamentary election, 2014

Crimean parliamentary election, 2014

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All 75 seats to the State Council 38 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Candidate Sergey Aksyonov Vladimir Zhirinovsky Party United Russia Liberal Democratic Party Seats won 70 5 Popular vote 515,926 62,380 Percentage 71.06% 8.14%
Composition of the State Council
Prime Minister before election Sergey Aksyonov Independent Subsequent Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov United Russia

Sergey Aksyonov
Independent

Sergey Aksyonov
United Russia

Parliamentary elections took place in the Republic of Crimea and Federal City of Sevastopol on 14 September 2014. These were the first elections since their dubious incorporation into Russia.

After the 2014 Crimean crisis, following the passage of a secession referendum, which international community widely saw as illegal (See:International reactions to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation), the declaration of independence of the Republic of Crimea from Ukraine and the process of accession to Russia that followed it, on 11 April the State Council of Crimea approved a joint appeal from Crimea and Sevastopol's Legislative Assembly to Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking him to bring forward parliamentary elections from 2015 to September 2014 "to accelerate the integration of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol into the system of government of the Russian Federation".

On 17 April 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.