2025 Chelyabinsk Oblast legislative election

2025 Chelyabinsk Oblast legislative election

12–14 September 2025

All 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout39.90%
6.03 pp
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Candidate Aleksey Teksler Valery Gartung Leonid Slutsky
Party United Russia SR–ZP LDPR
Last election 42.58%, 43 seats 14.79%, 7 seats 11.31%, 3 seats
Seats won 48 6 2
Seat change 5 1 1
Popular vote 558,948 137,838 100,399
Percentage 54.48% 13.43% 9.79%
Swing 11.90 pp 1.36 pp 1.52 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
CPRF
RPPSS
Candidate Maksim Gulin Igor Yegorov Stepan Firstov
Party New People CPRF Party of Pensioners
Last election Did not participate 11.87%, 4 seats 5.70%, 2 seats
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Did not participate 3 1
Popular vote 83,164 60,985 58,404
Percentage 8.11% 5.94% 5.69%
Swing Did not participate 5.93 pp 0.01 pp

Chairman before election

Oleg Gerber
United Russia

Elected Chairman

Oleg Gerber
United Russia

The 2025 Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast election took place on 12–14 September 2025, on common election day. All 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for re-election.

United Russia increased its already overwhelming majority in the Legislative Assembly, winning 54.5% of the vote and 28 of 30 single-mandate constituencies. A Just Russia – For Truth, led by popular State Duma member Valery Gartung, retained its position as runner-up, losing one seat. Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and Party of Pensioners also lost one seat each, while Communist Party of the Russian Federation suffered major defeat, losing half of its vote share and retaining only a single seat. New People entered the Legislative Assembly for the first time, winning two seats.