7th State Duma small parties were also able to pass in addition to the four major parties in the State Duma. Both parties have one Deputy, and they are not included in one of the factions. The Rodina party received representation in the State Duma, the first since 2003. Also in the State Duma was the party of Civic Platform, which participated in the elections for the first time. On September 26, 2016, fractions distributed positions of heads of committees. Forthcoming by-elections in vacant constituencies. 7th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the seventh convocation
Sakhalin Oblast Duma 1994, were declared invalid, the regional Duma of the first convocation consisted of only 12 deputies. The Sakhalin Oblast Duma is unicameral just like most other legislative assembly body found in Russian federal subjects. It currently comprises of 28 deputies, with 14 of them running in single mandate constituencies and the other 14 in the single electoral district. Deputies are elected by public vote once every 5 years, whereby winners are determined by the two voting systems of first-past-the-post voting and party-list proportional representation, which is combined together in what is known as the parallel voting system. The Duma also