Ten candidates from “New People” became deputies in Stavropol
Based on the results of the elections in Stavropol, the New People party won seats in the city councils of Stavropol, Nevinnomyssk, Kislovodsk, Yessentuki, Zheleznovodsk, Pyatigorsk and Mineralnye Vody. The party called the results in Stavropol a “victory.”
As reported by “Kavkazsky Uzel,” representatives of the United Russia party gained between 52 and 67 percent of the votes during the elections to the Dumas of Stavropol, Yessentuki, Zheleznovodsk, Kislovodsk, and Pyatigorsk.
In the municipal elections in the south of Russia, the main intrigue was how many seats in the city Dumas the parties competing with United Russia would receive. The military operation in Ukraine, despite regular drone attacks on the southern regions, was practically not touched by candidates for posts at various levels, analysts noted.
The New People party called the results of the elections in Stavropol successful. “We won,” the official group of the New People. Stavropol Territory party claims. The party considered the victory to be the fact that ten people were elected to the Dumas of a number of municipalities in the region.
“Now we have a strong team in the representative bodies of power,” the party’s message says. The report also notes that, based on the election results, the party candidate Boris Obolenets became a deputy of the Stavropol City Duma, Sergei Moreplavtsev became a deputy of the Duma of the Shpakovsky Municipal District, Maria Semenchenko became a deputy of the Duma of Nevinnomyssk, and Ummakhan Chopanov became a deputy of the Duma of Kislovodsk.
The candidate from New People, Gadzhimurat Bagatyrov, became a deputy of the Duma of the city of Yessentuki, Andrei Zhukov became a deputy of Zheleznovodsk, Evgeny Mesropov became a deputy of the Duma of Pyatigorsk, Boris Dontsov became a deputy of the Council of Deputies of the Mineralovodsky Municipal District, Sergei Kolobov became a deputy of the Duma of the Kochubeevsky Municipal District, and Alexei Dzyuba became a deputy of the Duma of the Budyonnovsky Municipal District.
The New People party was created in March 2020.B That same year, in September 2020, the party participated in the elections for the first time, reported on the party's website.
In turn, the head of the region, Vladimir Vladimirov, reported that a total of more than 640 thousand Stavropol residents came to the polling stations.
According to the head of Stavropol, it is already known that 47 participants in the hostilities in Ukraine were among the candidates who received mandates. In total, SVO fighters made up 12% of the total number of candidates, Vladimirov said today on his Telegram channel.
"The voting in the region was calm, about 640 thousand people took part. Fellow countrymen chose 572 deputies, of which 47 people were participants and veterans of the SVO," Vladimirov wrote.
In which regions of the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts the September elections were held can be found in the "Caucasian Knot" reference "Single Voting Day 2025 in the South of Russia". The "Caucasian Knot" publishes materials about these elections on the page "Elections-2025: South of Russia".