Moscow City Duma District 20
moscow City Duma electoral constituency
Moscow City Duma District 20 is one of 45 constituencies in Moscow City Duma. Currently the district covers outer parts of South-Eastern Moscow.
The district has been represented since 2024 by Communist Leonid Zyuganov, a three-term member, who was redistricted from District 21.
Boundaries
1993–1997: Danilovsky, Donskoy, Nagatinsky Zaton
The district covered inner parts of Southern Moscow.
1997–2005: Danilovsky, Donskoy, Nagatino-Sadovniki, Nagatinsky Zaton, TEOS ZiL
The district continued to cover inner parts of Southern Moscow, gaining Nagatino-Sadovniki from District 21.
2005–2014: constituency abolished
Prior to the 2005 election the number of constituencies was reduced to 15, so the district was eliminated.
2014–2024: Kosino-Ukhtomsky, Nekrasovka, Novokosino, parts of Veshnyaki, part of Vykhino-Zhulebino
The district was created prior to the 2014 election, after Moscow City Duma had been expanded from 35 to 45 seats. It is based South-Eastern and Eastern Moscow, covering mostly raions outside the Moscow Ring Road.
2024–present: Kapotnya, part of Lyublino, part of Maryino, part of Vykhino-Zhulebino
During the 2023–24 Moscow redistricting most of the former district was put into District 19, except for Novokosino, which was redistricted into District 18. In its new configuration the district took almost all of former District 22 and part of Vykhino-Zhulebino from District 21.
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