The People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia is the regional parliament of Buryatia, a federal subject of Russia. Its 66 deputies are popularly elected every five years. Half of the deputies are elected through a proportional system, and the other half are elected in single-member constituencies with majorities. Independent deputies are self-nominated. Elections are called by the People's Khural at least three months before the expiration of terms of deputies. Deputies are chosen by the general populace voting for their party's representatives. The first Chairman of the People's Khural was Mikhail Innokentyevich Semyonov, who is, as of current, the only person to hold the office for two terms in a row.

History

The People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia was created on July 19, 1994 at the first session of the Khural of the Central Executive Committee of the Buryat ASSR (December 4, 1923 - July 19, 1994). It succeeded the Supreme Council of the Buryat ASSR.

Structure

The People's Khural of Buryatia has six committees: The presiding officer is the Chairman of the People's Khural of Buryatia.

Elections

2018

List of deputies

Single-member constituencies (Most names in the list place the surname first, with the given name placed second and the patronymic placed third) Unified constituency (proportional voting) On October 17, 2019, at a meeting of the Electoral Commission of Buryatia, a decision was made to include Naydan Chimbeyev as a deputy to replace the single-constituency deputy Munko Buyantuyev after he was convicted of smuggling construction materials into China. Buyantuyev lost his parliamentary powers and freed up a place in the Khural.

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