партии «второго эшелона»

The author considers participation of the Russian political parties of the «second echelon» in election within the single voting day September 18, 2016, and the level of their activity during election of the heads of the subunits of the Russian Federation, as well as members of regional legislative (representative) bodies.

Analysis of the second echelon parties and social associations’ participation in electoral processes within single voting day in September 2020 is presented in the article. An inference is made that as a result of municipal elections in different regions of Russia transformations related to strengthening oppositional forces’ resources have taken place; these transformations can manifest themselves as early as during the State Duma election-2021. Elections have shown that motivation of protest voting “we want reforms” is growing in popularity.