In 2024, Vladimir Putin lost a polling station in this Siberian science district. Last month, three local precincts bucked national voting trends again. Why?
Yabloko’s State Duma candidate Dmitry Shabanov won the vote at three polling stations in Novosibirsk’s Akademgorodok in 2026, while United Russia failed to finish first in the party-list vote at those stations. During the 2024 presidential election, New People candidate Vladislav Davankov won at a polling station in a Novosibirsk State University (NSU) dormitory. The news outlet 7×7 visited…
In August 2025, Yabloko's candidate Dmitry Shabanov won three polling stations in Novosibirsk's Akademgorodok district, while United Russia failed to secure the top spot in those voting locations. During the 2024 presidential election, New People candidate Vladislav Davankov also won at one of the same polling stations in the university dormitory.
Local voters, including students and faculty, expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing war, internet restrictions, and a desire to see their votes matter in expressing political will. Shabanov secured 51.27% of the vote at the NSU dormitory polling station, while United Russia came out on top across the district with 45.79%. However, Shabanov lost the district overall, receiving just 7.31% of the vote.
The Akademgorodok polling stations have consistently shown voting patterns that diverge from the rest of Novosibirsk, with United Russia receiving significantly lower percentages in those areas compared to other districts.
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