Elections took place for deputies of the municipal councils in 124 of 125 districts of Moscow and in one administrative okrug, for a total of 1,502 seats, which were contested by around 7,500 candidates.

[citation needed] While United Russia gained the majority with 1,153 seats, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) was replaced in second place by the liberal opposition party Yabloko with 176 seats.

Dmitry Gudkov, opposition politician and former member the State Duma who organized the effort to get opposition candidates on the municipal councils, stated that "our victory wasn't complete, but it is a victory.

[5] The opposition had formed a coalition called 'United Democrats' to get candidates elected to municipal councils of deputies.

[7] In the Tverskoy District, where the Moscow Kremlin is located, Yabloko received ten of the twelve seats.