[1] The 33 seats of the Supreme Council are elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.

[3] The Russian daily newspaper Kommersant labelled the election as undemocratic and unrepresentative.

[4] According to Freedom House "Figures who oppose the local elites linked with Sheriff Enterprises are subject to intimidation and have been mostly silenced in recent years.

[7][8] Obnovlenie won 29 out of 33 seats in the Supreme Council, maintaining their status as a majority government.

[citation needed] This was a visibly higher percentage than during the previous elections.