Editing Tomsk (section)

== Politics ==
[[File:Tomsk-Administration.jpg|thumb|Tomsk City Administration building]]
[[File:Tomsk, view from the fire-observation tower.jpg|thumb|Tomsk, view from the fire-observation tower]]

Tomsk is governed by a mayor and a 33-member [[Duma of Tomsk|Duma]]. The current mayor, appointed in 2013, is [[Ivan Klyayn]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.admin.tomsk.ru/pgsml/08|title=Official Portal of "The city of Tomsk"|website=en.admin.tomsk.ru|access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref> a member of The [[United Russia]] party.

Of the 33 members, 16 are elected from the eight [[Plurality voting system|double mandate]] districts while 17 are chosen from [[Party-list proportional representation|party lists]].

In the October 2005 local elections, [[United Russia]] was expected to cruise to a solid victory; however, the [[Russian Pensioners' Party|Pensioners Party]] put up a strong showing. The final count was (proportional representation):
*19.42% — '''5 seats''' — Pensioners Party
*17.85% — '''5 seats''' — [[United Russia]]
*9.95% — '''3 seats''' — [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|Communist Party]]
*8.57% — '''2 seats''' — [[Union of Rightist Forces]]/[[Yabloko]] coalition
*7.77% — '''2 seats''' — [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia]]
*14.67% — Against all candidates

;Double mandates
*'''10 seats''' — No party affiliation
*'''4 seats''' — United Russia
*'''1 seat''' — Pensioners Party
*'''1 seat''' — Liberal Democratic Party of Russia

===Vote===
In 2020, supporters of [[Alexei Navalny]] won at least 16 seats in Tomsk's 37-seat city council while the pro-Putin [[United Russia]] party secured no more than 11 seats.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-election/russias-ruling-party-loses-majority-in-siberian-council-targeted-by-stricken-navalny-idUSKBN2651LL "Russia's ruling party loses majority in Siberian council targeted by stricken Navalny"], reuters.com. Accessed 4 October 2023.</ref>