Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation

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election commission federal government body of Russia

The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation is the federal body responsible for organizing and supervising national elections and referendums across Russia.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Central Election Commission of Russia	6
Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation canonical	2
ЦИК РФ	1
ЦИК России	1
Центральная избирательная комиссия Российской Федерации	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11766600 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
Context triple: [1996 Russian presidential election, oversightBody, Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation]

A. Central Election Commission
The Central Election Commission is the independent government body responsible for administering and supervising elections and referendums in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
B. Election Commission
The Election Commission is Sri Lanka’s independent constitutional authority responsible for overseeing and administering free and fair elections in the country.
C. National Electoral Commission of Poland
The National Electoral Commission of Poland is the central independent body responsible for overseeing and administering elections and referendums throughout Poland.
D. Independent National Electoral Commission
The Independent National Electoral Commission is Nigeria’s autonomous government body responsible for organizing, overseeing, and regulating federal and state elections across the country.
E. Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan
The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan is the national body responsible for administering and overseeing elections and referenda throughout Afghanistan.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
Target entity description: The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation is the federal body responsible for organizing and supervising national elections and referendums across Russia.

A. Central Election Commission
The Central Election Commission is the independent government body responsible for administering and supervising elections and referendums in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
B. Election Commission
The Election Commission is Sri Lanka’s independent constitutional authority responsible for overseeing and administering free and fair elections in the country.
C. National Electoral Commission of Poland
The National Electoral Commission of Poland is the central independent body responsible for overseeing and administering elections and referendums throughout Poland.
D. Independent National Electoral Commission
The Independent National Electoral Commission is Nigeria’s autonomous government body responsible for organizing, overseeing, and regulating federal and state elections across the country.
E. Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan
The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan is the national body responsible for administering and overseeing elections and referenda throughout Afghanistan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	election commission ⓘ federal government body of Russia ⓘ
abbreviation	CEC RF ⓘ CEC of Russia ⓘ CIK RF ⓘ linked to: SK RF
appliesToJurisdiction	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
appointedBy	Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Federation Council of Russia President of Russia ⓘ linked to: President of the Russian Federation State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: State Duma
compositionMethod	members appointed in equal parts by the President, State Duma, and Federation Council ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
fieldOfWork	elections ⓘ electoral law ⓘ referendums ⓘ
foundedBy	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
hasPart	precinct election commissions ⓘ regional election commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation ⓘ territorial election commissions ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
jurisdiction	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
languageOfWork	Russian ⓘ
legalForm	federal state body ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Central Federal District ⓘ Moscow ⓘ Moscow Oblast ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Moscow Time ⓘ
mainRegulatoryText	Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ federal laws on elections and referendums in the Russian Federation ⓘ
nativeAbbreviation	ЦИК РФ ⓘ linked to: Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation ЦИК России ⓘ linked to: Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
nativeName	Центральная избирательная комиссия Российской Федерации ⓘ linked to: Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
numberOfMembers	15 ⓘ
officialLanguage	Russian ⓘ
oversees	all-Russian referendums ⓘ elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation ⓘ presidential elections in Russia ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ
precededBy	Central Election Commission of the USSR ⓘ
responsibleFor	control over financing of election campaigns at the federal level ⓘ ensuring uniform application of electoral legislation in Russia ⓘ maintenance of federal voter lists ⓘ methodological guidance of lower-level election commissions ⓘ monitoring compliance with campaign rules and media access in federal elections ⓘ organization of federal elections in Russia ⓘ organization of nationwide referendums in Russia ⓘ registration of federal election candidates and party lists ⓘ supervision of regional and local election commissions ⓘ tabulation and official publication of federal election results ⓘ voter education and information on federal elections ⓘ
sector	public administration ⓘ
shortName	Central Election Commission of Russia ⓘ linked to: Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
subordinateTo	Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Federal Assembly of Russia President of Russia ⓘ linked to: President of the Russian Federation
website	http://www.cikrf.ru ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1996 Russian presidential election → oversightBody → Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation ⓘ

2000 Russian presidential election → oversightBody → Central Election Commission of Russia ⓘ