 The leader of A Just Russia party, Mironov was ousted by the majority United Russia and replaced by an acting speaker Alexander Torshin.As a member of United Russia party, Matviyenko stood in a municipal election in August in order to have legal possibilities to attain the office in the Federation Council.She won the municipal election with more than 95% of the vote, despite having 18% approval rating in July, for which she was criticized by the opposition.