Nizhny Novgorod constituency
| Nizhny Novgorod single-member constituency | |
|---|---|
 Russian State Duma | |
 Constituency boundaries since 2016 | |
| Deputy | |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
| Districts | Nizhny Novgorod city districts: Nizhegorodsky, Sovetsky Districts: Bolsheboldinsky, Bolshemurashkinsky, Buturlinsky, Vorotynsky, Gaginsky, Knyagininsky, Krasnooktyabrsky, Kstovsky, Lyskovsky, Pilninsky, Sergachsky, Sechenovsky, Spassky District |
| Other territory | All foreign countries not assigned to other constituencies (98 total)[a] |
| Voters | 496,166 (2021)[2] |
The Nizhny Novgorod constituency (No. 129[b]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. The constituency covers eastern Nizhny Novgorod, including the historic city centre, as well as rural eastern Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. In 2016–2026 this seat also serves as the constituency for all Russian expatriates living in countries which are not already assigned to other constituencies, 98 foreign countries in total.[a]
The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Anatoly Lesun, former Chief of the Gorky Railway, who won the open seat, succeeding one-term United Russia incumbent Dmitry Svatkovsky.
Boundaries
1993–2003 Sergach constituency: Bolshemurashkinsky District, Bor, Borsky District, Buturlinsky District, Gaginsky District, Knyagininsky District, Krasnooktyabrsky District, Kstovo, Kstovsky District, Lyskovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod (Prioksky), Perevozsky District, Pilninsky District, Sechenovsky District, Sergach, Sergachsky District, Spassky District, Vorotynsky District[3]
The constituency covered eastern Prioksky City District of Nizhny Novgorod, its industrial satellite cities Bor and Kstovo as well as mostly rural central and eastern Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
1995–2003 Sergach constituency: Bolshemurashkinsky District, Bor, Borsky District, Buturlinsky District, Knyagininsky District, Krasnooktyabrsky District, Kstovo, Kstovsky District, Lyskovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod (Prioksky), Perevozsky District, Pilninsky District, Sechenovsky District, Sergach, Sergachsky District, Spassky District, Vorotynsky District[4]
After 1995 the constituency was slightly altered, losing Gaginsky District to Arzamas constituency.
2003–2007 Kstovo constituency: Bolshemurashkinsky District, Borsky District, Buturlinsky District, Knyagininsky District, Krasnooktyabrsky District, Kstovsky District, Lyskovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod (Prioksky), Perevozsky District, Pilninsky District, Sechenovsky District, Sergach, Spassky District, Vorotynsky District[5]
The constituency retained its territory but changed its name from Sergach to Kstovo constituency.
2016–present: Bolsheboldinsky District, Bolshemurashkinsky District, Buturlinsky District, Gaginsky District, Knyagininsky District, Krasnooktyabrsky District, Kstovsky District, Lyskovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod (Nizhegorodsky, Sovetsky), Pilninsky District, Sergachsky District, Sechenovsky District, Spassky District, Vorotynsky District[6][7]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election under the name "Nizhny Novgorod constituency" and retained most of rural eastern Nizhny Novgorod Oblast as well as Kstovo, losing Borsky District to Bor constituency, Prioksky City District of Nizhny Novgorod and Perevozsky District to Prioksky constituency. This seat instead gained rural Bolsheboldinsky District and Gaginsky District from Arzamas constituency, two Nizhny Novgorod city districts: Nizhegorodsky (from Avtozavodsky constituency) and Sovetsky (from Kanavinsky constituency).
Members elected
By-election are shown in italics.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Yevgeny Bushmin | Independent | |
| 1995 | Aleksandr Maltsev | Independent | |
| 1999 | Dmitry Savelyev | Independent | |
| 2003 | Aleksey Likhachev | Union of Right Forces | |
| 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Vladimir Panov[c] | United Russia | |
| 2018 | Dmitry Svatkovsky | United Russia | |
| 2021 | Anatoly Lesun | United Russia | |
Election Results
1993
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yevgeny Bushmin | Independent | 81,656 | 30.35% | |
| Aleksandr Maltsev | Independent | 61,220 | 22.76% | |
| Aleksey Skotnikov | Independent | 39,412 | 14.65% | |
| Boris Sevryugin | Civic Union | 12,350 | 4.59% | |
| Vladimir Fomin | Democratic Party | 10,350 | 3.85% | |
| against all | 39,793 | 14.79% | ||
| Total | 269,028 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [8] | |||
1995
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Maltsev | Independent | 81,474 | 27.78% | |
| Nadir Khafizov | Independent | 64,112 | 21.86% | |
| Yevgeny Bushmin (incumbent) | Independent | 48,960 | 16.70% | |
| Valery Yeliseyev | Political Movement of Transport Workers | 12,654 | 4.32% | |
| Andrey Morev | Liberal Democratic Party | 10,796 | 3.68% | |
| Vasily Anoshchenkov | Stanislav Govorukhin Bloc | 10,373 | 3.54% | |
| Anatoly Moiseyev | People's Union | 8,554 | 2.92% | |
| Aleksandr Sysoyev | Independent | 7,877 | 2.69% | |
| Gennady Tuzin | Independent | 6,511 | 2.22% | |
| Gennady Shurygin | Independent | 5,911 | 2.02% | |
| Vladimir Maystrenko | Derzhava | 4,188 | 1.43% | |
| against all | 23,667 | 8.07% | ||
| Total | 293,247 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [9] | |||
1999
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitry Savelyev | Independent | 79,092 | 29.36% | |
| Nikolay Ryabov | Independent | 31,551 | 11.71% | |
| Ryashit Bayazitov | Independent | 27,123 | 10.07% | |
| Aleksandr Maltsev (incumbent) | Independent | 24,440 | 9.07% | |
| Nikolay Khvatkov | Independent | 21,030 | 7.81% | |
| Vyacheslav Bolyak | Our Home – Russia | 16,793 | 6.23% | |
| Aleksandr Listkov | Independent | 14,165 | 5.26% | |
| Yevgeny Belyakov | Independent | 3,220 | 1.20% | |
| Nikolay Leshkov | Independent | 3,117 | 1.16% | |
| Yevgeny Alekseyev | Spiritual Heritage | 2,887 | 1.07% | |
| Anatoly Nekrasov | Liberal Democratic Party | 2,138 | 0.79% | |
| Ravil Aksenov | Independent | 2,103 | 0.78% | |
| Dmitry Popkov | Peace, Labour, May | 1,256 | 0.47% | |
| Aleksandr Khrushchev | Independent | 912 | 0.34% | |
| against all | 33,954 | 12.61% | ||
| Total | 269,349 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [10] | |||
2003
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksey Likhachev | Union of Right Forces | 76,187 | 34.94% | |
| Nikolay Ryabov | Communist Party | 32,321 | 14.82% | |
| Nikolay Khvatkov | Independent | 15,715 | 7.21% | |
| Yury Shcherbakov | Independent | 15,692 | 7.20% | |
| Vladimir Tabunkin | Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life | 11,157 | 5.12% | |
| Vladimir Gryadasov | Independent | 7,431 | 3.41% | |
| Nikolay Gerasimov | Independent | 6,444 | 2.96% | |
| Valery Biryukov | Independent | 6,420 | 2.94% | |
| Aleksandr Rebyatkin | Liberal Democratic Party | 5,899 | 2.71% | |
| Vyacheslav Aksinyin | Independent | 3,443 | 1.58% | |
| Shamil Sudiyarov | Independent | 2,497 | 1.15% | |
| against all | 29,311 | 13.44% | ||
| Total | 218,093 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [11] | |||
2016
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Panov | United Russia | 87,475 | 42.39% | |
| Aleksandr Bochkarev | A Just Russia | 41,404 | 20.06% | |
| Denis Voronenkov | Communist Party | 28,878 | 13.99% | |
| Dmitry Nikolayev | Liberal Democratic Party | 15,127 | 7.33% | |
| Anna Stepanova | People's Freedom Party | 7,068 | 3.42% | |
| Ilya Ulyanov | Communists of Russia | 6,952 | 3.37% | |
| Valery Kuznetsov | Party of Growth | 6,824 | 3.31% | |
| Aleksey Molev | Rodina | 4,072 | 1.97% | |
| Total | 206,377 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [12] | |||
2018
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitry Svatkovsky | United Russia | 80,993 | 47.34% | |
| Nikolay Ryabov | Communist Party | 38,185 | 22.32% | |
| Tatyana Grinevich | A Just Russia | 18,444 | 10.78% | |
| Aleksey Kruglov | Liberal Democratic Party | 15,968 | 9.33% | |
| Oleg Rodin | Yabloko | 7,665 | 4.48% | |
| Total | 171,097 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [13] | |||
2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatoly Lesun | United Russia | 107,625 | 43.61% | |
| Tatyana Grinevich | A Just Russia — For Truth | 36,495 | 14.79% | |
| Nikolay Ryabov | Communist Party | 31,209 | 12.65% | |
| Aleksey Kruglov | Liberal Democratic Party | 14,010 | 5.68% | |
| Anna Cherednichenko | New People | 13,274 | 5.38% | |
| Dmitry Dobrovolsky | Communists of Russia | 13,211 | 5.35% | |
| Sergey Rybakov | Party of Pensioners | 11,004 | 4.46% | |
| Mikhail Garanin | Party of Growth | 8,354 | 3.39% | |
| Vladimir Ponomaryov | Rodina | 3,741 | 1.52% | |
| Total | 246,789 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [14] | |||
Notes
- ^ a b Albania, Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe, Armenia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Benin and Togo, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei, Burundi, Gabon, Guyana, Ghana and Liberia, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Sierra-Leone, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti and Somalia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi, Yemen, Indonesia and East Timor, Iran, Iceland, Cape Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, Qatar, Kenya, North Korea, Colombia, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Mauritania, Madagascar and Comoros, North Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali and Niger, Malta, Mozambique and Eswatini, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Rwanda, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Senegal and Gambia, Singapore, Slovenia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and South Sudan, Uruguay, Philippines and Palau, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Chile, Sri Lanka and Maldives, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jamaica
- ^ No.122 Sergach constituency in 1993-2003, No.121 Kstovo constituency in 2003-2007
- ^ appointed as Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod in January 2018
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