Kalmykia constituency

Kalmykia single-member constituency
Constituency of the
Russian State Duma
Deputy
Federal subjectRepublic of Kalmykia
DistrictsChernozemelsky, Elista, Gorodovikovsky, Iki-Burulsky, Ketchenerovsky, Lagansky, Maloderbetovsky, Oktyabrsky, Priyutnensky, Sarpinsky, Tselinny, Yashaltinsky, Yashkulsky, Yustinsky
Voters196,819 (2021)[1]

The Kalmykia constituency (No.15[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Kalmykia. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Kalmykia.

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Badma Bashankayev, a coloproctologist and physician, who won the open seat after defeating three-term United Russia incumbent Marina Mukabenova in the primary. Bashankayev chaired the Duma Committee on Health from June 2023 to November 2024.

Boundaries

1993–2007, 2016–present: Chernozemelsky District, Elista, Gorodovikovsky District, Iki-Burulsky District, Ketchenerovsky District, Lagansky District, Maloderbetovsky District, Oktyabrsky District, Priyutnensky District, Sarpinsky District, Tselinny District, Yashaltinsky District, Yashkulsky District, Yustinsky District[2][3][4][5][6]
The constituency has been covering the entirety of the Kalmykia since its initial creation in 1993.

Members elected

Election Member Party
1993 Bembya Khulkhachiyev Independent
1995 Gennady Kulik[b] Agrarian Party
1999 Aleksandra Buratayeva Unity
2003 Gennady Kulik United Russia
2007 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
2016 Marina Mukabenova United Russia
2021 Badma Bashankayev United Russia

Election results

1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Kalmykia constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Bembya Khulkhachiyev Independent 44,389 37.61%
Ivan Alzheyev Independent
Valery Badmayev Independent
Vladimir Dordzhiyev Agrarian Party
Vladimir Kolesnik Independent
Gennady Mechitov Yavlinsky–Boldyrev–Lukin
Nikolay Sandzhiyev Independent
Nikolay Sekenov Independent
Total 118,036 100%
Source: [7]

1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Kalmykia constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Gennady Kulik Agrarian Party 63,837 47.68%
Aleksandr Golovatov Our Home – Russia 22,278 16.64%
Vladimir Kolesnik Independent 12,366 9.24%
Nikolay Dzhaldzhireyev Communists and Working Russia - for the Soviet Union 9,877 7.38%
Anatoly Kazimirov Independent 7,301 5.45%
Yelena Ubushayeva Yabloko 3,939 2.94%
Raisa Donogruppova Russian Lawyers' Association 2,591 1.94%
Olga Sivochalova Congress of Russian Communities 1,175 0.88%
Klavdia Kekelyayeva Pamfilova–Gurov–Lysenko 972 0.73%
Gennady Namsinov People's Union 822 0.61%
Lev Pyurbeyev Faith, Work, Conscience 678 0.51%
Aleksandr Karulin Conservative Party 412 0.31%
against all 5,239 3.91%
Total 133,891 100%
Source: [8]

1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Kalmykia constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandra Buratayeva Unity 30,482 24.13%
Vladimir Kolesnik Yabloko 21,827 17.28%
Aleksey Kucherenko Independent 15,476 12.25%
Yelena Baturina Independent 15,210 12.04%
Radiy Burulov Our Home – Russia 10,621 8.41%
Vitaly Daginov Fatherland – All Russia 8,779 6.95%
Yury Badmayev Independent 5,950 4.71%
Dmitry Burninov Independent 5,733 4.54%
against all 8,906 7.05%
Total 126,339 100%
Source: [9]

2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Kalmykia constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Gennady Kulik United Russia 52,617 41.10%
Valery Ochirov Independent 40,257 31.44%
Nikolay Daykhes Communist Party 8,146 6.36%
Yury Sengleyev Independent 7,021 5.48%
Vladimir Kolesnik Yabloko 3,442 2.69%
Igor Pyshkin Independent 1,963 1.53%
Yury Erdneyev Independent 1,709 1.33%
Vladimir Karuyev Independent 1,319 1.03%
Lidia Lebedeva Russian Pensioners' Party-Party of Social Justice 987 0.77%
Konstantin Maksimov Independent 907 0.71%
Vladimir Veremennikov United Russian Party Rus' 413 0.32%
against all 4,398 3.44%
Total 128,089 100%
Source: [10]

2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Kalmykia constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Marina Mukabenova United Russia 77,641 63.97%
Lyudmila Balakleyets Communist Party 11,565 9.53%
Vladimir Karuyev Patriots of Russia 7,799 6.43%
Natalya Manzhikova A Just Russia 6,553 5.40%
Semyon Ateyev Yabloko 4,841 3.99%
Andrey Bessarabov Liberal Democratic Party 4,312 3.55%
Anatoly Zakharchenko Communists of Russia 2,320 1.91%
Igor Boldyrev Rodina 1,476 1.22%
Sergey Manteyev Party of Growth 1,358 1.12%
Sergey Gabunshchin The Greens 1,054 0.87%
Total 121,373 100%
Source: [11]

2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Kalmykia constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Badma Bashankayev United Russia 39,717 40.55%
Sanal Ubushiyev Communist Party 21,835 22.29%
Andrey Chidzhiyev New People 8,080 8.25%
Natalya Manzhikova A Just Russia — For Truth 6,740 6.88%
Sanal Bovayev Party of Pensioners 4,762 4.86%
Vladimir Bambayev Russian Party of Freedom and Justice 4,035 4.12%
Pyotr Vyshkvarok Liberal Democratic Party 3,335 3.40%
Khongor Marilov Civic Platform 2,028 2.07%
Yelena Kotenova Yabloko 1,953 1.99%
Tseren Ochir-Goryayev Rodina 1,053 1.08%
Total 97,951 100%
Source: [12]

Notes

  1. ^ No.14 in 1993-2003
  2. ^ appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in September 1998

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