South-Western constituency (Saint Petersburg)

The South-Western constituency (No.212) was a Russian legislative constituency in Saint Petersburg in 1993–2007. It covered southern Saint Petersburg, as well as the cities of Kolpino and Pavlovsk. The seat was last occupied by Yabloko deputy Sergey Popov, an attorney, who narrowly defeated first-term incumbent State Duma member Mark Goryachev in the 1995 election.

The constituency was dissolved in 2007 when State Duma adopted full proportional representation for the next two electoral cycles. South-Western constituency was not re-established for the 2016 election, currently most of the former constituency is part of Southern constituency.

1993–1995: northern part of Kirovsky District, Leninsky District, Moskovsky District^[2]
The constituency covered territories to the south-west of the city downtown, including some parts of central Saint Petersburg.

1995–2007: Kolpinsky District, Moskovsky District, Pavlovsk, Pushkinsky District^[3][4]
After 1995 redistricting the constituency was significantly altered, retaining only Moskovsky District and losing its parts of Kirovsky and Leninsky (now Admiralteysky) city districts to new Admiralteysky constituency. South-Western constituency was pushed to the southern outskirts of Saint Petersburg, gaining most of former Southern constituency (Pavlovsk and Pushkinsky District) and Kolpinsky District from South-Eastern constituency