Altai constituency

The Altai constituency (No.2^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in the Altai Republic. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Gorny Altai.

Altai single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Deputy	Roman Ptitsyn United Russia
Federal subject	Altai Republic
Districts	Chemalsky, Choysky, Gorno-Altaysk, Kosh-Agachsky, Mayminsky, Ongudaysky, Shebalinsky, Turochaksky, Ulagansky, Ust-Kansky, Ust-Koksinsky[1]
Voters	160,526 (2021)[2]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Roman Ptitsyn, former Head of Mayminsky District, who narrowly won the open seat against Communist Maria Demina, defeating one-term United Russia incumbent Rodion Bukachakov in the primary.

Boundaries

1993–2007, 2016–present: Chemalsky District, Choysky District, Gorno-Altaysk, Kosh-Agachsky District, Mayminsky District, Ongudaysky District, Shebalinsky District, Turochaksky District, Ulagansky District, Ust-Kansky District, Ust-Koksinsky District^{[3][4][5][6][7]}
The constituency has been covering the entirety of the Altai Republic since its initial creation in 1993.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Mikhail Gnezdilov	Independent
	1995	Semyon Zubakin[b]	Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats
	1998	Mikhail Lapshin[c]	Independent
	1999		Fatherland – All Russia
	2002	Sergey Pekpeyev	Independent
	2003		Agrarian Party
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Rodion Bukachakov	United Russia
	2021	Roman Ptitsyn	United Russia

Election results

1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Gorny Altai constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mikhail Gnezdilov	Independent	18,560	23.02%
	Faina Yakshimayeva	Independent	–	19.24%
	Sergey Pekpeyev	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	–	–
	Vyacheslav Piunov	Democratic Party	–	–
Total			80,642	100%
Source:				[8]

1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Gorny Altai constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Semyon Zubakin	Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats	21,013	21.71%
	Vladimir Kydyyev	Independent	16,731	17.29%
	Mikhail Gnezdilov (incumbent)	Independent	11,937	12.33%
	Nikolay Chekonov	Communist Party	11,228	11.60%
	Natalya Kyrova	Independent	9,755	10.08%
	Vladilen Volkov	Independent	6,648	6.87%
	Faina Yakshimayeva	Independent	4,957	5.12%
	Vitaly Gurov	Forward, Russia!	1,697	1.75%
	Yevgeny Butov	Congress of Russian Communities	1,199	1.24%
	Valery Sat	Independent	1,188	1.23%
	Stanislav Kedik	Independent	449	0.46%
	against all		7,791	8.05%
Total			96,779	100%
Source:				[9]

1998

Summary of the 31 May 1998 by-election in the Gorny Altai constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mikhail Lapshin	Independent	29,389	42.22%
	Andrey Vavilov	Independent	28,298	40.65%
	I. Chernov	Independent	1,692	2.44%
	against all		4,741	6.81%
Total			-	100%
Source:				[10]

1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Gorny Altai constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mikhail Lapshin (incumbent)	Fatherland – All Russia	30,774	32.11%
	Yury Antaradonov	Russian Socialist Party	25,843	26.97%
	Viktor Romashkin	Communist Party	14,358	14.98%
	Vladimir Slesarev	Unity	6,730	7.02%
	Vladimir Petrov	Our Home – Russia	6,078	6.34%
	Nadezhda Sukhoterina	Independent	1,539	1.61%
	Anatoly Yevdokimov	Liberal Democratic Party	1,182	1.23%
	Yury Chernichenko	Union of Right Forces	1,087	1.13%
	Dalel Sakharyanov	Spiritual Heritage	805	0.84%
	against all		5,468	5.71%
Total			95,834	100%
Source:				[11]

2002

Summary of the 19 May 2002 by-election in the Gorny Altai constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergey Pekpeyev	Independent	26,845	48.57%
	Sergey Ognev	Independent	10,606	19.19%
	Vladimir Grishin	Independent	6,237	11.28%
	Leonid Shchuchinov	Independent	4,927	8.91%
	Aleksandr Shegay	Independent	865	1.56%
	Sergey Kochetkov	Independent	690	1.25%
	against all		3,462	6.26%
Total			55,273	100%
Source:				[12]

2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Gorny Altai constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergey Pekpeyev (incumbent)	Agrarian Party	32,730	39.62%
	Yury Streltsov	Independent	18,653	22.58%
	Viktor Bezruchenkov	Union of Right Forces	8,324	10.08%
	Nikolay Chekonov	Communist Party	5,315	6.43%
	Igor Yeremin	Independent	4,121	4.99%
	Nina Dumnova	Independent	2,492	3.02%
	Mikhail Lazarev	Liberal Democratic Party	1,701	2.06%
	Tatyana Zharova	The Greens	1,323	1.60%
	Vladimir Grishin	Rodina	1,272	1.54%
	Aleksey Kuchigashev	Independent	500	0.61%
	Sergey Kochetkov	Independent	332	0.40%
	against all		4,837	5.86%
Total			82,614	100%
Source:				[13]

2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Altai constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rodion Bukachakov	United Russia	32,000	44.79%
	Viktor Romashkin	Communist Party	14,571	20.39%
	Maria Demina	Rodina	9,588	13.42%
	Timur Kazitov	Liberal Democratic Party	6,103	8.54%
	Urmat Knyazev	People's Freedom Party	3,523	4.93%
	Aleksandr Gruzdev	A Just Russia	1,969	2.76%
	Dmitry Dumnov	Yabloko	687	0.96%
	Irina Zveryako	Civilian Power	595	0.83%
	Aleksandr Chervov	Communists of Russia	366	0.51%
Total			71,452	100%
Source:				[14]

2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Altai constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Roman Ptitsyn	United Russia	23,545	31.99%
	Maria Demina	Communist Party	21,967	29.84%
	Aleksey Tyukhtenev	A Just Russia — For Truth	11,843	16.09%
	Dmitry Sofronov	Liberal Democratic Party	3,824	5.20%
	Maria Ardimatova	New People	2,753	3.74%
	Vasily Kudirmekov	Russian Party of Freedom and Justice	2,490	3.38%
	Yelena Tudeneva	Communists of Russia	1,944	2.64%
	Nikolay Tolkochokov	Party of Pensioners	1,654	2.25%
	Lyudmila Shuvalova	The Greens	1,378	1.87%
Total			73,609	100%
Source:				[15]

Notes

1. Gorny Altai constituency No.9 in 1993–1995, Gorny Altai constituency No.2 in 1995–2007
2. elected Head of the Altai Republic in January 1998
3. elected Head of the Altai Republic in January 2002