Balashov constituency

The Balashov constituency (No.165^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Saratov Oblast. The constituency covers southern Saratov, its suburbs as well as mostly rural western Saratov Oblast, including the towns Balashov, Atkarsk, Krasnoarmeysk and Rtishchevo.

Balashov single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries since 2016
Deputy	Andrey Vorobiev United Russia
Federal subject	Saratov Oblast
Districts	Saratov City (Zavodskoy), Arkadaksky, Atkarsky, Balashovsky, Yekaterinovsky, Kalininsky, Krasnoarmeysky, Lysogorsky, Romanovsky, Rtishchevsky, Samoylovsky, Saratovsky (Aleksandrovskoye, Bagayevskoye, Krasnooktyabrskoye, Krasny Tekstilshchik, Mikhaylovskoye, Rybushanskoye, Sinen'skoye), Turkovsky
Other territory	Moldova (Chișinău–3)
Voters	446,963 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Andrey Vorobiev, Member of Saratov Oblast Duma and construction businessman, who won the open seat left vacant by the resignation of one-term United Russia deputy Yevgeny Primakov Jr. in June 2020.

Boundaries

1993–2007: Arkadaksky District, Atkarsky District, Balashovsky District, Baltaysky District, Bazarno-Karabulaksky District, Kalininsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Lysogorsky District, Novoburassky District, Petrovsky District, Romanovsky District, Rtishchevsky District, Samoylovsky District, Svetly, Tatishchevsky District, Turkovsky District, Yekaterinovsky District^[2][3][4]
The constituency covered predominantly rural western Saratov Oblast, including Saratov exurbs, agroindustrial towns Balashov, Atkarsk and Rtishchevo, small manufacturing towns Krasnoarmeysk and Petrovsk.

2016–present: Arkadaksky District, Atkarsky District, Balashovsky District, Gagarinsky District^[b] (Aleksandrovka, Avdeyevka, Babanovka, Bagayevka, Belenky, Berezina Rechka, Burki Station, Burkin Buyerak, Bykovka, Central Farmstead of the "15th Anniversary of the October" sovkhoz, Formosovo, Goryuchka Station, Ivanovsky, Kalashnikov, Khmelevka, Khmelevsky, Kokurino, Kolotov Buyerak, Konstantinovka, Kozlakovka, Krasny Oktyabr, Krasny Tekstilshchik, Krutets, Makhino, Malaya Rybka, Mayak, Mikhaylovka, Novoaleksandrovka, Peschany Umet, Popovka, Pudovkino, Reynik, Rybushka, Sbrodovka, Selkhoztekhnika, Sergiyevsky, Shiroky Buyerak, Sininkiye, Sosnovka, Teplichny, Treshchikha, Verkhny Kurdyum, Vlasovsky, Vlasovsky Station, Vodnik, Vyazovka Yeremeyevka, Yeseyevka, Yurlovka, Yuryevka, Zlobovka), Kalininsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Lysogorsky District, Romanovsky District, Rtishchevsky District, Samoylovsky District, Saratov (Zavodskoy), Turkovsky District, Yekaterinovsky District^[5][6]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and retained most of its former territory, losing north-central Saratov Oblast to Saratov constituency. This seat gained Zavodskoy City District of Saratov from Saratov constituency as well as the city south-western suburbs from Engels constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Andrey Dorovskikh	Liberal Democratic Party
	1995	Zoya Oykina	Communist Party
	1999	Oleg Korgunov	Our Home – Russia
	2003	Pyotr Kamshilov	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no elections by constituency
2011
	2016	Mikhail Isayev[c]	United Russia
	2018	Yevgeny Primakov Jr.[d]	United Russia
	2021	Andrey Vorobiev	United Russia

Election results

1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Balashov constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Andrey Dorovskikh	Liberal Democratic Party	87,621	28.27%
	Konstantin Kondratyev	Yavlinsky—Boldyrev—Lukin	–	27.00%
	Vladimir Isayev	Independent	–	–
Total			309,977	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Balashov constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Zoya Oykina	Communist Party	112,381	33.21%
	Valery Davydov	Bloc '89	55,505	16.40%
	Andrey Dorovskikh (incumbent)	Liberal Democratic Party	34,583	10.22%
	Nikolay Sukhoy	Agrarian Party of Russia	31,396	9.28%
	Valery Kurnayev	Our Home – Russia	27,391	8.09%
	Viktor Ukhanyov	Communists and Working Russia - for the Soviet Union	17,912	5.29%
	Renat Bayguzin	Independent	7,761	2.29%
	Sergey Mukhtarov	Russian Lawyers' Association	6,584	1.94%
	Vitaly Yegorov	Forward, Russia!	6,262	1.85%
	Vladimir Laptev	Beer Lovers Party	3,580	1.06%
	Aleksandr Timoshok	Social Democrats	2,781	0.82%
	against all		27,231	8.05%
Total			338,375	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Balashov constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Oleg Korgunov	Our Home – Russia	147,998	42.93%
	Vyacheslav Mikhaylov	Communist Party	108,574	31.49%
	Aleksey Bezrukikh	Andrei Nikolayev and Svyatoslav Fyodorov Bloc	24,476	7.10%
	Zoya Oykina (incumbent)	Russian Socialist Party	12,611	3.66%
	Nikolay Lukin	Independent	11,050	3.21%
	against all		33,057	9.59%
Total			344,747	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Balashov constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Pyotr Kamshilov	United Russia	126,339	42.22%
	Viktor Volkov	Communist Party	55,338	18.49%
	Oleg Korgunov (incumbent)	People's Party	43,056	14.39%
	Aleksandr Vetrov	Union of Right Forces	24,118	8.06%
	Vladimir Skachek	Liberal Democratic Party	7,249	2.42%
	Nadezhda Nesterova	United Russian Party Rus'	3,738	1.25%
	Sergey Bolganov	Independent	2,439	0.82%
	Spartak Stepanov	Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life	2,190	0.73%
	Valery Seryapin	Independent	1,286	0.43%
	against all		28,565	9.55%
Total			299,254	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mikhail Isayev	United Russia	163,931	53.71%
	Olga Alimova	Communist Party	42,839	14.04%
	Svetlana Martynova	Liberal Democratic Party	31,727	10.40%
	Galina Platoshina	A Just Russia	27,791	9.11%
	Yury Gavrilichev	Communists of Russia	12,448	4.08%
	Vyacheslav Shcherbakov	Rodina	7,383	2.42%
	Ilya Kozlyakov	Yabloko	5,500	1.80%
	Anna Kupets	The Greens	4,826	1.58%
	Dmitry Ignatyev	People's Freedom Party	4,149	1.36%
Source:				[11]

2018

Summary of the 9 September 2018 Russian by-election in the Balashov constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yevgeny Primakov	United Russia	104,227	65.15%
	Yelena Shanina	Communists of Russia	18,481	11.55%
	Stanislav Denisenko	Liberal Democratic Party	11,575	7.24%
	Nadezhda Skvortsova	A Just Russia	9,722	6.08%
	Yelena Chervyakova	Party of Pensioners	6,505	4.07%
	Ilya Kozlyakov	Yabloko	2,312	1.45%
	Sergey Slepchenko	Independent	1,590	0.99%
Total			159,985	100%
Source:				[12]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Andrey Vorobiev	United Russia	121,326	52.50%
	Nikolay Bondarenko	Communist Party	67,352	29.14%
	Dmitry Arkhipov	Communists of Russia	7,861	3.40%
	Oleg Meshcheryakov	Liberal Democratic Party	6,851	2.96%
	Sergey Gromyko	Party of Pensioners	6,382	2.76%
	Aleksandr Fedorchenko	A Just Russia — For Truth	6,364	2.75%
	Vladimir Morozov	New People	4,409	1.91%
	Sergey Demin	Rodina	2,604	1.13%
	Ilya Kozlyakov	Yabloko	1,404	0.61%
Total			231,098	100%
Source:				[13]

Notes

1. No.156 in 1993–1995, No.157 in 1995–2007
2. part of Saratov
3. appointed acting Mayor of Saratov in October 2017
4. appointed Head of Rossotrudnichestvo in June 2020