Salavat constituency

The Salavat constituency (No.7)^[a] is a Russian legislative constituency in Bashkortostan. The constituency covers southern Bashkiria. The present day Salavat constituency was created in 2015 from most of former Kumertau constituency.

Salavat single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries since 2016
Deputy	Zarif Baiguskarov United Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Bashkortostan
Districts	Abzelilovsky, Baymaksky, Burzyansky, Fyodorovsky, Khaybullinsky, Kugarchinsky, Kumertau, Kuyurgazinsky, Meleuzovsky, Salavat, Sibay, Sterlibashevsky, Zianchurinsky, Zilairsky
Voters	502,740 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2016 by United Russia deputy Zarif Baiguskarov, the former Chief Bailiff of Bashkortostan.

Boundaries

1993–1995 Baymak constituency: Abzelilovsky District, Baymak, Baymaksky District, Beloretsk, Beloretsky District, Burzyansky District, Khaybullinsky District, Kugarchinsky District, Kumertau, Kuyurgazinsky District, Meleuz, Meleuzovsky District, Sibay, Uchalinsky District, Uchaly, Zianchurinsky District, Zilairsky District^[2]
The constituency covered the entirety of southern Bashkiria and east-central parts of the republic along the Ural Mountains, including the industrial and mining towns of Baymak, Beloretsk, Kumertau, Meleuz, Sibay and Uchaly.

1995–2003 Sibay constituency: Abzelilovsky District, Baymak, Baymaksky District, Beloretsk, Beloretsky District, Burzyansky District, Khaybullinsky District, Kugarchinsky District, Kumertau, Kuyurgazinsky District, Meleuz, Meleuzovsky District, Sibay, Uchalinsky District, Uchaly, Zianchurinsky District, Zilairsky District^[3]
The constituency retained its territory but changed its name from Baymak to Sibay constituency.

2003–2007 Kumertau constituency: Abzelilovsky District, Baymak, Baymaksky District, Beloretsk, Beloretsky District, Burzyansky District, Fyodorovsky District, Khaybullinsky District, Kugarchinsky District, Kumertau, Kuyurgazinsky District, Meleuz, Meleuzovsky District, Mezhgorye, Sibay, Uchalinsky District, Uchaly, Zianchurinsky District, Zilairsky District^[4]
The constituency was slightly altered after the 2003 redistricting, retaining all of its former territory and gaining only small rural Fyodorovsky District from the neighbouring Sterlitamak constituency. Sibay constituency also changed its name to Kumertau constituency.

2016–present: Abzelilovsky District, Baymaksky District, Burzyansky District, Fyodorovsky District, Khaybullinsky District, Kugarchinsky District, Kumertau, Kuyurgazinsky District, Meleuzovsky District, Salavat, Sibay, Sterlibashevsky District, Zianchurinsky District, Zilairsky District^[5][6]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and received a new name "Salavat constituency". This seat retained all of southern Bashkiria but lost east-central part of the republic from Beloretsk to Uchaly to the new Beloretsk constituency. Instead the constituency was pushed to the north-west gaining Salavat, a major centre of petrochemical industry, and Sterlibashevsky District from the Sterlitamak constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Akhmetgali Galiyev	Independent
	1995	Rasul Shugurov	Communist Party
	1999	Khalil Barlybayev	Fatherland – All Russia
	2003	Kamilya Davletova	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Zarif Baiguskarov	United Russia
	2021

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Akhmetgali Galiyev	Independent	95,870	28.40%
	Nikolay Pavlov	Independent	–	25.18%
	Azat Abdullin	Independent	–	–
	Rim Niyazgulov	Independent	–	–
	Gazim Shafikov	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	–	–
Total			337,530	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rasul Shugurov	Communist Party	104,701	28.68%
	Vener Sakhautdinov	Independent	88,282	24.18%
	Khalil Barlybayev	Our Home – Russia	76,614	20.98%
	Boris Shcherbakov	Liberal Democratic Party	37,462	10.26%
	Viktor Shingarov	Cause of Peter the First	20,827	5.70%
	Rinat Sultanov	Yabloko	15,018	4.11%
	against all		16,438	4.50%
Total			365,126	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Khalil Barlybayev	Fatherland – All Russia	205,452	56.32%
	Rasul Shugurov (incumbent)	Communist Party	77,080	21.13%
	Dmitry Khrustalev	Yabloko	35,534	9.74%
	Ildar Isangulov	Russian All-People's Union	13,130	3.60%
	against all		25,522	7.00%
Total			364,804	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kamilya Davletova	United Russia	182,358	47.92%
	Rasul Shugurov	Communist Party	31,566	8.30%
	Khalil Barlybayev (incumbent)	Independent	26,644	7.00%
	Aleksandr Agafonov	Independent	25,175	6.62%
	Airat Dilmukhametov	Independent	18,824	4.95%
	Ildar Isangulov	Independent	18,569	4.88%
	Dmitry Khrustalev	Yabloko	12,265	3.22%
	Yazar Utarbayev	Great Russia – Eurasian Union	7,737	2.03%
	Yekaterina Kaftunova	United Russian Party Rus'	6,106	1.60%
	Fanil Nurgalin	Independent	4,691	1.23%
	Azamat Saitov	Independent	4,604	1.21%
	Gilmitdin Kildibayev	Agrarian Party	3,284	0.86%
	Nil Ishemgulov	Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life	3,116	0.82%
	Rafail Yelkibayev	Rodina	2,122	0.56%
	against all		22,084	5.80%
Total			380,836	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Zarif Baiguskarov	United Russia	174,345	55.34%
	Rail Sarbayev	A Just Russia	51,379	16.31%
	Yunir Kutluguzhin	Communist Party	43,405	13.78%
	Aigul Akhmetyanova	Liberal Democratic Party	17,129	5.44%
	Nina Ramazanova	Communists of Russia	6,575	2.09%
	Olga Sapozhnikova	Patriots of Russia	5,091	1.62%
	Radis Gumerov	Rodina	4,542	1.44%
	Boris Makhov	The Greens	3,571	1.13%
	Pavel Mashko	Party of Growth	2,995	0.95%
Total			315,036	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Zarif Baiguskarov (incumbent)	United Russia	223,393	64.50%
	Ilgiz Suyundukov	Communist Party	46,187	13.34%
	Nina Ramazanova	Communists of Russia	14,904	4.30%
	Rafael Kharisov	A Just Russia — For Truth	13,242	3.82%
	Rustem Akhtamyanov	Party of Pensioners	12,182	3.52%
	Sergey Zubakov	The Greens	11,653	3.36%
	Maksim Vlasenko	Liberal Democratic Party	10,781	3.11%
	Dmitry Kolesnikov	Party of Growth	5,400	1.56%
	Vyacheslav Levkovich	Rodina	3,348	0.97%
Total			346,358	100%
Source:				[12]

Notes

1. Baymak constituency No.2 in 1993-1995, Sibay constituency No.6 in 1995-2003, Kumertau constituency No.5 in 2003-2007