Blagoveshchensk constituency (Bashkortostan)

The Blagoveshchensk constituency (No.4^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Bashkortostan. The constituency covers parts of Ufa as well as northern and north-eastern Bashkiria. The present day Blagoveshchensk constituency was created in 2015 from parts of former Ordzhonikidzevsky, Kalininsky and Sovetsky constituencies.

Blagoveshchensk single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries since 2016
Deputy	Rafael Mardanshin United Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Bashkortostan
Districts	Askinsky, Baltachevsky, Belokataysky, Birsky, Blagoveshchensky, Burayevsky, Duvansky, Karaidelsky, Kiginsky, Kushnarenkovsky, Mechetlinsky, Mishkinsky, Nurimanovsky, Salavatsky, Tatyshlinsky, Ufa (Leninsky, Ordzhonikidzevsky), Ufimsky (Alekseyevsky, Cherkassky, Dmitriyevsky, Karmasansky, Krasnoyarsky, Mikhaylovsky, Milovsky, Nikolayevsky, Shemyaksky)[1]
Voters	518,894 (2021)[2]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Rafael Mardanshin, a three-term State Duma member and businessman, who won the open seat, succeeding one-term United Russia incumbent Ildar Bikbayev.

Boundaries

1993–2003 Birsk constituency: Agidel, Askinsky District, Baltachevsky District, Belokataysky District, Birsk, Birsky District, Buzdyaksky District, Burayevsky District, Duvansky District, Dyurtyuli, Dyurtyulinsky District, Kaltasinsky District, Karaidelsky District, Kiginsky District, Krasnokamsky District, Mechetlinsky District, Mishkinsky District, Neftekamsk, Nurimanovsky District, Salavatsky District, Tatyshlinsky District, Yanaul, Yanaulsky District^[3][4]
The constituency covered the entirety of northern Bashkiria and north-central parts of the republic, including the towns of Agidel, Birsk, Neftekamsk, Yanaul and oil-rich areas in the northwest.

2003–2007 Ordzhonikidzevsky constituency: Agidel, Neftekamsk, Bakalinsky District, Birsk, Birsky District, Blagoveshchensk, Blagoveshchensky District, Dyurtyuli, Dyurtyulinsky District, Ilishevsky District, Kaltasinsky District, Krasnokamsky District, Sharansky District, Ufa (Ordzhonikizdevsky)^[5]
The constituency was significantly altered after the 2003 redistricting, losing the entirety of rural northern and north-eastern Bashkiria to Klaininsky constituency. The constituency instead stretched southwards along the Syun river (formerly Tuymazy constituency) as well as to the south-east to Ufa, gaining Ordzhinikidzevsky District of the city and Blagoveshchensk from Oktyabrsky constituency.

2016–present: Askinsky District, Baltachevsky District, Belokataysky District, Birsky District, Blagoveshchensky District, Burayevsky District, Duvansky District, Karaidelsky District, Kiginsky District, Kushnarenkovsky District, Mechetlinsky District, Mishkinsky District, Nurimanovsky District, Salavatsky District, Tatyshlinsky District, Ufa (Leninsky, Ordzhonikidzevsky), Ufimsky (Alexeyevka, Cherkassy, Dmitriyevka, Karmasan, Krasny Yar, Mikhaylovka, Milovka, Nikolayevka, Oktyabrsky)^[6][7]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and received a new name "Blagoveshchensk constituency". This seat retained Ordzhonikidzevsky District of Ufa and suburban and exurban areas to the north of the city, including Blagoveshchensk. The constituency regained most of northern and north-eastern Bashkortostan from the dissolved Kalininsky constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Ramil Mirsayev	Independent
	1995	Alzam Saifullin[b]	Agrarian Party
	1998	Vladimir Protopopov	Our Home – Russia
	1999	Ragib Gimayev	Fatherland – All Russia
	2003	Aleksandr Furman	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Ildar Bikbayev	United Russia
	2021	Rafael Mardanshin	United Russia

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ramil Mirsayev	Independent	123,281	37.53%
	Robert Akhiyarov	Independent	–	11.53%
	Alim Akhmadeyev	Independent	–	–
	Vladimir Gofman	Independent	–	–
	Marat Malikov	Independent	–	–
	Yury Sharipov	Civic Union	–	–
	Boris Tsynyshev	Independent	–	–
Total			328,510	100%
Source:				[8]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alzam Saifullin	Agrarian Party	174,591	47.12%
	Nur Salikhov	Independent	103,251	27.87%
	Eduard Khusnutdinov	Independent	45,668	12.33%
	Viktor Vishnyakov	Liberal Democratic Party	21,780	5.88%
	against all		18,556	5.01%
Total			370,516	100%
Source:				[9]

1998

Summary of the 8 February 1998 by-election in the Birsk constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vladimir Protopopov	Our Home – Russia	133,037	44.76%
	Fargat Khabibullin	Independent	67,942	22.86%
	Rafis Kadyrov	Independent	23,276	7.83%
	Yury Sadykov	Independent	18,778	6.32%
	Flyus Khabibullin	Independent	7,131	2.40%
	Firat Valeyev	Independent	5,963	2.01%
	Yury Ostanin	Independent	5,963	2.01%
	Rim Niyazgulov	Independent	4,699	1.58%
	Anver Yumagulov	Independent	3,984	1.34%
	against all		13,532	4.55%
Total			297,223	100%
Source:				[10]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ragib Gimayev	Fatherland – All Russia	195,442	51.33%
	Vera Seksyayeva	Communist Party	74,704	19.62%
	Farit Valeyev (Uzille)	Yabloko	26,600	6.99%
	Pyotr Iltimirov	Independent	18,852	4.95%
	Ural Fatikhov	Independent	15,626	4.10%
	Irek Ishbuldin	Independent	13,522	3.55%
	against all		28,534	7.49%
Total			380,728	100%
Source:				[11]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Furman	United Russia	143,541	39.81%
	Vyacheslav Kvyat	Independent	67,407	18.70%
	Vera Seksyayeva	Communist Party	29,020	8.05%
	Rafis Zarifyanov	Liberal Democratic Party	15,112	4.19%
	Rafail Dzhalilov	Independent	14,194	3.94%
	Irek Ishbuldin	Independent	13,141	3.64%
	Darya Bogdanova	United Russian Party Rus'	12,182	3.38%
	Pavel Dikov	Rodina	12,148	3.37%
	Mikhail Generalov	Independent	5,724	1.59%
	against all		29,378	8.15%
Total			361,007	100%
Source:				[12]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ildar Bikbayev	United Russia	186,444	50.55%
	Vyacheslav Ryabov	Liberal Democratic Party	57,008	15.46%
	Rustam Khafizov	Communist Party	36,253	9.83%
	Valiakhmet Badretdinov	A Just Russia	26,864	7.28%
	Rafis Kadyrov	Rodina	26,397	7.16%
	Oleg Likhachev	Communists of Russia	15,988	4.33%
	Alla Kuzmina	Party of Growth	13,773	3.73%
Total			368,827	100%
Source:				[13]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rafael Mardanshin	United Russia	256,876	64.11%
	Yevgeny Romanchikov	Communist Party	53,807	13.43%
	Aleksey Nilov	A Just Russia — For Truth	23,653	5.90%
	Dmitry Ivanov	Liberal Democratic Party	18,938	4.73%
	Ramil Biktimirov	Party of Pensioners	13,575	3.39%
	Anton Belonogov	New People	11,569	2.89%
	Zulfia Bagautdinova	The Greens	8,444	2.11%
	Kristina Abramicheva	Yabloko	5,639	1.41%
	Sania Timasova	Party of Growth	3,306	0.83%
Total			400,678	100%
Source:				[14]

Notes

1. Birsk constituency No.3 in 1993-2003, Ordzhonikidzevsky constituency No.6 in 2003-2007
2. died in August 1997