Biysk constituency

The Biysk constituency (No.41^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Altai Krai. Currently the constituency covers northwestern corner of Altai Krai, including industrial cities of Biysk and Zarinsk as well as Okyabrsky District of Barnaul and its satellite city Novoaltaysk.

Biysk single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy	vacant
Federal subject	Altai Krai
Districts	Barnaul (Oktyabrsky), Biysk, Kosikhinsky, Kytmanovsky, Novoaltaysk, Pervomaysky, ZATO Sibirsky, Togulsky, Troitsky, Tselinny, Yeltsovsky, Zalesovsky, Zarinsk, Zarinsky, Zonalny
Voters	469,951 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been vacant since June 25, 2024, following the resignation of three-term United Russia deputy Aleksandr Prokopyev, who was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government – Minister of Economy of the Altai Republic.

Boundaries

1993–2007: Altaysky District, Biysk, Biysky District, Krasnogorsky District, Kytmanovsky District, Novoaltaysk, Pervomaysky District, ZATO Sibirsky, Soltonsky District, Sovetsky District, Talmensky District, Togulsky District, Tselinny District, Yeltsovsky District, Zalesovsky District, Zarinsk, Zarinsky District^[2][3][4]
The constituency covered eastern Altai Krai, stretching from Barnaul northern and eastern suburbs and the satellite city of Novoaltaysk south to industrial city of Biysk.

2016–2026: Barnaul (Oktyabrsky), Biysk, Kosikhinsky District, Kytmanovsky District, Novoaltaysk, Pervomaysky District, ZATO Sibirsky, Togulsky District, Troitsky District, Tselinny District, Yeltsovsky District, Zalesovsky District, Zarinsk, Zarinsky District, Zonalny District^[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and in its new configuration it took Oktyabrsky District of Barnaul itself but shedded rural areas to the south of Biysk to Barnaul constituency.

Since 2026: Barnaul (Leninsky, Oktyabrsky), Biysk, Biysky District, Kosikhinsky District, Krasnogorsky District, Kytmanovsky District, Novoaltaysk, Pervomaysky District, ZATO Sibirsky, Soltonsky District, Togulsky District, Troitsky District, Tselinny District, Yeltsovsky District, Zalesovsky District, Zarinsk, Zarinsky District, Zonalny District^[6]
After the 2025 redistricting Altai Krai lost one of its four constituencies, so all remaining seats saw major changes. The constituency retained all of its territory and gained rural districts to the south from Barnaul constituency as well as Leninsky city district of Barnaul from Slavgorod constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Pavel Yefremov	Independent
	1995	Zoya Vorontsova	Communist Party
	1999
	2003	Lev Korshunov[b]	Independent
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Aleksandr Prokopyev[c]	United Russia
	2021

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Pavel Yefremov	Independent	94,859	37.21%
	Vladimir Arguchinsky	Independent	–	–
Total			254,912	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Zoya Vorontsova	Communist Party	118,449	36.13%
	Nikolay Shabanov	Independent	39,559	12.07%
	Valery Pyakin	Liberal Democratic Party	26,492	8.08%
	Valery Ostanin	Yabloko	24,113	7.36%
	Valery Oleshevich	Independent	21,682	6.61%
	Yury Zhiltsov	Our Home – Russia	21,036	6.42%
	Mikhail Berulava	Independent	14,611	4.46%
	Vitaly Kiryanov	Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats	13,829	4.22%
	Leonid Korniyetsky	Independent	8,572	2.62%
	Vadim Bobryshev	League of Independent Scientists	5,981	1.82%
	Vera Nasyrova	Duma-96	3,484	1.06%
	against all		23,661	7.22%
Total			327,799	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Zoya Vorontsova (incumbent)	Communist Party	100,090	31.05%
	Valery Ostanin	Yabloko	50,138	15.55%
	Stanislav Odintsov	Independent	41,501	12.88%
	Yury Bogdanov	Independent	38,977	12.09%
	Leonid Podanev	Independent	15,571	4.83%
	Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyorny	Independent	15,140	4.70%
	Andrey Mayevich	Independent	14,488	4.49%
	Vladimir Rayfikesht	Independent	11,783	3.66%
	Vyacheslav Guryev	Liberal Democratic Party	6,699	2.08%
	Viktor Chumakov	Russian Party	2,626	0.81%
	against all		20,039	6.22%
Total			322,336	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lev Korshunov	Independent	97,622	33.27%
	Zoya Vorontsova (incumbent)	Communist Party	61,856	21.08%
	Sergey Khachaturyan	Rodina	43,411	14.80%
	Valery Ostanin	Yabloko	29,066	9.91%
	Vyacheslav Guryev	Liberal Democratic Party	10,329	3.52%
	Iraida Parshutkina	Independent	7,393	2.52%
	Yevgeny Skomorokhov	Great Russia–Eurasian Union	5,397	1.84%
	Lyudmila Golubeva	United Russian Party Rus'	3,939	1.34%
	Sergey Tatlybayev	Independent	2,111	0.72%
	Valery Safonov	Social Democratic Party	1,862	0.63%
	against all		26,230	8.94%
Total			293,659	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Prokopyev	United Russia	68,360	36.55%
	Maria Prusakova	Communist Party	26,696	14.27%
	Marina Osipova	A Just Russia	26,607	14.22%
	Pavel Rego	Liberal Democratic Party	26,161	13.99%
	Tatyana Astafyeva	Communists of Russia	14,735	7.88%
	Konstantin Yemeshin	Yabloko	5,388	2.88%
	Konstantin Mironenko	The Greens	4,188	2.24%
	Vladimir Mikhaylyuk	Party of Growth	3,534	1.89%
	Sergey Ubrayev	Rodina	2,549	1.36%
Total			187,050	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Prokopyev (incumbent)	United Russia	55,377	31.41%
	Anton Artsibashev	Communist Party	43,132	24.46%
	Oleg Boronin	A Just Russia — For Truth	21,456	12.17%
	Ksenia Kireyeva	New People	13,561	7.69%
	Maksim Zheleznovsky	Liberal Democratic Party	12,870	7.30%
	Ivan Makarov	Party of Pensioners	9,096	5.16%
	Sergey Matasov	Communists of Russia	8,294	4.70%
	Yury Ilyinykh	Yabloko	3,835	2.18%
Total			176,307	100%
Source:				[12]

Notes

1. No.36 in 1993-1995, No.35 in 1995-2003, No.37 in 2003-2007
2. appointed acting Provost of the Altai State Technical University in August 2007
3. appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Altai Republic in June 2024