Buguruslan constituency

The Buguruslan constituency (No.143^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Orenburg Oblast. The constituency covers northern half of Orenburg as well as north-western Orenburg Oblast, including the cities Buguruslan and Buzuluk.

Buguruslan single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries since 2016
Deputy	Oleg Dimov United Russia
Federal subject	Orenburg Oblast
Districts	Abdulinsky, Alexandrovsky, Asekeyevsky, Buguruslan, Buguruslansky, Buzuluk, Buzuluksky, Grachyovsky, Krasnogvardeysky, Matveyevsky, Oktyabrsky, Orenburg (Dzerzhinsky, Promyshlenny), Ponomaryovsky, Sakmarsky, Severny, Sharlyksky, Tyulgansky
Voters	519,791 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Oleg Dimov, former Vice Governor of Orenburg Oblast, banker and businessman, who won the open seat left vacant by the resignation of one-term United Russia deputy Igor Sukharev.

Boundaries

1993–2007 Buzuluk constituency: Abdulino, Abdulinsky District, Alexandrovsky District, Asekeyevsky District, Buguruslan, Buguruslansky District, Buzuluk, Buzuluksky District, Grachyovsky District, Ileksky District, Krasnogvardeysky District, Kurmanayevsky District, Matveyevsky District, Novosergiyevsky District, Perevolotsky District, Pervomaysky District, Ponomaryovsky District, Severny District, Sharlyksky District, Sol-Iletsk, Sol-Iletsky District, Sorochinsk, Sorochinsky District, Tashlinsky District, Totsky District^[2][3][4]
The constituency covered eastern Orenburg Oblast, including the oil-producing cities Buguruslan, Buzuluk and Sorochinsk, agricultural town Abdulino and resort town Sol-Iletsk.

2016–present: Abdulinsky District, Alexandrovsky District, Asekeyevsky District, Buguruslan, Buguruslansky District, Buzuluk, Buzuluksky District, Grachyovsky District, Krasnogvardeysky District, Matveyevsky District, Oktyabrsky District, Orenburg (Dzerzhinsky, Promyshlenny), Ponomaryovsky District, Sakmarsky District, Severny District, Sharlyksky District, Tyulgansky District^[5][6]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and retained only its northern half, losing south-western Orenburg Oblast to Orenburg constituency. This seat instead gained northern half of Orenburg as well as Oktyabrsky, Sakmarsky and Tyulgansky districts from Orenburg constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Aleksey Chernyshyov	Agrarian Party
	1995
	1999	Rem Khramov	Independent
	2003		United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Igor Sukharev[b]	United Russia
	2021	Oleg Dimov	United Russia

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksey Chernyshyov	Agrarian Party	127,336	38.66%
	Larisa Nuzhdina	Choice of Russia	52,316	15.89%
	Aleksandr Lukonin	Civic Union	32,663	9.92%
	Viktor Fogel	Independent	29,333	8.91%
	Aleksey Likhtin	Independent	25,693	7.80%
	against all		39,132	11.88%
Total			329,334	100%
Source:				[7][8]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksey Chernyshyov (incumbent)	Agrarian Party	159,301	44.47%
	Nikolay Krendelev	Congress of Russian Communities	39,753	11.10%
	Aleksandr Bzhezovsky	Independent	26,600	7.43%
	Tatyana Titova	Forward, Russia!	25,555	7.13%
	Nikolay Biskayev	Liberal Democratic Party	17,533	4.89%
	Aleksandr Lukonin	Social Democrats	15,129	4.22%
	Aleksandr Vasyakin	Independent	11,676	3.26%
	Vladimir Kireyev	Stanislav Govorukhin Bloc	8,383	2.34%
	Yury Fomin	Independent	7,746	2.16%
	against all		34,283	9.57%
Total			358,196	100%
Source:				[9]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rem Khramov	Independent	182,111	52.32%
	Vladimir Yeremin	Independent	94,652	27.20%
	Boris Sobolev	Congress of Russian Communities-Yury Boldyrev Movement	14,638	4.21%
	Dmitry Semenov	Independent	12,510	3.59%
	against all		31,682	9.10%
Total			348,048	100%
Source:				[10]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rem Khramov (incumbent)	United Russia	75,668	23.11%
	Vladimir Grabovsky	Independent	37,314	11.40%
	Aleksey Spiridonov	Independent	34,892	10.66%
	Aleksandr Zhalybin	Independent	31,688	9.68%
	Aleksandr Soluyanov	Independent	24,234	7.40%
	Arman Davletlyarov	Independent	21,861	6.68%
	Aleksandr Martynov	Agrarian Party	18,853	5.76%
	Yury Shibin	Independent	15,521	4.74%
	Aleksandr Glotov	Liberal Democratic Party	8,516	2.60%
	Yegor Belov	United Russian Party Rus'	8,480	2.59%
	Anatoly Lutikov	Great Russia – Eurasian Union	7,073	2.16%
	against all		34,078	10.41%
Total			327,642	100%
Source:				[11]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Igor Sukharev	United Russia	100,425	41.29%
	Sergey Katasonov	Liberal Democratic Party	57,705	23.73%
	Semyon Uralov	Communist Party	32,264	13.27%
	Faik Asyayev	A Just Russia	14,273	5.87%
	Nurlan Munzhasarov	Communists of Russia	10,864	4.47%
	Tatyana Golovina	Rodina	4,849	1.99%
	Irina Klimova	People's Freedom Party	4,698	1.93%
	Maksim Shchepinov	Patriots of Russia	4,079	1.68%
	Georgi Lazarov	Yabloko	3,426	1.41%
	Didar Turshinov	Party of Growth	2,224	0.91%
Total			243,189	100%
Source:				[12]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Oleg Dimov	United Russia	102,134	42.05%
	Vladimir Turchin	Communist Party	57,258	23.58%
	Oksana Nabatchikova	A Just Russia — For Truth	22,495	9.26%
	Ivan Dubinin	Liberal Democratic Party	15,798	6.50%
	Svetlana Gabdulkhakova	New People	15,026	6.19%
	Kristina Rodina	Party of Pensioners	13,949	5.74%
	Vladimir Kislinsky	Yabloko	4,170	1.72%
Total			242,862	100%
Source:				[13]

Notes

1. Buzuluk constituency No.131 in 1993-2007
2. appointed Vice Governor of Orenburg Oblast in July 2020