Cherepovets constituency

The Cherepovets constituency (No.86^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Vologda Oblast. The constituency covers western Vologda Oblast and the industrial city Cherepovets.

Cherepovets single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries since 2016
Deputy	Aleksey Kanayev United Russia
Federal subject	Vologda Oblast
Districts	Babayevsky, Belozersky, Chagodoshchensky, Cherepovets, Cherepovetsky, Kaduysky, Kharovsky, Kirillovsky, Sheksninsky, Ust-Kubinsky, Ustyuzhensky, Vashkinsky, Vozhegodsky, Vytegorsky
Other territory	Germany (Berlin-2)
Voters	430,886 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2016 by United Russia faction member Aleksey Kanayev, former Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast and journalist.

Boundaries

1993–2007, 2016–present: Babayevsky District, Belozersky District, Chagodoshchensky District, Cherepovets, Cherepovetsky District, Kaduysky District, Kharovsky District, Kirillovsky District, Sheksninsky District, Ust-Kubinsky District, Ustyuzhensky District, Vashkinsky District, Vozhegodsky District, Vytegorsky District^{[2][3][4][5][6]}
The constituency has been covering western Vologda Oblast, including a major industrial city Cherepovets, since its initial creation in 1993.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Vasily Kovalyov	Independent
	1995	Aleksandr Ponomaryov	Communist Party
	1999	Aleksandr Orgolainen	Independent
	2003		United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Aleksey Kanayev	United Russia
	2021

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vasily Kovalyov	Independent	109,503	40.74%
	Viktor Anufriyev	Independent	–	20.94%
	Yevgeny Mokhov	Russian Democratic Reform Movement	–	–
	Sergey Tulin	Liberal Democratic Party	–	–
Total			268,802	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Ponomaryov	Communist Party	60,046	20.79%
	Viktor Anufriyev	Independent	56,595	19.60%
	Vasily Kovalyov (incumbent)	Forward, Russia!	50,581	17.51%
	Vladimir Izotin	Our Home – Russia	26,954	9.33%
	Igor Zhuravlev	Independent	20,732	7.18%
	Vladimir Rogozhnikov	Liberal Democratic Party	19,965	6.91%
	Valentina Yasenchuk	Christian-Democratic Union - Christians of Russia	7,950	2.75%
	Mikhail Roshchin	Ivan Rybkin Bloc	7,743	2.68%
	against all		31,661	10.96%
Total			288,790	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Orgolainen	Independent	106,282	35.69%
	Aleksandr Ponomaryov (incumbent)	Communist Party	49,117	16.49%
	Yevgeny Markov	Party of Pensioners	33,390	11.21%
	Vyacheslav Ovchenkov	Our Home – Russia	25,364	8.52%
	Vladimir Burov	Spiritual Heritage	13,721	4.61%
	Natalya Ocherenkova	Independent	12,532	4.21%
	Viktor Losev	Union of Right Forces	7,800	2.62%
	Andrey Okunev	Peace, Labour, May	5,676	1.91%
	against all		38,418	12.90%
Total			297,795	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Orgolainen (incumbent)	United Russia	127,197	49.57%
	Aleksandr Ponomaryov	Communist Party	40,086	15.62%
	Lyudmila Sokova	Liberal Democratic Party	23,816	9.28%
	Svetlana Kostereva	Independent	11,714	4.56%
	Aleksey Vinogradov	Great Russia – Eurasian Union	6,649	2.59%
	Anatoly Fedotov-Lyubomirsky	United Russian Party Rus'	4,241	1.65%
	against all		37,956	14.79%
Total			257,099	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksey Kanayev	United Russia	78,446	42.90%
	Aleksandr Morozov	Communist Party	26,401	14.44%
	Ilya Gromov	Liberal Democratic Party	24,867	13.60%
	Viktor Vavilov	A Just Russia	21,023	11.50%
	Snezhana Goncharova	The Greens	5,091	2.78%
	Nikolay Gorin	Yabloko	4,755	2.60%
	Aleksandr Protasov	Communists of Russia	4,327	2.37%
	Larisa Trubitsina	People's Freedom Party	3,924	2.15%
	Sergey Katasonov	Party of Growth	3,909	2.14%
	Nikolay Platonov	Rodina	3,489	1.91%
Total			182,872	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksey Kanayev (incumbent)	United Russia	72,210	37.68%
	Aleksandr Morozov	Communist Party	50,859	26.54%
	Olga Shirikova	Liberal Democratic Party	17,313	9.03%
	Yury Yeregin	A Just Russia — For Truth	14,971	7.81%
	Ivan Rytov	New People	13,358	6.97%
	Igor Katukhin	Party of Pensioners	10,834	5.65%
	Svetlana Voblikova	Rodina	5,819	3.04%
Total			191,661	100%
Source:				[12]

Notes

1. No.74 in 1993-1995, No.73 in 1995-2003, No.75 in 2003-2007