Chukotka constituency

The Chukotka constituency (No.224^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Chukotka. It is also the smallest single-member constituency of the State Duma by the number of registered voters.

Chukotka single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Deputy	Yelena Yevtyukhova United Russia
Federal subject	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Districts	Anadyr, Anadyrsky, Bilibinsky, Chaunsky, Chukotsky, Iultinsky, Providensky
Voters	29,191 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Yelena Yevtyukhova, former deputy chief of staff to Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Roman Kopin, who won the open seat, succeeding one-term United Russia incumbent Valentina Rudchenko.

Boundaries

1993–2007, 2016–present: Anadyr, Anadyrsky District, Bilibinsky District, Chaunsky District, Chukotsky District, Iultinsky District, Providensky District^{[2][3][4][5][6]}
The constituency has been covering the entirety of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug since its initial creation in 1993.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Tatyana Nesterenko[b]	Independent
	1995
	1998	Vladimir Babichev	Independent
	1999	Roman Abramovich[c]	Independent
	2001	Vladimir Yetylin	Independent
	2003	Irina Panchenko	Independent
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Valentina Rudchenko	United Russia
	2021	Yelena Yevtyukhova	United Russia

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Tatyana Nesterenko	Independent	10,812	25.50%
	Yekaterina Nutanaun	Independent	6,304	14.87%
	Larisa Abryutina	Independent	5,566	13.13%
	Aleksandr Omrypkir	Independent	5,007	11.81%
	Vladimir Gorbunov	Independent	1,906	4.49%
	against all		10,129	23.89%
Total			42,404	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Tatyana Nesterenko (incumbent)	Independent	17,005	42.17%
	Maya Ettyryntyna	Communist Party	9,204	22.83%
	Viktor Filatov	Liberal Democratic Party	2,860	7.09%
	Larisa Abryutina	Common Cause	1,638	4.06%
	Vladimir Yetylin	Independent	1,495	3.71%
	Dmitry Ledovskoy	Independent	1,201	2.98%
	Igor Riga	Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats	986	2.45%
	Ilsur Idiatov	Independent	721	1.79%
	Vladimir Voblikov	Faith, Work, Conscience	428	1.07%
	Aleksandr Volkov	Independent	417	1.03%
	against all		3,989	9.89%
Total			40,323	100%
Source:				[8]

1998

Summary of the 31 May 1998 Russian by-election in the Chukotka constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vladimir Babichev	Independent	14,405	57.88%
	Vladimir Yetylin	Independent	4,997	20.08%
	Igor Riga	Independent	790	3.17%
	Aleksandr Vasin	Independent	423	1.70%
	against all		2,997	12.04%
Total			24,888	100%
Source:				[9]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Roman Abramovich	Independent	18,138	59.78%
	Vladimir Yetylin	Independent	6,071	20.01%
	Aleksandr Kiselyov	Independent	1,590	5.24%
	against all		3,983	13.13%
Total			30,339	100%
Source:				[10]

2001

Summary of the 1 July 2001 Russian by-election in the Chukotka constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vladimir Yetylin	Independent	4,534	25.88%
	Boris Vetoshev	Independent	3,873	22.11%
	Larisa Abryutina	Independent	3,169	18.09%
	Nikolay Zheleznov	Independent	952	5.43%
	Vladimir Dmitrik	Independent	596	3.40%
	Aleksandr Melnikov	Independent	433	2.47%
	against all		3,557	20.30%
Total			17,519	100%
Source:				[11]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Irina Panchenko	Independent	19,222	79.17%
	Aleksandr Rudoy	Independent	1,188	4.89%
	Eduard Petrenko	Independent	915	3.77%
	against all		2,133	8.79%
Total			24,280	100%
Source:				[12]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valentina Rudchenko	United Russia	10,435	56.54%
	Yulia Butakova	Liberal Democratic Party	3,214	17.42%
	Vladimir Galtsov	Communist Party	1,631	8.84%
	Yelena Polovodova	A Just Russia	1,126	6.10%
	Viktor Kolpakov	Communists of Russia	820	4.44%
Total			17,226	100%
Source:				[13]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yelena Yevtyukhova	United Russia	6,156	36.95%
	Yulia Butakova	Liberal Democratic Party	3,310	19.87%
	Vladimir Galtsov	Communist Party	2,550	15.31%
	Maria Yefimova	Party of Pensioners	1,593	9.56%
	Aleksandr Semerikov	A Just Russia — For Truth	1,585	9.51%
Total			16,659	100%
Source:				[14]

Notes

1. No.223 in 1993-2007
2. in 1998 was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance
3. in 2000 was elected Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug