Dauria constituency

The Dauria constituency (No.44^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Zabaykalsky Krai. The constituency covers western half of Chita as well as western and southern Zabaykalsky Krai. After 2025 redistricting Zabaykalsky Krai is slated to lose one of its two constituencies, so Dauria constituency is going to be dissolved and merged with Chita constituency to form new Zabaykalye constituency.

Dauria single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy	Yury Grigoryev A Just Russia — For Truth
Federal subject	Zabaykalsky Krai
Districts	Aginskoye, Aginsky, Akshinsky, Borzinsky, Chita (Chernovsky, Zheleznodorozhny), Chitinsky (Aleksandrovskoe, Arakhleyskoe, Beklemishevskoe, Domninskoe, Ingodinskoe, Kolochninskoe, Leninskoe, Lesninskoe, Novokukinskoe, Olenguyskoe, Sivyakovskoe, Sokhondinskoe, Ugdanskoe, Yablonovskoe, Yelizavetinskoe, Zasopkinskoe), Duldurginsky, Gorny, Khiloksky, Krasnochikoysky, Krasnokamensky, Kyrinsky, Mogoytuysky, Olovyanninsky, Ononsky, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky, Ulyotovsky, Zabaykalsky
Other territory	Abkhazia (Sukhum-1)
Voters	394,576 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by A Just Russia – For Truth deputy Yury Grigoryev, former Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic and businessman, who narrowly won the four-way race against United Russia party official Yekaterina Fisun, Communist former State Duma member Dmitry Nosov and two-term Liberal Democratic incumbent Vasilina Kuliyeva.

Boundaries

1993–2007 Borzya constituency: Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District, Baley, Baleysky District, Borzya, Borzinsky District, Chernyshevsky District, Gazimuro-Zavodsky District, Kalgansky District, Karymsky District, Krasnokamensk, Krasnokamensky District, Mogochinsky District, Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District, Nerchinsky District, Olovyanninsky District, Ononsky District, Priargunsky District, Shelopuginsky District, Shilkinsky District, Sretensky District, Zabaykalsky District^[2][3][4]
The constituency covered southern and eastern Chita Oblast, including the towns of Baley, Borzya and Krasnokamensk.

2016–2026: Aginskoye, Aginsky District, Akshinsky District, Borzinsky District, Chita (Chernovsky, Zheleznodorozhny), Chitinsky District (Aleksandrovskoye, Arakhley, Beklemishevskoye, Domninskoye, Ingodinskoye, Kolochninskoye, Leninskoye, Lesninskoye, Novokukinskoye, Olenguyskoye, Sivyakovskoye, Sokhondinskoye, Ugdanskoye, Yablonovo, Yelizavetinskoye, Zasopkinskoye), Duldurginsky District, Gorny, Khiloksky District, Krasnochikoysky District, Krasnokamensky District, Kyrinsky District, Mogoytuysky District, Olovyanninsky District, Ononsky District, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District, Ulyotovsky District, Zabaykalsky District^[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election under the name of Dauria constituency in Zabaykalsky Krai which was created by the merger of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug in 2008. The constituency retained southern Zabaykalsky Krai, including Borzya and Krasnokamensk, losing its eastern portion to Chita constituency. Instead it gained western Chita, western Zabaykalsky Krai from Chita constituency as well as the entirety of the dissolved Agin-Buryat constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Vladimir Surenkov	Independent
	1995	Viktor Kolesnikov	Agrarian Party
	1999	Yaroslav Shvyryayev	Independent
	2003	Yury Lossky[b]	Independent
	2004	Yevgeny Blokhin	Independent
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Vasilina Kuliyeva	Liberal Democratic Party
	2021	Yury Grigoryev	A Just Russia — For Truth

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vladimir Surenkov	Independent	56,574	26.81%
	Aleksandr Epov	Independent	–	25.50%
	Oleg Kuznetsov	Choice of Russia	–	–
	Nikolay Nazarov	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	–	–
	Valery Pavlov	Agrarian Party	–	–
Total			194,851	100%
Source:				[6]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Viktor Kolesnikov	Agrarian Party	95,835	37.82%
	Anatoly Zaytsev	Independent	49,107	19.38%
	Ivan Chesnykh	Liberal Democratic Party	25,945	10.24%
	Vladimir Surenkov (incumbent)	Independent	23,085	9.11%
	Anatoly Varyanov	Our Home – Russia	17,187	6.78%
	Valentin Logunov	Derzhava	12,801	5.05%
	against all		24,166	9.54%
Total			253,404	100%
Source:				[7]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yaroslav Shvyryayev	Independent	67,569	28.95%
	Yury Lossky	Independent	65,541	28.08%
	Aleksandr Epov	Independent	29,000	12.42%
	Sergey Belonogov	Independent	22,533	9.65%
	Yevgeny Kasyanov	Independent	16,637	7.13%
	against all		26,238	11.24%
Total			233,437	100%
Source:				[8]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yury Lossky	Independent	89,255	46.51%
	Yaroslav Shvyryayev (incumbent)	Independent	52,570	27.39%
	Vera Shavrova	Independent	23,671	12.33%
	Sergey Vinitsky	Liberal Democratic Party	5,525	2.88%
	against all		17,461	9.10%
Total			191,990	100%
Source:				[9]

2004

Summary of the 24 October 2004 by-election in the Borzya constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yevgeny Blokhin	Independent	50,363	33.33%
	Viktor Kurochkin	Independent	37,330	24.70%
	Yaroslav Shvyryayev	Independent	32,056	21.21%
	against all		25,491	16.87%
Total			151,079	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vasilina Kuliyeva	Liberal Democratic Party	71,831	44.13%
	Yury Gayduk	Communist Party	27,213	16.72%
	Andrey Popov	A Just Russia	20,295	12.47%
	Oleg Fedorov	Civic Platform	12,466	7.66%
	Aleksandr Shchebenkov	Rodina	7,169	4.40%
	Gennady Shchukin	Patriots of Russia	6,728	4.13%
	Igor Linnik	Yabloko	3,663	2.25%
Total			162,776	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yury Grigoryev	A Just Russia — For Truth	36,617	24.26%
	Yekaterina Fisun	United Russia	32,290	21.39%
	Dmitry Nosov	Communist Party	31,308	20.74%
	Vasilina Kuliyeva (incumbent)	Liberal Democratic Party	23,475	15.55%
	Aleksandr Mikhaylov	Party of Pensioners	12,103	8.02%
	Aleksandr Sinkevich	Rodina	5,464	3.62%
Total			150,924	100%
Source:				[12]

Notes

1. Borzya constituency No.187 in 1993-2007
2. died in June 2004