Engels constituency

The Engels constituency (No. 166^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in the Saratov Oblast. It covers southern and southeastern parts of Saratov Oblast and is anchored in the city of Engels.

Engels single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy	vacant
Federal subject	Saratov Oblast
Districts	Saratov (Oktyabrsky), Aleksandrovo-Gaysky, Engelssky, Fyodorovsky, Krasnokutsky, Marksovsky, Novouzensky, Pitersky, Rovensky, Sovetsky
Other territory	Moldova (Chișinău–4)[1]
Voters	464,053 (2021)[2]

The constituency has been vacant since May 19, 2025, following the resignation of first-term United Russia deputy Alexander Strelyukhin after his appointment as Deputy Chairman of the Government of Saratov Oblast.

Boundaries

1993–2007: Engels, Engelssky District, Fyodorovsky District, Krasnokutsky District, Marks, Marksovsky District, Rovensky District, Saratov (Oktyabrsky, Volzhsky), Saratovsky District, Sovetsky District^[3][4][5]
The constituency covered parts of Saratov, including the city historic centre, and southern Saratov Oblast with towns of Engels and Marks.

2016–present: Alexandrovo-Gaysky District, Engelssky District, Fyodorovsky District, Krasnokutsky District, Marksovsky District, Novouzensky District, Pitersky District, Rovensky District, Saratov (Oktyabrsky), Sovetsky District^[6]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election. It retained its position in southern Saratov Oblast, but lost Volzhsky city district of Saratov and suburban Saratovsky District, instead gaining rural territories in the south-eastern corner of the region.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Nikolay Lysenko	Independent
	1995	Oleg Mironov[b]	Communist Party
	1998	Vasily Desyatnikov	Independent
	1999	Sergey Afanasyev	Communist Party
	2003	Nikolay Sukhoy	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Vasily Maksimov	United Russia
	2021	Aleksandr Strelyukhin[c]	United Russia

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolay Lysenko	Independent	58,579	20.69%
	Oleg Mironov	Communist Party	–	14.70%
	Alexey Chernyshov	Independent	–	–
	Aleksey Malayev	Independent	–	–
	Viktor Malkov	Independent	–	–
	Viktor Markov	Choice of Russia	–	–
	Vladimir Veshnev	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	–	–
	Denis Yastrebov	Yavlinsky–Boldyrev–Lukin	–	–
Total			283,162	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Oleg Mironov	Communist Party	115,863	34.24%
	Vyacheslav Maltsev	Party of Workers' Self-Government	55,890	16.52%
	Vladimir Yuzhakov	Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats	32,460	9.59%
	Viktor Koryakov	Liberal Democratic Party	25,878	7.65%
	Oleg Karpov	Our Home – Russia	20,908	6.18%
	Nikolay Semenets	Independent	17,754	5.25%
	Yuri Rustikov	Social Democrats	7,374	2.18%
	Aleksandr Polyakh	Independent	6,637	1.96%
	Anatoly Zhikharev	Independent	4,947	1.46%
	Ivan Borisov	Bloc of Independents	3,188	0.94%
	Valentin Panichev	Independent	4,947	1.46%
	Vladimir Sanatin	Beer Lovers Party	2,692	0.80%
	Sergey Potrusov	Independent	2,114	0.62%
	Nikolay Myasnikov	Party of Economic Freedom	1,962	0.58%
	against all		30,425	8.99%
Total			338,345	100%
Source:				[8]

1998

Summary of the 18 October 1998 Russian by-election in the Engels single-member constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vasily Desyatnikov	Independent	76,766	41.46%
Total			243,610	100%
Source:				[9]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergey Afanasyev	Communist Party	85,959	25.28%
	Vladimir Gusev	Independent	67,532	19.86%
	Viktor Tyukhtin	Yabloko	43,773	12.87%
	Marina Alyoshina	Fatherland – All Russia	40,368	11.87%
	Vladimir Yuzhakov	Union of Right Forces	27,500	8.09%
	Konstantin Grizoglazov	Liberal Democratic Party	8,902	2.62%
	Nikolay Soldatov	Communists and Workers of Russia - for the Soviet Union	8,872	2.61%
	Aleksandr Shinkarenko	Independent	7,921	2.33%
	Vyacheslav Belovolov	Russian Cause	1,164	0.34%
	against all		41,921	12.33%
Total			340,035	100%
Source:				[10]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolay Sukhoy	United Russia	140,965	47.02%
	Sergey Afanasyev (incumbent)	Communist Party	60,311	20.12%
	Vladimir Yuzhakov	Union of Right Forces	17,279	5.76%
	Konstantin Grizoglazov	Liberal Democratic Party	12,779	4.26%
	Dmitry Oleynik	Rodina	9,599	3.20%
	Aleksandr Zhurbin	Yabloko	9,283	3.10%
	Tamara Mangusheva	United Russian Party Rus'	5,006	1.67%
	against all		39,184	13.07%
Total			300,024	100%
Source:				[11]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vasily Maksimov	United Russia	180,194	53.90%
	Sergey Afanasyev	Communist Party	63,412	18.97%
	Dmitry Pyanykh	Liberal Democratic Party	27,322	8.17%
	Toktar Sarsengaliyev	A Just Russia	19,846	5.94%
	Aleksandr Grishantsov	Communists of Russia	11,886	3.55%
	Aleksey Mazepov	Party of Growth	8,416	2.52%
	Aleksandr Zhurbin	Yabloko	6,745	2.02%
	Konstantin Frolov	The Greens	6,012	1.80%
	Elnur Bayramov	People's Freedom Party	3,887	1.16%
Total			334,399	100%
Source:				[12]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Strelyukhin	United Russia	136,409	51.73%
	Olga Alimova	Communist Party	60,721	23.03%
	Stanislav Denisenko	Liberal Democratic Party	14,545	5.52%
	Artyom Chebotaryov	A Just Russia — For Truth	14,445	5.48%
	Yevgeny Yevstafyev	Communists of Russia	8,567	3.25%
	Sergey Bugayenko	Party of Pensioners	7,959	3.02%
	Anastasia Uchakina	New People	6,916	2.62%
	Dmitry Lipensky	Yabloko	4,242	1.61%
	Vladimir Torgashev	Rodina	3,041	1,15%
Total			263,712	100%
Source:				[13]

Notes

1. No.158 in 1993-1995, No.159 in 1995-2007
2. in 1998 was appointed Commissioner of Human Rights in Russia
3. appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government of Saratov Oblast in May 2025

Sources

• 166. Энгельсский одномандатный избирательный округ