Kalmykia constituency

The Kalmykia constituency (No.15^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Kalmykia. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Kalmykia.

Kalmykia single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Deputy	Badma Bashankayev United Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Kalmykia
Districts	Chernozemelsky, Elista, Gorodovikovsky, Iki-Burulsky, Ketchenerovsky, Lagansky, Maloderbetovsky, Oktyabrsky, Priyutnensky, Sarpinsky, Tselinny, Yashaltinsky, Yashkulsky, Yustinsky
Voters	196,819 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Badma Bashankayev, a coloproctologist and physician, who won the open seat after defeating three-term United Russia incumbent Marina Mukabenova in the primary. Bashankayev chaired the Duma Committee on Health from June 2023 to November 2024.

Boundaries

1993–2007, 2016–present: Chernozemelsky District, Elista, Gorodovikovsky District, Iki-Burulsky District, Ketchenerovsky District, Lagansky District, Maloderbetovsky District, Oktyabrsky District, Priyutnensky District, Sarpinsky District, Tselinny District, Yashaltinsky District, Yashkulsky District, Yustinsky District^{[2][3][4][5][6]}
The constituency has been covering the entirety of the Kalmykia since its initial creation in 1993.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Bembya Khulkhachiyev	Independent
	1995	Gennady Kulik[b]	Agrarian Party
	1999	Aleksandra Buratayeva	Unity
	2003	Gennady Kulik	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Marina Mukabenova	United Russia
	2021	Badma Bashankayev	United Russia

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bembya Khulkhachiyev	Independent	44,389	37.61%
	Ivan Alzheyev	Independent	–	–
	Valery Badmayev	Independent	–	–
	Vladimir Dordzhiyev	Agrarian Party	–	–
	Vladimir Kolesnik	Independent	–	–
	Gennady Mechitov	Yavlinsky–Boldyrev–Lukin	–	–
	Nikolay Sandzhiyev	Independent	–	–
	Nikolay Sekenov	Independent	–	–
Total			118,036	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gennady Kulik	Agrarian Party	63,837	47.68%
	Aleksandr Golovatov	Our Home – Russia	22,278	16.64%
	Vladimir Kolesnik	Independent	12,366	9.24%
	Nikolay Dzhaldzhireyev	Communists and Working Russia - for the Soviet Union	9,877	7.38%
	Anatoly Kazimirov	Independent	7,301	5.45%
	Yelena Ubushayeva	Yabloko	3,939	2.94%
	Raisa Donogruppova	Russian Lawyers' Association	2,591	1.94%
	Olga Sivochalova	Congress of Russian Communities	1,175	0.88%
	Klavdia Kekelyayeva	Pamfilova–Gurov–Lysenko	972	0.73%
	Gennady Namsinov	People's Union	822	0.61%
	Lev Pyurbeyev	Faith, Work, Conscience	678	0.51%
	Aleksandr Karulin	Conservative Party	412	0.31%
	against all		5,239	3.91%
Total			133,891	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandra Buratayeva	Unity	30,482	24.13%
	Vladimir Kolesnik	Yabloko	21,827	17.28%
	Aleksey Kucherenko	Independent	15,476	12.25%
	Yelena Baturina	Independent	15,210	12.04%
	Radiy Burulov	Our Home – Russia	10,621	8.41%
	Vitaly Daginov	Fatherland – All Russia	8,779	6.95%
	Yury Badmayev	Independent	5,950	4.71%
	Dmitry Burninov	Independent	5,733	4.54%
	against all		8,906	7.05%
Total			126,339	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gennady Kulik	United Russia	52,617	41.10%
	Valery Ochirov	Independent	40,257	31.44%
	Nikolay Daykhes	Communist Party	8,146	6.36%
	Yury Sengleyev	Independent	7,021	5.48%
	Vladimir Kolesnik	Yabloko	3,442	2.69%
	Igor Pyshkin	Independent	1,963	1.53%
	Yury Erdneyev	Independent	1,709	1.33%
	Vladimir Karuyev	Independent	1,319	1.03%
	Lidia Lebedeva	Russian Pensioners' Party-Party of Social Justice	987	0.77%
	Konstantin Maksimov	Independent	907	0.71%
	Vladimir Veremennikov	United Russian Party Rus'	413	0.32%
	against all		4,398	3.44%
Total			128,089	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Marina Mukabenova	United Russia	77,641	63.97%
	Lyudmila Balakleyets	Communist Party	11,565	9.53%
	Vladimir Karuyev	Patriots of Russia	7,799	6.43%
	Natalya Manzhikova	A Just Russia	6,553	5.40%
	Semyon Ateyev	Yabloko	4,841	3.99%
	Andrey Bessarabov	Liberal Democratic Party	4,312	3.55%
	Anatoly Zakharchenko	Communists of Russia	2,320	1.91%
	Igor Boldyrev	Rodina	1,476	1.22%
	Sergey Manteyev	Party of Growth	1,358	1.12%
	Sergey Gabunshchin	The Greens	1,054	0.87%
Total			121,373	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Badma Bashankayev	United Russia	39,717	40.55%
	Sanal Ubushiyev	Communist Party	21,835	22.29%
	Andrey Chidzhiyev	New People	8,080	8.25%
	Natalya Manzhikova	A Just Russia — For Truth	6,740	6.88%
	Sanal Bovayev	Party of Pensioners	4,762	4.86%
	Vladimir Bambayev	Russian Party of Freedom and Justice	4,035	4.12%
	Pyotr Vyshkvarok	Liberal Democratic Party	3,335	3.40%
	Khongor Marilov	Civic Platform	2,028	2.07%
	Yelena Kotenova	Yabloko	1,953	1.99%
	Tseren Ochir-Goryayev	Rodina	1,053	1.08%
Total			97,951	100%
Source:				[12]

Notes

1. No.14 in 1993-2003
2. appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in September 1998