Kanash constituency

The Kanash constituency (No.37^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Chuvashia. The constituency covers eastern half of Chuvashia, including Novocheboksarsk and eastern Cheboksary.

Kanash single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy	Anatoly Aksakov A Just Russia — For Truth
Federal subject	Chuvash Republic
Districts	Batyrevsky, Cheboksarsky (Abashevskoye, Akulevskoye, Atlashevskoye, Kugesi, Shinerposinskoye, Sinyalskoye, Sirmaposinskoye), Cheboksary (Kalininsky), Kanash, Kanashsky, Kozlovsky, Komsomolsky, Krasnoarmeysky, Mariinsko-Posadsky, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky, Tsivilsky, Urmarsky, Yalchiksky, Yantikovsky
Voters	463,226 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2016 by A Just Russia – For Truth deputy Anatoly Aksakov, a six-term State Duma member, who represented Cheboksary constituency in 2000–2007. Aksakov has been serving as Chairman of the Duma Committee on Financial Markets since October 2016.

Boundaries

1993–2007: Alatyr, Alatyrsky District, Alikovsky District, Batyrevsky District, Ibresinsky District, Kanash, Kanashsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Krasnochetaysky District, Morgaushsky District, Poretsky District, Shemurshinsky District, Shumerlya, Shumerlinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Vurnarsky District, Yadrinsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District^[2][3][4]
The constituency covered most of Chuvashia to the south of Cheboksary metro area, including the towns of Alatyr, Kanash and Sarapul.

2016–2026: Batyrevsky District, Cheboksarsky District (Abashevo, Akulevskoye, Atlashevskoye, Kugesi, Shinerposinskoye, Sinyalskoye, Sirmaposinskoye), Cheboksary (Kalininsky), Kanash, Kanashsky District, Kozlovsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Mariinsko-Posadsky District, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District^[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election. This seat retained only eastern Chuvashia, swapping the rest with Cheboksary constituency for part of Cheboksary itself, Novocheboksarsk and north-eastern part of the region.

Since 2026: Batyrevsky District, Cheboksarsky District (Alatyrkasy, Alymkasy, Atlashevo, Koderkasy, Lipovo, Nizhny Magaz, Tolikovo, Tomakasy, Urayevo-Magaz, Verkhny Magaz, Yerdovo), Cheboksary (Kalininsky), Kanashsky District, Kozlovsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Mariinsko-Posadsky District, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District^[6]
After the 2025 redistricting the constituency was slightly altered, losing most of its share of Cheboksarsky District to Cheboksary constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Valentin Agafonov	Independent
	1995
	1999	Valentin Shurchanov	Communist Party
	2003	Pavel Semyonov	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Anatoly Aksakov	A Just Russia — For Truth
	2021

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valentin Agafonov	Independent	130,041	41.01%
	Vyacheslav Tikhonov	Independent	–	10.30%
	Yevgeny Dmitriyev	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	–	–
	Nikolay Maksimov	Democratic Party	–	–
	Mikhail Tikhonov	Independent	–	–
	Gennady Volkov	Independent	–	–
	Mikhail Yukhma	Independent	–	–
Total			317,085	100%
Source:				[7][8]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valentin Agafonov (incumbent)	Independent	122,179	40.19%
	Lev Kurakov	Independent	96,554	31.76%
	Gennady Kuzmin	Liberal Democratic Party	17,933	5.90%
	Lyudmila Rulkova	Our Home – Russia	15,911	5.23%
	Svetlana Lyapidovskaya	Common Cause	12,529	4.12%
	Vladimir Barsukov	Congress of Russian Communities	5,518	1.82%
	against all		19,491	6.41%
Total			303,977	100%
Source:				[9]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valentin Shurchanov	Communist Party	114,738	40.26%
	Pyotr Ivantayev	Independent	101,366	35.57%
	Vladimir Mayorov	Independent	19,839	6.96%
	Vladimir Mukin	Yabloko	10,314	3.62%
	Valentin Agafonov (incumbent)	Independent	7,406	2.60%
	Anatoly Zhuromsky	For Civil Dignity	7,096	2.49%
	against all		13,246	4.65%
Total			285,008	100%
Source:				[10]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Pavel Semyonov	United Russia	200,810	70.55%
	Valentin Shurchanov (incumbent)	Communist Party	56,681	19.91%
	Vladimir Izhederov	Independent	3,026	1.06%
	Nikolay Vladimirov	Yabloko	2,831	0.99%
	Konstantin Ilyin	Great Russia – Eurasian Union	1,917	0.67%
	Robert Churkin	United Russian Party Rus'	1,533	0.54%
	against all		9,649	3.39%
Total			284,682	100%
Source:				[11]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Anatoly Aksakov	A Just Russia	84,920	29.99%
	Aleksandr Kapitonov	Party of Growth	60,580	21.39%
	Grigory Danilov	Communist Party	38,603	13.63%
	Konstantin Stepanov	Liberal Democratic Party	24,527	8.66%
	Vladimir Mikhaylov	Rodina	12,049	4.26%
	Valery Pavlov	Patriots of Russia	11,095	3.92%
	Dmitry Semenov	People's Freedom Party	9,974	3.52%
	Anton Trefilov	Communists of Russia	9,672	3.42%
	Dmitry Sorokin	Civic Platform	5,634	1.99%
	Anton Saprykin	Yabloko	4,099	1.45%
Total			283,161	100%
Source:				[12]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Anatoly Aksakov (incumbent)	A Just Russia — For Truth	111,123	41.64%
	Aleksandr Andreyev	Communist Party	53,390	20.01%
	Leonid Pronin	United Russia	37,571	14.08%
	Elza Kuzmina	New People	17,241	6.46%
	Nikolay Stepanov	Party of Pensioners	16,216	6.08%
	Vyacheslav Solovyev	Liberal Democratic Party	10,569	3.69%
	Aleksandr Vorobyev	The Greens	5,415	2.03%
	Eduard Romanov	Rodina	3,527	1.32%
Total			266,855	100%
Source:				[13]

Notes

1. No.33 in 1993-1995 and 2003-2007, No.32 in 1995-2003