Kursk constituency

The Kursk constituency (No.109^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Kursk Oblast. The constituency covers part of Kursk and north-western Kursk Oblast.

Kursk single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy	Yekaterina Kharchenko United Russia
Federal subject	Kursk Oblast
Districts	Dmitriyevsky, Fatezhsky, Khomutovsky, Konyshyovsky, Kurchatov, Kurchatovsky, Kursk (Tsentralny), Kursky (Brezhnevsky, Kamyshinsky, Mokovsky, Nizhnemedveditsky, Nozdrachevsky, Pashkovsky, Polyansky, Schchetinsky, Vinnikovsky), Lgov, Lgovsky, Oktyabrsky, Ponyrovsky, Zheleznogorsk, Zheleznogorsky, Zolotukhinsky
Other territory	Germany (Berlin-1)
Voters	460,969 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Yekaterina Kharchenko, former Deputy Governor of Kursk Oblast, who won the open seat, after defeating one-term United Russia incumbent Tatyana Voronina in the primary.

Boundaries

1993–2007: Cheremisinovsky District, Gorshechensky District, Kastorensky District, Kursk, Kursky District, Manturovsky District, Shchigrovsky District, Shchigry, Solntsevsky District, Sovetsky District, Timsky District^[2][3][4]
The constituency covered eastern Kursk Oblast as well as oblast capital Kursk and the city of Shchigry.

2016–2026: Dmitriyevsky District, Fatezhsky District, Khomutovsky District, Konyshyovsky District, Kurchatov, Kurchatovsky District, Kursk (Tsentralny), Kursky District (Brezhnevsky, Kamyshinsky, Mokovsky, Nizhnemedveditsky, Nozdrachevsky, Pashkovsky, Polyansky, Schchetinsky, Vinnikovsky), Lgov, Lgovsky District, Oktyabrsky District, Ponyrovsky District, Zheleznogorsk, Zheleznogorsky District, Zolotukhinsky District^[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and retained only Tsentralny city district of Kursk and its north-western and northern suburbs, losing the rest of its former territory to new Seimsky constituency. This seat instead gained north-western Kursk Oblast from the former Lgov constituency.

Since 2026: Dmitriyevsky District, Fatezhsky District, Khomutovsky District, Konyshyovsky District, Kurchatov, Kurchatovsky District, Kursk (Tsentralny), Kursky District (Besedinsky, Brezhnevsky, Kamyshinsky, Mokovsky, Nizhnemedveditsky, Nozdrachevsky, Pashkovsky, Polyansky, Shchetinsky, Vinnikovsky), Lgov, Lgovsky District, Ponyrovsky District, Zheleznogorsk, Zheleznogorsky District, Zolotukhinsky District^[6]
After 2025 redistricting the constituency saw minor changes, swapping Oktyabrsky District for Kursk eastern suburbs with Seimsky constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Aleksandr Mikhaylov	Communist Party
	1995
	1999	Nikolay Ivanov	Communist Party
	2003	Aleksandr Chukhrayov	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Tatyana Voronina	United Russia
	2021	Yekaterina Kharchenko	United Russia

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Mikhaylov	Communist Party	50,577	19.50%
	Gennady Merkulov	Independent	–	11.00%
	Aleksandr Anpilov	Independent	–	–
	Vsevolod Astafyev	Independent	–	–
	Aleksandr Grachev	Russian Democratic Reform Movement	–	–
	Sergey Loktionov	Future of Russia–New Names	–	–
	Nikolay Pridvorov	Independent	–	–
	Anatoly Pronin	Independent	–	–
	Sergey Pyanykh	Yavlinsky–Boldyrev–Lukin	–	–
	Yury Razinkov	Civic Union	–	–
	Yury Ruda	Liberal Democratic Party	–	–
	Fyodor Ryzhkov	Independent	–	–
Total			259,403	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Mikhaylov (incumbent)	Communist Party	121,431	34.53%
	Sergey Loktionov	Derzhava	82,421	23.05%
	Larisa Piyasheva	Independent	50,456	14.11%
	Igor Chukhrayov	Agrarian Party	24,444	6.84%
	Yury Ruda	Liberal Democratic Party	15,009	4.20%
	Nikolay Kolesov	Independent	12,878	3.60%
	Yulia Presnyakova	Trade Unions and Industrialists – Union of Labour	6,803	1.90%
	against all		35,001	9.79%
Total			357,504	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolay Ivanov	Communist Party	96,600	30.56%
	Aleksandr Fedulov	Unity	45,664	14.45%
	Nikolay Greshilov	Independent	24,658	7.80%
	Sergey Falaleyev	Independent	21,764	6.89%
	Boris Surayev	Independent	21,055	6.66%
	Galina Okorokova	Women of Russia	13,356	4.23%
	Aleksandr Kozyavin	Independent	12,290	3.89%
	Sergey Ivanov	Liberal Democratic Party	11,872	3.76%
	Fyodor Ryzhkov	Our Home – Russia	10,425	3.30%
	Sergey Loktionov	Independent	8,188	2.59%
	Vladimir Ryzhikov	Spiritual Heritage	8,188	2.59%
	Yury Donchenko	Independent	3,925	1.24%
	Yury Shumilo	Independent	1,039	0.33%
	Vladimir Shprygin	Independent	927	0.29%
	against all		31,108	9.84%
Total			316,051	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Chukhrayov	United Russia	66,820	26.18%
	Nikolay Ivanov (incumbent)	Communist Party	52,703	20.65%
	Aleksandr Fedulov	Great Russia–Eurasian Union	46,740	18.31%
	Sergey Ivanov	Liberal Democratic Party	16,565	6.49%
	Sergey Falaleyev	People's Party	7,703	3.02%
	Anatoly Kryukov	Russian Pensioners' Party-Party of Social Justice	6,481	2.54%
	Aleksandr Kapelyush	Yabloko	3,579	1.40%
	Yelizaveta Dolgopolova	Independent	3,561	1.40%
	Yury Safonov	Union of Right Forces	3,368	1.32%
	Denis Yeshchenko	United Russian Party Rus'	1,842	0.72%
	against all		37,123	14.54%
Total			255,390	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Tatyana Voronina	United Russia	91,515	42.02%
	Nikolay Ivanov	Communist Party	25,301	11.62%
	Vladimir Fedorov	Liberal Democratic Party	24,836	11.40%
	Olga Li	Yabloko	22,099	10.15%
	Aleksandr Chetverikov	A Just Russia	17,347	7.96%
	Artyom Vakarev	Communists of Russia	8,898	4.09%
	Aleksey Volkov	Rodina	8,796	4.04%
	Svetlana Sidorova	Patriots of Russia	6,561	3.01%
	Denis Khmelevskoy	Party of Growth	2,194	1.01%
	Alyona Kharlamova	Civilian Power	1,459	0.67%
Total			217,797	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yekaterina Kharchenko	United Russia	68,145	33.03%
	Svetlana Kanunnikova	Communist Party	39,017	18.91%
	Tatyana Bondarenko	New People	24,228	11.74%
	Vladimir Fedorov	Liberal Democratic Party	21,439	10.39%
	Irina Antsiferova	Party of Pensioners	19,462	9.43%
	Pavel Lyulin	A Just Russia — For Truth	14,203	6.88%
	Dmitry Tolmachev	Civic Platform	11,306	5.48%
Total			206,324	100%
Source:				[12]

Notes

1. No.98 in 1993-1995, No.96 in 1995-2003, No.97 in 2003-2007