Orsk constituency

The Orsk constituency (No.144^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Orenburg Oblast. The constituency covers eastern Orenburg Oblast, including the cities Orsk, Gay, Kuvandyk, Mednogorsk and Novotroitsk.

Orsk single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Deputy	Viktor Zavarzin United Russia
Federal subject	Orenburg Oblast
Districts	Adamovsky, Akbulaksky, Belyayevsky, Dombarovsky, Gaysky, ZATO Komarovsky, Kuvandyksky, Kvarkensky, Mednogorsk, Novoorsky, Novotroitsk, Orsk, Saraktashsky, Svetlinsky, Yasnensky
Voters	489,383 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2016 by United Russia deputy Viktor Zavarzin, five-term State Duma member and retired Russian Army Colonel General.

Boundaries

1993–2007: Adamovsky District, Dombarovsky District, Gay, Gaysky District, Kuvandyk, Kuvandyksky District, Kvarkensky District, Mednogorsk, Novoorsky District, Novotroitsk, Orsk, Saraktashsky District, Svetlinsky District, Yasnensky District, Yasny^[2][3][4]
The constituency covered eastern Orenburg Oblast, including major industrial city Orsk, industrial town Kuvandyk, metallurgy town Novotroitsk as well as copper-producing centres Gay and Mednogorsk.

2016–present: Adamovsky District, Akbulaksky District, Belyayevsky District, Dombarovsky District, Gaysky District, Komarovsky, Kuvandyksky District, Kvarkensky District, Mednogorsk, Novoorsky District, Novotroitsk, Orsk, Saraktashsky District, Svetlinsky District, Yasnensky District^[5][6]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and retained all of its former territory, gaining Akbulaksky and Belyayevsky districts from Orenburg constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Vladimir Volkov	Independent
	1995		Communist Party
	1999		Independent
	2003	Boris Plokhotnyuk	Independent
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Viktor Zavarzin	United Russia
	2021

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vladimir Volkov	Independent	56,217	20.72%
	Aleksandr Selifanov	Independent	–	19.00%
	Vyacheslav Dyundin	Yavlinsky—Boldyrev—Lukin	–	–
	Yury Khramov	Independent	–	–
	Mikhail Solobutov	Independent	–	–
	Pyotr Teykhrib	Agrarian Party	–	–
	Aleksey Tsaryov	Independent	–	–
	Viktor Yemelyanov	Independent	–	–
Total			271,366	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vladimir Volkov (incumbent)	Communist Party	157,609	47.51%
	Aleksandr Selifanov	Independent	68,938	20.78%
	Gennady Baturin	Liberal Democratic Party	33,131	9.99%
	Viktor Nepomnyashchy	Congress of Russian Communities	18,965	5.72%
	against all		44,292	13.35%
Total			331,771	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vladimir Volkov (incumbent)	Independent	88,053	25.87%
	Boris Plokhotnyuk	Independent	62,887	18.48%
	Ramil Gafarov	Fatherland – All Russia	52,422	15.40%
	Yury Yerofeyev	Independent	23,382	6.87%
	Viktor Isayev	Independent	19,095	5.61%
	Rinat Khamiyev	Independent	17,350	5.10%
	Viktor Fedorov	Independent	15,434	4.53%
	Antonina Koshkina	Independent	13,438	3.95%
	Lidia Kalinina	Spiritual Heritage	8,507	2.50%
	Alla Lavrushko	Independent	2,005	0.59%
	against all		31,265	9.19%
Total			340,340	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Boris Plokhotnyuk	Independent	103,232	35.27%
	Vladimir Volkov (incumbent)	Communist Party	50,932	17.40%
	Valentina Izmaylova	Independent	34,875	11.92%
	Viktor Tan	Agrarian Party	15,591	5.33%
	Yury Kozhemyakin	Independent	9,246	3.16%
	Igor Volkov	Independent	8,735	2.98%
	Vladimir Silayev	Liberal Democratic Party	8,618	2.94%
	Vyacheslav Dyundin	Yabloko	6,820	2.33%
	Yevgeny Khvostov	Democratic Party	2,800	0.96%
	Yury Kukushkin	Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life	2,304	0.79%
	Dmitry Shatalin	Independent	1,838	0.63%
	Vasily Kuzmin	United Russian Party Rus'	1,553	0.53%
	against all		36,384	12.43%
Total			292,976	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Viktor Zavarzin	United Russia	86,334	43.82%
	Aleksandr Ivanov	Communist Party	34,147	18.85%
	Vladimir Mirokhin	Liberal Democratic Party	25,862	13.12%
	Kairat Kulakhmetov	A Just Russia	17,725	9.00%
	Sergey Bentsman	Patriots of Russia	6,879	3.49%
	Ruslan Ismagilov	Yabloko	5,609	2.85%
	Olga Rybalko	People's Freedom Party	4,623	2.35%
	Sergey Netesanov	Party of Growth	3,187	1.62%
Total			197,030	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Viktor Zavarzin (incumbent)	United Russia	67,125	31.66%
	Sergey Romanenko	Communist Party	50,427	23.79%
	Aleksey Kashirsky	A Just Russia — For Truth	21,241	10.02%
	Rinat Khamiyev	Yabloko	19,141	9.03%
	Sergey Putintsev	Liberal Democratic Party	14,532	6.85%
	Aleksandr Belyak	Party of Pensioners	14,388	6.79%
	Ilya Buyanov	New People	11,166	5.27%
Total			212,011	100%
Source:				[12]

Notes

1. No.133 in 1993-2007