Unecha constituency

The Unecha constituency (No.78^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Bryansk Oblast. The constituency covers northern Bryansk and northern Bryansk Oblast.

Unecha single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries since 2016
Deputy	Oleg Matytsin United Russia
Federal subject	Bryansk Oblast
Districts	Bryansk (Bezhitsky, Volodarsky), Bryansky (Chernetovskoe, Domashovskoe, Glinishchevskoe, Netyinskoe, Novodarkovichskoe, Novoselskoe, Otradnenskoe, Paltsovskoe, Steklyannoraditskoe, Zhurinichskoe), Dubrovsky, Dyatkovsky, Gordeyevsky, Kletnyansky, Klintsovsky, Klintsy, Krasnogorsky, Mglinsky, Rognedinsky, Seltso, Surazhsky, Unechsky, Zhiryatinsky, Zhukovsky
Voters	469,653 (2024)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2024 by United Russia deputy Oleg Matytsin, former Minister of Sport of Russia, who won the open seat after United Russia deputy Nikolay Alekseyenko resigned in May 2024. Matytsin has been Chairman of the Duma Committee on Sport and Physical Culture since his election in September 2024.

Boundaries

1993–2007 Pochep constituency: Gordeyevsky District, Dubrovsky District, Kletnyansky District, Klimovsky District, Klintsovsky District, Klintsy, Krasnogorsky District, Mglinsky District, Novozybkov, Novozybkovsky District, Pochep, Pochepsky District, Pogarsky District, Rognedinsky District, Starodubsky District, Surazhsky District, Suzemsky District, Trubchevsky District, Unechsky District, Vygonichsky District, Zhiryatinsky District, Zhukovsky District, Zlynkovsky District^[2][3][4]
The constituency covered rural Bryansk Oblast to the west of Bryansk, including the cities of Klintsy, Novozybkov, Pochep and Seltso.

2016–present: Bryansk (Bezhitsky, Volodarsky), Bryansky District (Betovo, Domashovo, Glinishchevo, Netyinka, Novosyolki, Novye Darkovichi, Otradnoye, Paltso, Steklyannaya Raditsa, Zhurinichi), Dubrovsky District, Dyatkovsky District, Gordeyevsky District, Kletnyansky District, Klintsovsky District, Klintsy, Krasnogorsky District, Mglinsky District, Rognedinsky District, Seltso, Surazhsky District, Unechsky District, Zhiryatinsky District, Zhukovsky District^[5][6]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election under the name "Unecha constituency". It retained its northern half, losing the rest to Bryansk constituency. This seat instead gained northern Bryansk, its suburbs and northeastern Bryansk Oblast from Bryansk constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Oleg Shenkaryov	Communist Party
	1995
	1999	Pyotr Rogonov	Communist Party
	2003	Vasily Semenkov	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Valentina Mironova	United Russia
	2021	Nikolay Alekseyenko[b]	United Russia
	2024	Oleg Matytsin	United Russia

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Oleg Shenkaryov	Communist Party	117,436	33.24%
	Vladimir Prudnikov	Dignity and Charity	–	17.40%
	Fyodor Gosporyan	Independent	–	–
	Viktor Leskov	Independent	–	–
	Vladimir Veremyov	Russian Democratic Reform Movement	–	–
	Pyotr Yefimenko	Agrarian Party	–	–
	Sergey Zakharkin	Future of Russia–New Names	–	–
Total			353,337	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Oleg Shenkaryov (incumbent)	Communist Party	135,159	35.73%
	Gennady Lemeshov	Liberal Democratic Party	69,070	18.26%
	Ivan Nesterov	Independent	30,292	8.01%
	Georgy Kondratyev	Duma-96	23,746	6.28%
	Nadezhda Garbuzova	Agrarian Party	17,432	4.61%
	Vasily Kopylov	Forward, Russia!	17,246	4.56%
	Lyudmila Komogortseva	Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats	13,600	3.60%
	Aleksey Voronin	Our Home – Russia	13,460	3.56%
	Nikolay Yakubovich	Trade Unions and Industrialists – Union of Labour	13,079	3.46%
	Vitaly Kozin	Independent	11,073	2.93%
	Pyotr Gaponenko	Independent	6,134	1.62%
	Sergey Akhremenko	League of Independent Scientists	3,409	0.90%
	Stanislav Zhuravsky	Independent	2,892	0.76%
	against all		15,415	4.08%
Total			378,260	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Pyotr Rogonov	Communist Party	145,674	43.58%
	Ivan Nesterov	Independent	27,640	8.27%
	Oleg Shenkaryov (incumbent)	Independent	27,168	8.13%
	Nikolay Simonenko	Independent	23,049	6.90%
	Nikolay Pozhilenkov	Independent	14,347	4.29%
	Dmitry Kovalev	Independent	14,062	4.21%
	Valentin Parachev	Andrey Nikolayev and Svyatoslav Fyodorov Bloc	10,873	3.25%
	Oleg Aniskov	Independent	7,802	2.33%
	Igor Shchigolev	Our Home – Russia	5,847	1.75%
	Aleksandr Demidov	Russian Socialist Party	5,144	1.54%
	Mikhail Mamonov	Russian Cause	4,983	1.49%
	Anatoly Shpuntov	Independent	3,782	1.13%
	Aleksandr Tovkalo	Independent	3,688	1.10%
	Valery Tarakanov	Independent	3,356	1.00%
	Aleksandr Barsukov	Independent	2,189	0.65%
	against all		28,271	8.46%
Total			334,282	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vasily Semenkov	United Russia	96,734	36.11%
	Pyotr Rogonov (incumbent)	Communist Party	75,006	28.00%
	Lidia Blokhina	Independent	18,240	6.81%
	Andrey Bocharov	Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life	15,837	5.91%
	Nikolay Zhdanov-Lutsenko	Liberal Democratic Party	10,973	4.10%
	Oleg Shenkaryov	People's Party	8,829	3.30%
	Vasily Popik	Independent	7,841	2.93%
	Aleksandr Bobkov	Agrarian Party	7,367	2.75%
	Nina Moganova	United Russian Party Rus'	1,597	0.60%
	against all		19,758	7.38%
Total			268,033	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valentina Mironova	United Russia	158,125	60.03%
	Andrey Arkhitsky	Communist Party	32,745	12.43%
	Viktor Kiselyov	Liberal Democratic Party	26,007	9.87%
	Ivan Medved	Rodina	19,073	7.24%
	Aleksandr Medvedkov	A Just Russia	10,156	3.86%
	Olga Makhotina	Yabloko	5,080	1.93%
	Sergey Gorelov	Party of Growth	3,763	1.43%
	Vadim Kanichev	Patriots of Russia	2,795	1.06%
Total			263,411	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolay Alekseyenko	United Russia	188,442	57.73%
	Andrey Arkhitsky	Communist Party	52,834	16.19%
	Vitaly Minakov	A Just Russia — For Truth	40,099	12.28%
	Roman Romanyuk	Liberal Democratic Party	11,116	3.41%
	Viktor Grinkevich	Rodina	9,107	2.79%
	Aleksandr Feskov	Party of Pensioners	6,263	1.92%
	Aleksey Shcherbenko	New People	5,176	1.59%
	Olga Makhotina	Yabloko	5,016	1.54%
	Aleksey Nazarov	Party of Growth	2,710	0.83%
Total			326,422	100%
Source:				[12]

2024

Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 by-election in the Unecha constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Oleg Matytsin	United Russia	180,650	68.01%
	Andrey Arkhitsky	Communist Party	32,432	12.21%
	Ruslan Titov	Liberal Democratic Party	20,626	7.76%
	Aleksey Timoshkov	A Just Russia – For Truth	13,721	5.17%
	Sergey Gorelov	New People	13,541	5.10%
Total			204,566	100%
Source:				[1]

Notes

1. Pochep constituency No.66 in 1993-1995, Pochep constituency No.65 in 1995-2003, Pochep constituency No.67 in 2003-2007
2. resigned in May 2024