Prioksky constituency

The Prioksky constituency (No. 130^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. The constituency stretches from southern Nizhny Novgorod to southern Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, including the cities Arzamas and Sarov.

Prioksky single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries since 2016
Deputy	Yevgeny Lebedev United Russia
Federal subject	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Districts	Arzamas, Arzamassky, Bogorodsky (Kamensky, Novinsky), Dalnekonstantinovsky, Diveyevsky, Lukoyanovsky, Nizhny Novgorod (Leninsky, Prioksky), Perevoz, Pervomaysk, Pochinkovsky, Sarov, Shatkovsky, Vadsky[1]
Voters	511,061 (2021)[2]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Yevgeny Lebedev, former Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and NITEL board chair, who won the open seat after defeating one-term United Russia incumbent Denis Moskvin in the primary.

Boundaries

1993–1995 Arzamas constituency: Ardatovsky District, Arzamas, Arzamassky District, Bolsheboldinsky District, Diveyevsky District, Kulebaki, Kulebaksky District, Lukoyanovsky District, Pervomaysky District, Pochinkovsky District, Shatkovsky District, Vadsky District, Voznesensky District, Vyksa, Vyksunsky District^[3]
The constituency covered southern Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, including industrial city Arzamas, metallurgical towns Kulebaki and Vyksa, as well as Kremlyov/Sarov, major centre for nuclear physics.

1995–2007 Arzamas constituency: Arzamas, Arzamassky District, Bolsheboldinsky District, Diveyevsky District, Gaginsky District, Kulebaksky District, Lukoyanovsky District, Pervomaysky District, Pochinkovsky District, Sarov, Shatkovsky District, Vadsky District, Voznesensky District, Vyksunsky District^[4][5]
After 1995 the constituency was slightly altered, losing Ardatovsky District to Dzerzhinsk constituency and instead gaining Gaginsky District from Sergach constituency.

2016–present: Arzamas, Arzamassky District, Bogorodsky District (Kamensky, Novinsky), Dalnekonstantinovsky District, Diveyevsky District, Lukoyanovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod (Leninsky, Prioksky), Perevoz, Pervomaysk, Pochinkovsky District, Sarov, Shatkovsky District, Vadsky District^[6][7]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election under the name "Prioksky constituency" and retained its central portion, including Arzamas and Sarov, losing Kulebaksky, Voznesensky and Vyksunsky districts to Avtozavodsky constituency, Bolsheboldinsky and Gaginsky districts – to Nizhny Novgorod constituency. This seat was instead stretched northwards to Nizhny Novgorod, gaining Dalnekonstantinovsky District and part of Bogorodsky District from the dissolved Dzerzhinsk constituency, Prioksky City District from Kstovo constituency and Leninsky City District from Avtozavodsky constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Sergey Voronov	Independent
	1995	Ivan Nikitchuk	Communist Party
	1999		Independent
	2003	Anatoly Kozeradsky	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Denis Moskvin	United Russia
	2021	Yevgeny Lebedev	United Russia

Election Results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergey Voronov	Independent	49,070	17.94%
	Boris Pevnitsky	Independent	42,932	15.70%
	Vladimir Zhukov	Independent	37,973	13.88%
	Bronislav Puchkov	Agrarian Party	35,617	13.02%
	Yury Belimov	Independent	15,819	5.78%
	Aleksandr Panteleyev	Democratic Party	15,280	5.59%
	Pyotr Tiflov	Independent	11,212	4.10%
	Valentin Kostin	Independent	7,038	2.57%
	Vladimir Kudryashov	Russian Democratic Reform Movement	3,915	1.43%
	against all		34,082	12.46%
Total			273,492	100%
Source:				[8]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ivan Nikitchuk	Communist Party	72,017	23.17%
	Sergey Voronov (incumbent)	Independent	59,649	19.19%
	Vladimir Belozerov	Agrarian Party	21,018	6.76%
	Zoya Zaytseva	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	17,320	5.57%
	Genrikh Katrayev	Liberal Democratic Party	16,191	5.21%
	Sergey Naumov	Independent	15,656	5.04%
	Pyotr Khven	Pamfilova–Gurov–Lysenko	15,221	4.90%
	Boris Pevnitsky	Independent	13,414	4.32%
	Vladimir Savin	Independent	13,243	4.26%
	Aleksandr Kulagin	Derzhava	12,982	4.18%
	Yury Leonov	Independent	8,806	2.83%
	Mikhail Lemeshev	Power to the People	6,385	2.05%
	Anatoly Slyusarev	Congress of Russian Communities	5,352	1.72%
	Mikhail Yermakov	Independent	4,604	1.48%
	against all		21,671	6.97%
Total			310,842	100%
Source:				[9]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ivan Nikitchuk (incumbent)	Independent	83,607	30.04%
	Boris Mokhov	Independent	66,849	24.02%
	Aleksandr Borodin	Independent	27,060	9.72%
	Yevgeny Anisimov	Independent	23,962	8.61%
	Yelena Naumova	Independent	11,280	4.05%
	Aleksandr Kurdyumov	Liberal Democratic Party	9,051	3.25%
	Boris Fedyakov	Independent	7,941	2.85%
	Nikolay Stadnikov	Andrey Nikolayev and Svyatoslav Fyodorov Bloc	7,070	2.54%
	Viktor Gamov	Communists and Workers of Russia - for the Soviet Union	4,446	1.60%
	Viktor Timin	Spiritual Heritage	1,546	0.56%
	against all		30,219	10.86%
Total			278,329	100%
Source:				[10]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Anatoly Kozeradsky	United Russia	108,750	45.65%
	Ivan Nikitchuk (incumbent)	Communist Party	60,798	25.52%
	Tatyana Shchavleva	Independent	12,443	5.22%
	Aleksandr Kochetkov	Liberal Democratic Party	9,910	4.16%
	Aleksandr Kulagin	United Russian Party Rus'	6,535	2.74%
	Yury Bardin	Independent	5,307	2.23%
	Boris Fedyakov	Independent	4,031	1.69%
	against all		26,867	11.28%
Total			238,325	100%
Source:				[11]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Denis Moskvin	United Russia	172,119	63.42%
	Pavel Belov	Liberal Democratic Party	21,490	7.92%
	Roman Fomin	Communist Party	21,251	7.83%
	Igor Bogdanov	A Just Russia	19,786	7.29%
	Svetlana Yudina	Communists of Russia	8,745	3.22%
	Mikhail Kuznetsov	Patriots of Russia	5,822	2.15%
	Aleksandr Tsapanov	Rodina	4,376	1.61%
	Irina Murakhtayeva	Yabloko	3,468	1.28%
	Anna Ludina	People's Freedom Party	3,104	1.14%
	Valeria Zaytseva	Civic Platform	2,433	0.90%
Total			271,400	100%
Source:				[12]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yevgeny Lebedev	United Russia	148,620	52.93%
	Mikhail Rykhtik	Communist Party	41,062	14.62%
	Anna Tatarintseva	A Just Russia — For Truth	20,527	7.31%
	Aleksandr Bykov	Party of Pensioners	16,489	5.87%
	Yulia Gusyakova	New People	15,826	5.64%
	Nikolay Chernyshov	Liberal Democratic Party	14,280	5.09%
	Igor Kuznetsov	Rodina	11,335	4.04%
	Valeria Viks	Party of Growth	4,374	1.56%
Total			280,802	100%
Source:				[13]

Notes

1. Arzamas constituency No.118 in 1993–2007