Shelekhov constituency

The Shelekhov constituency (No.95^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Irkutsk Oblast. The constituency covers southern and western Irkutsk Oblast, stretching from the city of Irkutsk to Tulun and Tayshet along the oblast's southern border.

Shelekhov single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries since 2016
Deputy	Sergey Ten United Russia
Federal subject	Irkutsk Oblast
Districts	Cheremkhovo, Cheremkhovsky, Irkutsk (Sverdlovsky district), Irkutsky (Smolenskoe), Nizhneudinsky, Shelekhovsky, Tayshetsky, Tulun, Tulunsky, Usolsky, Zalarinsky
Voters	473,998 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2016 by United Russia deputy Sergey Ten, three-term State Duma member, businessman and son of former State Duma member Yury Ten.

Boundaries

1993–1995 Tulun constituency: Balagansky District, Chunsky District, Kuytunsky District, Nizhneudinsk, Nizhneudinsky District, Sayansk, Tayshet, Tayshetsky District, Tulun, Tulunsky District, Ust-Ilimsk, Ust-Ilimsky District, Ust-Udinsky District, Zalarinsky District, Zima, Ziminsky District^[2]
The constituency covered western Irkutsk Oblast, stretching from Zima in the south to Ust-Ilimsk in the north and surrounding Bratsky District from the east, and included the cities of Sayansk, Tayshet and Tulun.

1995–2003 Tulun constituency: Chunsky District, Kuytunsky District, Nizhneilimsky District, Nizhneudinsk, Nizhneudinsky District, Sayansk, Tayshet, Tayshetsky District, Tulun, Tulunsky District, Ust-Ilimsk, Ust-Ilimsky District, Zalarinsky District, Zima, Ziminsky District^[3]
The constituency was slightly altered following the 1995 redistricting, swapping Balagansky and Ust-Udinsky districts for Nizhneilimsky District with Bratsk constituency.

Since 2016: Cheremkhovo, Cheremkhovsky District, Irkutsk (Sverdlovsky district), Irkutsky District (Smolenskoye), Nizhneudinsky District, Shelekhovsky District, Tayshetsky District, Tulun, Tulunsky District, Usolsky District, Zalarinsky District^[4][5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election under the name "Shelekhov constituency" and retained only westernmost Irkutsk Oblast, losing districts around Bratsk to Bratsk constituency, and Zima and Sayansk to Irkutsk constituency. This seat instead stretched southwards, gaining Cheremkhovo from Angarsk constituency, Sverdlovsky city district of Irkutsk and Shelekhov from Irkutsk constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Anatoly Turusin	Agrarian Party
	1995
	1999	Sergey Kolesnikov	Independent
2003		Constituency eliminated
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Sergey Ten	United Russia
	2021

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Anatoly Turusin	Agrarian Party	84,656	38.14%
	Mikhail Stupin	Independent	–	18.58%
	Anatoly Krulikovsky	Independent	–	–
	Oleg Voronin	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	–	–
Total			221,933	100%
Source:				[6]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Anatoly Turusin (incumbent)	Agrarian Party	109,193	39.03%
	Sergey Kudryavtsev	Liberal Democratic Party	52,006	18.59%
	Vladimir Ganzha	Independent	43,965	15.72%
	Leonid Chernyshov	Union of Workers of ZhKKh	30,663	10.96%
	against all		39,169	14.00%
Total			279,749	100%
Source:				[7]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergey Kolesnikov	Independent	112,159	44.79%
	Anatoly Turusin (incumbent)	Communist Party	42,274	16.88%
	Aleksandr Gamayunov	Independent	17,482	6.98%
	Ivan Zelent	Independent	12,869	5.14%
	Aleksandr Tolstoukhov	Spiritual Heritage	10,415	4.16%
	Yury Gurtovoy	Independent	9,380	3.75%
	Nikolay Kuryanovich	Liberal Democratic Party	8,130	3.25%
	Yury Zolotukhin	Yabloko	6,539	2.61%
	Anatoly Dubas	Independent	5,141	2.05%
	Sergey Smolich	Andrey Nikolayev and Svyatoslav Fyodorov Bloc	924	0.37%
	against all		21,073	8.42%
Total			250,402	100%
Source:				[8]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergey Ten	United Russia	72,660	42.34%
	Anton Romanov	Communist Party	31,494	18.35%
	Ivan Grachev	Party of Growth	20,033	11.67%
	Dmitry Yershov	Liberal Democratic Party	12,089	7.04%
	Leonid Karnaukhov	Communists of Russia	6,602	3.85%
	Georgy Komarov	A Just Russia	5,074	2.96%
	Vladimir Alekseyev	Yabloko	4,766	2.78%
	Mikhail Vasilyev	People's Freedom Party	3,543	2.06%
	Nikolay Chumak	Rodina	3,284	1.91%
	Yury Yelokhin	The Greens	1,888	1.10%
	Nikolay Ignatyev	Civic Platform	1,651	0.96%
	Vasily Pronichev	Patriots of Russia	1,442	0.84%
	Nikolay Kostyukov	Civilian Power	610	0.36%
Total			171,692	100%
Source:				[9]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergey Ten (incumbent)	United Russia	70,071	40.56%
	Viktor Kondrashov	Communist Party	37,873	21.92%
	Maksim Devochkin	Liberal Democratic Party	15,181	8.79%
	Sergey Kondratyev	Communists of Russia	10,977	6.35%
	Ivan Savushkin	New People	9,514	5.51%
	Grigory Krasovsky	Party of Pensioners	5,472	3.17%
	Dmitry Didenov	A Just Russia — For Truth	4,719	2.73%
	Yelena Stepanova	The Greens	3,228	1.87%
	Ilya Artemyev	Party of Growth	2,988	1.73%
	Grigory Vakulenko	Civic Platform	2,025	1.17%
	Anna Shlomina	Yabloko	1,956	1.13%
Total			172,741	100%
Source:				[10]

Notes

1. Tulun constituency No.84 in 1993-1995, Tulun constituency No.83 in 1995-2003