Slavyansk constituency

The Slavyansk constituency (No.48^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Krasnodar Krai. The constituency is based in western Krasnodar Krai, covering the Taman Peninsula, resort town Anapa and extending inland as far as Krymsk and Slavyansk-na-Kubani.

Slavyansk single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries since 2016
Deputy	Ivan Demchenko United Russia
Federal subject	Krasnodar Krai
Districts	Abinsky, Anapa, Krymsky, Slavyansky, Temryuksky
Other territory	Estonia (Narva-1)
Voters	517,680 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2016 by United Russia deputy Ivan Demchenko, four-term State Duma member and Abinsk Electric Steel Works owner.

Boundaries

1993–2003 Novorossiysk constituency: Anapa, Anapsky District, Gelendzhik, Novorossiysk, Slavyansk-na-Kubani, Slavyansky District, Temryuksky District^[2][3]
The constituency covered western Krasnodar Krai, including the Taman Peninsula, major Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, sea resorts Anapa and Gelendzhik as well as the industrial town of Slavyansk-na-Kubani.

2003–2007 Krymsk constituency: Abinsky District, Anapa, Krymsk, Krymsky District, Slavyansk-na-Kubani, Slavyansky District, Temryuksky District^[4]
After 2003 redistricting the constituency was significantly changed, retaining only its western portion and losing Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik to Tuapse constituency. The constituency gained Krymsk, Krymsky District and Abinsky District from the former Prikubansky constituency as well as the name "Krymsk constituency".

2016–2026: Abinsky District, Anapa, Krymsky District, Slavyansky District, Temryuksky District^[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election under the name "Slavyansk constituency". The constituency retained all of its former territory from the 2003–2007 configuration.

Since 2026 Western constituency: Abinsky District, Anapa, Krymsky District, Slavyansky District, Temryuksky District^[6]
The constituency retained its territory but changed its name from Slavyansk to Western constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Nina Zatsepina	Independent
	1995		Power to the People
	1999	Sergey Shishkarev	Independent
	2003	Ivan Kharchenko	Rodina
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Ivan Demchenko	United Russia
	2021

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nina Zatsepina	Independent	43,668	17.20%
	Gennady Fedchenko	Independent	–	–
	Ivan Glumov	Independent	–	–
	Valentin Kisterev	Agrarian Party	–	–
	Germogen Korolyov	Independent	–	–
	Ivan Melnikov	Communist Party	–	–
Total			253,914	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nina Zatsepina (incumbent)	Power to the People!	60,605	19.56%
	Viktor Krokhmal	Independent	48,459	15.64%
	Vitaly Taranets	Independent	39,110	12.62%
	Vladimir Popov	Liberal Democratic Party	29,176	9.42%
	Zoya Lagutina	Stanislav Govorukhin Bloc	22,238	7.18%
	Mikhail Kovalyuk	Common Cause	15,273	4.93%
	Vladimir Alekseyenko	Yabloko	13,707	4.42%
	Ivan Garmash	Independent	12,800	4.13%
	Ivan Glumov	Our Home – Russia	11,393	3.68%
	Valentin Kuzmenko	Agrarian Party	10,587	3.42%
	Olga Zhukova	Kedr	7,270	2.35%
	Aleksandr Makarenko	Independent	4,374	1.41%
	Anatoly Tiron	Political Movement of Transport Workers	2,834	0.91%
	Eduard Manvilov	Independent	2,766	0.89%
	Vasily Petridis	My Fatherland	2,658	0.86%
	Mikhail Pavlov	Independent	1,471	0.47%
	against all		19,278	6.22%
Total			309,808	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergey Shishkarev	Independent	114,905	36.77%
	Georgy Titarenko	Independent	31,799	10.18%
	Vasily Teterin	Unity	31,368	10.04%
	Lidia Kichanova	Yabloko	27,370	8.76%
	Vasily Zakharov	Russian Socialist Party	15,188	4.86%
	Vladimir Savchenko	Liberal Democratic Party	11,320	3.62%
	Georgy Parublev	Independent	10,667	3.41%
	Viktor Shumilov	For Civil Dignity	2,547	0.82%
	against all		55,329	17.70%
Total			312,515	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ivan Kharchenko	Rodina	95,206	40.07%
	Anatoly Shaplov	Independent	32,329	13.61%
	Vladimir Merkachev	Communist Party	31,009	13.05%
	Margarita Zemtsova	Liberal Democratic Party	14,279	6.01%
	Andrey Rakulenko	Yabloko	10,884	4.58%
	Galina Denisenko	United Russian Party Rus'	10,686	4.50%
	Dmitry Amichba	Independent	2,377	1.00%
	against all		36,307	15.28%
Total			237,743	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ivan Demchenko	United Russia	147,970	63.60%
	Anna Bobreshova	Liberal Democratic Party	20,141	8.66%
	Dmitry Kolomiyets	Communist Party	19,188	8.25%
	Vitaly Prytkov	A Just Russia	18,342	7.88%
	Sergey Ketov	Communists of Russia	6,654	2.86%
	Aleksey Yegorov	Yabloko	4,810	2.07%
	Nikolay Manyak	Rodina	2,772	1.19%
	Yury Izmaylov	Patriots of Russia	2,648	1.14%
	Oleg Lugin	Party of Growth	2,566	1.10%
	Mikhail Kachula	The Greens	3,543	0.75%
Total			232,663	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ivan Demchenko (incumbent)	United Russia	276,279	72.29%
	Dmitry Kolomiyets	Communist Party	45,255	11.84%
	Irina Antishko	A Just Russia — For Truth	12,906	3.38%
	Nikolay Bukin	Party of Pensioners	10,950	2.87%
	Nikita Izyumov	New People	8,948	2.34%
	Valeria Yeryutina	Liberal Democratic Party	8,524	2.23%
	Ruslan Ababko	Civic Platform	4,440	1.16%
	Vasily Baykovsky	The Greens	3,571	0.93%
	Aleksandr Kuzmenko	Yabloko	2,964	0.78%
	Valery Yatsenko	Party of Growth	2,756	0.72%
Total			382,196	100%
Source:				[12]

Notes

1. Novorossiysk constituency No.42 in 1993-1995, Novorossiysk constituency No.41 in 1995-2003, Krymsk constituency No.44 in 2003-2007