Sochi constituency

The Sochi constituency (No.50^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Krasnodar Krai. The constituency covers southern Krasnodar Krai, including the resort city of Sochi as well as towns of Apsheronsk and Belorechensk.

Sochi single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy	Konstantin Zatulin United Russia
Federal subject	Krasnodar Krai
Districts	Sochi, Apsheronsky, Belorechensky, Sirius
Other territory	Estonia (Narva–2)
Voters	532,784 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2016 by United Russia deputy Konstantin Zatulin, a five-term State Duma member and foreign policy expert.

Boundaries

2003–2007 Apsheronsk constituency: Apsheronsky District, Belorechensk, Goryachy Klyuch, Sochi^[2]
After 2003 redistricting Krasnodar Krai gained an eight State Duma constituency, which was carved out of Tuapse constituency. This seat covered the resort city of Sochi and stretched northwards to Belorechensk and Goryachy Klyuch.

2016–2026: Apsheronsky District, Belorechensky District, Sirius, Sochi^[3]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election under the name of "Sochi constituency". This seat retained almost all of its former territory, losing Goryachy Klyuch to Tuapse constituency.

Since 2026 Southern constituency: Apsheronsky District (Apsheronsk, Chernigovskoye, Mezmay, Neftegorsk, Nizhegorordskaya, Novye Polyany, Otdalyonny), Belorechensky District, Sirius, Sochi^[4]
The constituency was slightly altered after the 2025 redistricting, losing western Apsheronsky District to Tuapse constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	2003	Vitaly Sevastyanov	Communist Party
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Konstantin Zatulin	United Russia
	2021

Election results

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vitaly Sevastyanov (incumbent)[b]	Communist Party	41,959	18.71%
	Nikolay Khoroshilov	Independent	35,445	15.80%
	Vasily Teterin	United Russia	32,534	14.51%
	Aleksey Andreyev	Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life	22,845	10.19%
	Leonid Teleleyko	Yabloko	18,184	8.11%
	Yevgeny Bagishvili	Liberal Democratic Party	8,343	3.72%
	Sergey Kozaderov	Agrarian Party	5,542	2.47%
	Vitaly Polessky	Independent	3,679	1.64%
	Nikolay Petrov	United Russian Party Rus'	3,502	1.56%
	against all		41,314	18.42%
Total			224,492	100%
Source:				[5]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Konstantin Zatulin	United Russia	138,232	61.89%
	Igor Vasilyev	Communist Party	27,242	12.20%
	Tatyana Seredenko	Liberal Democratic Party	15,648	7.01%
	Sergey Badyuk	Rodina	8,875	3.97%
	Dmitry Novikov	The Greens	8,014	3.59%
	Igor Torosyan	A Just Russia	7,551	3.38%
	Svetlana Nezhelskaya	Patriots of Russia	4,495	2.01%
	Taras Yarosh	Party of Growth	4,137	1.85%
	Anton Khasanov	Communists of Russia	3,426	1.53%
Total			223,256	100%
Source:				[6]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Konstantin Zatulin (incumbent)	United Russia	209,512	61.75%
	Nikolay Borovkov	Communist Party	42,572	12.55%
	Murat Dudarev	New People	16,657	4.91%
	Aleksandra Bakina	Liberal Democratic Party	11,851	3.49%
	Vitaly Lukyanov	A Just Russia — For Truth	11,098	3.27%
	Sergey Minin	Communists of Russia	8,958	2.64%
	Yelena Fisenko	Yabloko	7,913	2.33%
	Daniil Zhakin	Party of Pensioners	7,105	2.09%
	Samvel Bagiryan	Rodina	6,870	2.02%
	Yevgeny Barinov	Civic Platform	5,668	1.67%
	Anna Slavgorodskaya	Party of Growth	5,207	1.53%
Total			339,309	100%
Source:				[7]

Notes

1. Apsheronsk constituency No.39 in 2003-2007
2. redistricted from Tuapse constituency