Syktyvkar constituency

The Syktyvkar Constituency (No.18^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in the Komi Republic. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Komi. However, in 1993–1995 Komi had two constituencies but lost one of them due to population decline.

Syktyvkar single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Deputy	Oleg Mikhailov Communist Party
Federal subject	Komi Republic
Districts	Inta, Izhemsky, Knyazhpogostsky, Kortkerossky, Koygorodsky, Pechora, Priluzsky, Sosnogorsk, Syktyvdinsky, Syktyvkar, Sysolsky, Troitsko-Pechorsky, Udorsky, Ukhta, Usinsk, Ust-Kulomsky, Ust-Tsilemsky, Ust-Vymsky, Vorkuta, Vuktyl
Voters	642,561 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by Communist deputy Oleg Mikhailov, an ecologist and party activist, who narrowly defeated State Duma rules committee chairwoman Olga Savastyanova to succeed one-term United Russia incumbent Ivan Medvedev.

Boundaries

1993–1995:
Pechora constituency: Inta, Izhemsky District, Pechora, Sosnogorsk, Troitsko-Pechorsky District, Usinsk, Ust-Tsilemsky, Vorkuta, Vuktyl^[2]
The constituency covered eastern and northern Komi Republic, including the towns of Inta, Pechora, Sosnogorsk, Usinsk, Vorkuta and Vuktyl.

Syktyvkar constituency: Knyazhpogostsky District, Kortkerossky District, Koygorodsky District, Priluzsky District, Syktyvdinsky District, Syktyvkar, Sysolsky District, Udorsky District, Ukhta, Ust-Kulomsky District, Ust-Vymsky District^[2]
The constituency covered western and southern Komi Republic, including the republican capital of Syktyvkar and the town of Ukhta.

1995–2007, 2016–present: Inta, Izhemsky District, Knyazhpogostsky District, Kortkerossky District, Koygorodsky District, Pechora, Priluzsky District, Sosnogorsk, Syktyvdinsky District, Syktyvkar, Sysolsky District, Troitsko-Pechorsky District, Udorsky District, Ukhta, Usinsk, Ust-Kulomsky District, Ust-Tsilemsky District, Ust-Vymsky District, Vorkuta, Vuktyl^[3][4][5][6]
The constituency has been covering the entirety of the Komi Republic since 1995 redistricting, as Komi lost a second constituency due to population loss.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Valery Maksimov[b]	Independent
		Nikolay Gen[c]	Independent
	1995	Rita Chistokhodova	Independent
	1999	Valery Markov	Independent
	2003	Yury Spiridonov	Independent
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Ivan Medvedev	United Russia
	2021	Oleg Mikhailov	Communist Party

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valery Maksimov	Independent	54,701	32.01%
	Valery Nesterov	Independent	–	31.22%
	Oleg Vostrukhov	Russian Democratic Reform Movement	–	–
Total			170,865	100%
Source:				[7]

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolay Gen	Independent	45,124	21.22%
	Yekaterina Popova	Women of Russia	–	20.79%
	Vera Kuznetsova	Choice of Russia	–	–
	Aleksandr Odintsov	Dignity and Charity	–	–
	Anatoly Pistsov	Civic Union	–	–
	Vladimir Trifonov	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	–	–
	Valery Zlobin	Liberal Democratic Party	–	–
Total			212,653	100%
Source:				[8]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rita Chistokhodova	Independent	109,408	24.57%
	Gennady Rassokhin	Our Home – Russia	97,487	21.89%
	Mikhail Gluzman	Forward, Russia!	53,846	12.09%
	Vera Skorobogatova	Ivan Rybkin Bloc	40,718	9.14%
	Sergey Borisov	Independent	38,595	8.67%
	Yevgeny Babusenko	Independent	37,102	8.33%
	Andrey Titarenko	Beer Lovers Party	8,411	1.89%
	Vitaly Mikulinsky	Party of Economic Freedom	4,151	0.93%
	against all		47,511	10.67%
Total			445,307	100%
Source:				[9]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valery Markov	Independent	116,243	25.38%
	Ivan Mokhnachuk	Independent	57,953	12.66%
	Valentina Kotelnikova	Women of Russia	55,859	12.20%
	Nikolay Moiseyev	Yabloko	54,191	11.83%
	Aleksandr Amonariyev	Communist Party	51,494	11.24%
	Vladimir Lushnikov	Independent	28,920	6.32%
	Mikhail Zhilin	Independent	15,393	3.36%
	Valery Prokhorov	Independent	9,544	2.08%
	against all		59,866	13.07%
Total			457,929	100%
Source:				[10]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yury Spiridonov	Independent	108,832	26.86%
	Vikenty Kozlov	Independent	108,421	26.76%
	Leonid Musinov	Communist Party	30,419	7.51%
	Aleksandra Bushuyeva	Union of Right Forces	28,112	6.94%
	Mikhail Avdeyev	Independent	27,262	6.73%
	Yevgeny Neznanov	Liberal Democratic Party	11,570	2.86%
	Pavel Sobotyuk	Creation	4,244	1.05%
	against all		77,756	19.19%
Total			405,527	100%
Source:				[11]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ivan Medvedev	United Russia	103,296	36.91%
	Tatyana Saladina	A Just Russia	49,496	17.69%
	Ivan Filipchenko	Liberal Democratic Party	43,914	15.69%
	Oleg Mikhailov	Communist Party	36,463	13.03%
	Leonid Litvak	Communists of Russia	26,820	9.58%
Total			279,834	100%
Source:				[12]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Oleg Mikhailov	Communist Party	81,407	32.36%
	Olga Savastyanova	United Russia	67,531	26.84%
	Tatyana Saladina	A Just Russia — For Truth	23,257	9.24%
	Andrey Nikitin	Liberal Democratic Party	21,186	8.42%
	Viktor Filipchuk	New People	19,060	7.58%
	Ivan Ruban	Communists of Russia	16,926	6.73%
	Viktor Betekhtin	Green Alternative	9,105	3.62%
Total			251,579	100%
Source:				[13]

Notes

1. No.17 in 1995-2003
2. Pechora constituency
3. Syktyvkar constituency

Sources

• 18. Сыктывкарский одномандатный избирательный округ