Tikhoretsk constituency

The Tikhoretsk constituency (No.51^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Krasnodar Krai. The constituency covers rural eastern Krasnodar Krai.

Tikhoretsk single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy	Alexey Ezubov United Russia
Federal subject	Krasnodar Krai
Districts	Beloglinsky, Vyselkovsky, Kavkazsky, Korenovsky, Novopokrovsky, Tbilissky, Tikhoretsky, Ust-Labinsky
Other territory	Estonia (Narva–3)
Voters	462,122 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2016 by United Russia deputy Alexey Ezubov, a four-term State Duma member and former Basic Element executive.

Boundaries

1993–2003: Beloglinsky District, Kavkazsky District, Korenovsky District, Kropotkin, Novopokrovsky District, Pavlovsky District, Tbilissky District, Tikhoretsk, Tikhoretsky District, Ust-Labinsky District, Vyselkovsky District^[2][3]
The constituency covered agriculture heavy eastern Krasnodar Krai, including the towns of Kropotkin and Tikhoretsk.

2003–2007: Beloglinsky District, Gulkevichsky District, Kavkazsky District, Kropotkin, Novopokrovsky District, Tbilissky District, Tikhoretsk, Tikhoretsky District, Ust-Labinsky District, Vyselkovsky District^[4]
After 2003 redistricting the constituency was slightly changed, losing Korenovsky District to Dinskaya constituency. The constituency gained Gulkevichsky District from Armavir constituency.

2016–2026: Beloglinsky District, Kavkazsky District, Korenovsky District, Novopokrovsky District, Tbilissky District, Tikhoretsky District, Ust-Labinsky District, Vyselkovsky District^[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election. This seat was drawn in its 1993–2003 configuration, losing Gulkevichsky District to Armavir constituency and gaining Korenovsky District from Dinskaya constituency.

Since 2026 Eastern constituency: Beloglinsky District, Gulkevichsky District, Kavkazsky District, Korenovsky District, Novopokrovsky District (Ilyinskaya, Kubansky, Novopokrovskaya, Novopokrovsky), Tbilissky District, Tikhoretsky District, Ust-Labinsky District, Vyselkovsky District^[6]
The constituency was slightly altered after the 2025 redistricting, losing northern half of Novopokrovsky District to Kanevskaya constituency. This seat regained Gulkevichsky District from Armavir constituency and was renamed "Eastern constituency".

Members elected

By-election are shown in italics.

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Nadezhda Verveyko	Independent
	1995	Aleksandr Tkachyov[b]	Independent
	1999		Communist Party
	2001	Nikolay Denisov	Independent
	2003	Aleksey Tkachyov	Independent
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Alexey Ezubov	United Russia
	2021

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nadezhda Verveyko	Independent	45,042	14.94%
	Nikolay Belobritsky	Agrarian Party	–	–
	Gennady Benov	Communist Party	–	–
	Aleksandr Fendrikov	Civic Union	–	–
	Yaroslav Matchak	Independent	–	–
	Vyacheslav Nekhay	Choice of Russia	–	–
	Vladimir Onopriyev	Independent	–	–
	Aleksandr Yermakov	Democratic Party	–	–
Total			301,399	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Tkachyov	Independent	82,028	23.24%
	Nikolay Kondratenko	Independent	73,901	20.94%
	Mikhail Kovalev	Communist Party	72,523	20.55%
	Konstantin Gorovoy	Liberal Democratic Party	42,914	12.16%
	Vladislav Spiridonov	Independent	24,239	6.87%
	Nadezhda Verveyko (incumbent)	Power to the People!	12,899	3.66%
	Vladimir Girich	Independent	8,203	2.32%
	Leonid Golubenko	Independent	5,707	1.62%
	Nikolay Kotov	Agrarian Party	5,253	1.49%
	Aleksandr Kofanov	Trade Unions and Industrialists – Union of Labour	2,295	0.65%
	against all		1,813	5.16%
Total			352,885	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Tkachyov (incumbent)	Communist Party	240,540	70.98%
	Zinaida Rakhno	Independent	20,329	6.00%
	Sergey Danilenko	Independent	18,073	5.33%
	Nikolay Turekov	Liberal Democratic Party	14,063	4.15%
	Natalia Motyzheva	Russian Socialist Party	8,954	2.64%
	Grigory Pogrebnoy	Our Home – Russia	4,962	1.46%
	against all		27,907	8.24%
Total			338,877	100%
Source:				[9]

2001

Summary of the 20 May 2001 by-election in the Tikhoretsk constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolay Denisov	Independent	87,480	58.83%
	Tatyana Pavlovskaya	Independent	15,019	10.10%
	Marina Meshcheryakova	Independent	14,348	9.65%
	Sergey Danilenko	Independent	11,211	7.54%
	Natalia Motyzheva	Independent	5,380	3.62%
	Gennady Deminenko	Independent	2,702	1.82%
	Aleksey Guzeyev	Independent	1,677	1.13%
	against all		9,027	6.07%
Total			148,701	100%
Source:				[10]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksey Tkachyov	Independent	188,105	67.32%
	Sergey Kryuchin	Liberal Democratic Party	22,677	8.12%
	Zinaida Rakhno	Yabloko	16,758	6.00%
	Gennady Deminenko	Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life	6,156	2.20%
	Anatoly Shalimov	United Russian Party Rus'	4,463	1.60%
	against all		36,696	13.13%
Total			279,545	100%
Source:				[11]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alexey Ezubov	United Russia	197,102	67.69%
	Aleksandr Nagnibeda	Communist Party	28,336	9.38%
	Nikolay Sytnik	Liberal Democratic Party	22,848	7.85%
	Vladimir Karpekin	A Just Russia	15,510	5.33%
	Denis Vashchenko	Party of Growth	8,955	3.08%
	Ilya Khalin	Communists of Russia	7,409	2.54%
	Lyudmila Lindblad	Rodina	6,873	2.36%
Total			291,168	100%
Source:				[12]

2021

Summary of the 17–19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Tikhoretsk constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alexey Ezubov (incumbent)	United Russia	278,780	72.76%
	Artyom Belobritsky	Communist Party	41,153	10.74%
	Nikolay Sytnik	A Just Russia — For Truth	15,855	4.14%
	Gennady Dergachev	Liberal Democratic Party	15,229	3.97%
	Sergey Kusmakov	New People	12,621	3.29%
	Svetlana Konovalova	Yabloko	5,734	1.50%
	Valery Chayevsky	Party of Pensioners	4,662	1.22%
	Roman Shpakov	Party of Growth	3,768	0.98%
	Maksim Yasnetsky	Civic Platform	2,131	0.56%
Total			383,154	100%
Source:				[13]

Notes

1. No.44 in 1993–1995, No.43 in 1995–2003, No.45 in 2003–2007
2. elected as Governor of Krasnodar Krai in December 2000