Tuapse constituency

The Tuapse constituency (No.49^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Krasnodar Krai. The constituency covers most of Krasnodar Krai Black Sea coast, stretching from Novorossiysk to Tuapse, including resorts Gelendzhik and Goryachy Klyuch.

Tuapse single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy	Sergey Altukhov United Russia
Federal subject	Krasnodar Krai
Districts	Gelendzhik, Goryachy Klyuch, Novorossiysk, Seversky, Tuapsinsky
Voters	556,863 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Sergey Altukhov, former Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai and IT executive, who won the open seat, succeeding one-term United Russia incumbent Vladimir Sinyagovsky.

Boundaries

1993–2003: Apsheronsky District, Belorechensk, Belorechensky District, Goryachy Klyuch, Sochi, Tuapse, Tuapsinsky District^[2][3]
The constituency covered southern Krasnodar Krai, including Black Sea resorts of Sochi and Tuapse as well as inland territories near the border with Adygea.

2003–2007: Gelendzhik, Novorossiysk, Seversky District, Tuapse, Tuapsinsky District^[4]
After 2003 redistricting the constituency was significantly changed, retaining only Tuapse and Tuapsinsky District, while losing the rest of its former territory to new Apsheronsk constituency. The constituency was pushed northwards, gaining Gelendzhik sea resort and major port of Novorossiysk from the former Novorossiysk constituency, Seversky District from Prikubansky constituency.

2016–2026: Gelendzhik, Goryachy Klyuch, Novorossiysk, Seversky District, Tuapsinsky District^[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election. This seat retained all of its former territory and gained Goryachy Klyuch from former Apsheronsk constituency.

Since 2026 Chernomorsky constituency: Apsheronsky District (Kabardinskaya, Khadyzhensk, Kubanskaya, Kurinskaya, Tverskaya), Gelendzhik, Novorossiysk, Tuapsinsky District^[6]
The constituency was significantly altered after the 2025 redistricting, losing Goryachy Klyuch and Seversky District to new South-Western constituency. This seat gained eastern Apsheronsky District from Sochi constituency and was renamed "Chernomorsky constituency".

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Vadim Boyko	Independent
	1995	Vitaly Sevastyanov	Communist Party
	1999
	2003	Sergey Shishkarev	Rodina
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Vladimir Sinyagovsky	United Russia
	2021	Sergey Altukhov	United Russia

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vadim Boyko	Independent	72,115	26.19%
	Oskian Galustyan	Independent	–	–
	Ashot Idzhyan	Independent	–	–
	Vitaly Sevastyanov	Communist Party	–	–
	Valery Sudakov	Choice of Russia	–	–
	Aleksandr Udalov	Independent	–	–
	Konstantin Zatulin	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	–	–
Total			275,320	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vitaly Sevastyanov	Communist Party	90,609	27.61%
	Konstantin Zatulin	Congress of Russian Communities	64,578	19.67%
	Vadim Boyko (incumbent)	Forward, Russia!	54,086	16.48%
	Leonid Teleleyko	Yabloko	20,728	6.32%
	Sergey Kovalev	Liberal Democratic Party	17,049	5.19%
	Aleksandr Shcherbakov	Trade Unions and Industrialists – Union of Labour	10,234	3.12%
	Yevgeny Shulik	Agrarian Party	7,213	2.20%
	Andrey Kaspinsky	Independent	7,151	2.18%
	Dmitry Yakushev	Independent	6,127	1.87%
	Vladimir Gritsan	Independent	5,168	1.57%
	Vladimir Serebrennikov	Independent	4,665	1.42%
	Eduard Sharifov	Russian All-People's Movement	4,202	1.28%
	Sergey Shelest	Christian-Democratic Union - Christians of Russia	3,540	1.08%
	Aleksandr Vorobyev	Ivan Rybkin Bloc	3,507	1.07%
	against all		24,020	7.32%
Total			328,224	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vitaly Sevastyanov (incumbent)	Communist Party	93,036	30.43%
	Viktor Krokhmal	Independent	69,098	22.60%
	Konstantin Zatulin	Fatherland – All Russia	37,198	12.17%
	Konstantin Zakharchenko	Peace, Labour, May	20,361	6.66%
	Leonid Teleleyko	Independent	16,008	5.24%
	Aleksandr Kravtsov	Russian Socialist Party	15,344	5.02%
	Larisa Kanashkina	Independent	6,776	2.22%
	Gennady Pristav	Independent	4,678	1.53%
	Darya Mitina	Independent	4,423	1.45%
	Igor Usachev	Independent	2,395	0.78%
	against all		30,338	9.92%
Total			305,719	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergey Shishkarev (incumbent)[b]	Rodina	41,419	18.98%
	Sergey Yaryshev	Independent	30,132	13.82%
	Ilya Kochyan	United Russia	23,668	10.85%
	Nina Zatsepina	Independent	20,054	9.19%
	Konstantin Shirshov	Communist Party	17,421	7.98%
	Mikhail Kovalyuk	Independent	17,048	7.81%
	Anatoly Vysochin	Independent	10,735	4.92%
	Aleksandr Belichenko	Liberal Democratic Party	7,173	3.29%
	Sergey Panchenko	Yabloko	5,751	2.64%
	Pavel Beloglazov	Independent	4,416	2.02%
	Vladimir Savchenko	Independent	2,687	1.23%
	Semyon Kuznetsov	Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life	2,087	0.96%
	Lyudmila Sergeyeva	Independent	1,896	0.87%
	Dmitry Gerasimov	United Russian Party Rus'	752	0.34%
	against all		28,696	13.15%
Total			218,419	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vladimir Sinyagovsky	United Russia	237,852	70.52%
	Aleksey Trenin	Communist Party	28,206	8.36%
	Valery Khot	Liberal Democratic Party	21,794	6.46%
	Mikhail Yerokhin	A Just Russia	15,891	4.71%
	Olga Zaruba	Communists of Russia	14,006	4.15%
	Vladimir Shturkin	Rodina	7,224	2.14%
	Yevgeny Vitishko	Yabloko	7,195	2.13%
Total			337,287	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergey Altukhov	United Russia	243,149	64.30%
	Vitaly Pronkin	Communist Party	42,708	11.29%
	Sergey Sazonov	A Just Russia — For Truth	19,876	5.26%
	Yevgeny Kapustin	New People	15,054	3.98%
	Viktor Ivanov	Liberal Democratic Party	11,799	3.12%
	Sergey Koltunov	Party of Pensioners	8,786	2.32%
	Pavel Naumenko	Party of Growth	8,589	2.27%
	Tatyana Sibiryakova	Russian Party of Freedom and Justice	6,356	1.68%
	Yulia Kovaleva	The Greens	5,548	1.47%
	Sergey Plekhanov	Rodina	3,620	0.96%
	Eduard Kunayev	Yabloko	3,070	0.81%
	Albert Yenikeyev	Civic Platform	2,835	0.75%
Total			378,154	100%
Source:				[12]

Notes

1. No.45 in 1993-1995, No.44 in 1995-2003, No.46 in 2003-2007
2. redistricted from Novorossiysk constituency