Tuva constituency

The Tuva constituency (No.32^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Tuva. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Tuva.

Tuva single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Deputy	Aidyn Saryglar United Russia
Federal subject	Tyva Republic
Districts	Ak-Dovurak, Bay-Tayginsky, Barun-Khemchiksky, Chaa-Kholsky, Chedi-Kholsky, Dzun-Khemchiksky, Erzinsky, Kaa-Khemsky, Kyzyl, Kyzylsky, Mongun-Tayginsky, Ovyursky, Piy-Khemsky, Sut-Kholsky, Tandinsky, Tere-Kholsky, Tes-Khemsky, Todzhinsky, Ulug-Khemsky
Voters	197,099 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Aidyn Saryglar, former Deputy Minister of Health of Tuva and orthopedician, who won the open seat after defeating one-term United Russia incumbent Mergen Oorzhak in the primary.

Boundaries

1993–2007, 2016–present: Ak-Dovurak, Bay-Tayginsky District, Barun-Khemchiksky District, Chaa-Kholsky District, Chedi-Kholsky District, Dzun-Khemchiksky District, Erzinsky District, Kaa-Khemsky District, Kyzyl, Kyzylsky District, Mongun-Tayginsky District, Ovyursky District, Piy-Khemsky District, Sut-Kholsky District, Tandinsky District, Tere-Kholsky District, Tes-Khemsky District, Todzhinsky District, Ulug-Khemsky District^{[2][3][4][5][6]}
The constituency has been covering the entirety of Tuva since its initial creation in 1993.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Kara-Kys Arakchaa	Independent
	1995	Galina Salchak	Our Home – Russia
	1999	Nikolay Loktionov[b]	Unity
	2001	Chylgychy Ondar	Independent
	2003
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Mergen Oorzhak	United Russia
	2021	Aidyn Saryglar	United Russia

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kara-Kys Arakchaa	Independent	30,554	28.37%
	Anatoly Damba-Khuurak	Independent	–	22.59%
	Vladimir Bagay-ool	Independent	–	–
	Yury Komarov	Civic Union	–	–
Total			107,716	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Galina Salchak	Our Home – Russia	44,853	40.95%
	Kara-Kys Arakchaa (incumbent)	Ivan Rybkin Bloc	25,350	23.14%
	Aleksandr Kashin	Liberal Democratic Party	7,225	6.60%
	Anatoly Seren	Communist Party	6,530	5.96%
	Tatyana Nikolayeva	Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats	5,074	4.63%
	Vladimir Serikov	Independent	3,683	3.36%
	Sonchukchu Mongush	Agrarian Party	2,673	2.44%
	Altai Piche-ool	Independent	2,386	2.18%
	Amur Khoyugban	Independent	1,530	1.40%
	Vyacheslav Salchak	Pamfilova–Gurov–Lysenko	1,445	1.32%
	against all		3,541	3.23%
Total			109,530	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolay Loktionov	Unity	55,823	50.06%
	Galina Salchak (incumbent)	Fatherland – All Russia	43,280	38.81%
	Ostap Damba-Khuurak	Liberal Democratic Party	2,724	2.44%
	Sergey Konviz	Independent	1,976	1.77%
	Natalia Tovuu	Independent	1,036	0.93%
	against all		3,673	3.29%
Total			111,515	100%
Source:				[9]

2001

Summary of the 14 October 2001 by-election in the Tuva constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chylgychy Ondar	Independent	27,206	39.46%
	Sergey Mongush	Independent	25,071	36.36%
	Viktor Norbu	Independent	8,954	12.99%
	Aleksandr Kashin	Independent	2,501	3.63%
	Vladimir Tavberidze	Independent	773	1.12%
	against all		2,275	3.30%
Total			68,945	100%
Source:				[10]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chylgychy Ondar (incumbent)	Independent	53,899	61.24%
	Ivan Chuchev	Communist Party	22,550	25.62%
	Vyacheslav Ushkalov	Social Democratic Party	3,125	3.55%
	Eker-ool Manchyn	Great Russia–Eurasian Union	2,255	2.56%
	Ostap Damba-Khuurak	Liberal Democratic Party	1,149	1.31%
	against all		3,351	3.81%
Total			88,163	100%
Source:				[11]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mergen Oorzhak	United Russia	108,896	77.39%
	Mergen Anai-Ool	Communist Party	8,949	6.36%
	Igor Frent	Liberal Democratic Party	5,721	4.07%
	Vladimir Seren-Khuurak	A Just Russia	4,587	3.26%
	Valery Salchak	Yabloko	4,189	2.98%
	Mongun-ool Mongush	People's Freedom Party	3,117	2.22%
	Aibek Maady	Communists of Russia	2,624	1.86%
Total			140,705	100%
Source:				[12]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aidyn Saryglar	United Russia	121,936	74.43%
	Renat Oorzhak	A Just Russia — For Truth	14,717	8.98%
	Roman Tamoyev	Communist Party	6,898	4.21%
	Ayas Chudaan-ool	Rodina	6,625	4.04%
	Eres Kara-Sal	Liberal Democratic Party	5,420	3.20%
	Mikhail Sanchai	Party of Pensioners	2,983	1.82%
	Ayan Soyan	The Greens	1,960	1.20%
Total			163,836	100%
Source:				[13]

Notes

1. No.28 in 1993-1995 and 2003-2007, No.27 in 1995-2003
2. appointed Auditor of the Accounts Chamber of Russia in April 2001