Volgodonsk constituency

The Volgodonsk constituency (No.155^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Rostov Oblast. The constituency covers much of eastern Rostov Oblast, including the city Volgodonsk.

Volgodonsk single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy	Viktor Deryabkin United Russia
Federal subject	Rostov Oblast
Districts	Dubovsky, Konstantinovsky, Martynovsky, Morozovsky, Orlovsky, Proletarsky, Remontnensky, Semikarakorsky, Tsimlyansky, Ust-Donetsky, Volgodonsk, Volgodonskoy, Zavetinsky, Zimovnikovsky
Other territory	Estonia (Tallinn-5), Israel (Tel Aviv-3)
Voters	427,067 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2016 by United Russia deputy Viktor Deryabkin, former Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast and Deputy Governor of Rostov Oblast.

Boundaries

1993–1995: Dubovsky District, Konstantinovsky District, Martynovsky District, Orlovsky District, Peschanokopsky District, Proletarsky District, Remontnensky, Salsk, Salsky District, Semikarakorsky District, Tselinsky District, Tsimlyansky District, Volgodonsk, Volgodonskoy District, Zavetinsky District, Zimovnikovsky District^[2]
The constituency covered predominantly rural eastern and central Rostov Oblast, including the cities Volgodonsk and Salsk.

1995–2007: Dubovsky District, Martynovsky District, Orlovsky District, Peschanokopsky District, Proletarsky District, Remontnensky, Salsk, Salsky District, Tselinsky District, Tsimlyansky District, Volgodonsk, Vesyolovsky District, Volgodonskoy District, Zavetinsky District, Zimovnikovsky District^[3][4]
After the 1995 redistricting Rostov Oblast gained the seventh constituency, so all other districts were redrawn. The constituency retained most of its territory, losing Konstantinovsky and Semikarakorsky districts in central Rostov Oblast to new Belaya Kalitva constituency. This seat gained Vesyolovsky District from the former Rostov-Sovetsky constituency.

2016–2026: Dubovsky District, Konstantinovsky District, Martynovsky District, Morozovsky District, Orlovsky District, Proletarsky District, Remontnensky District, Semikarakorsky District, Tsimlyansky District, Ust-Donetsky District, Volgodonsk, Volgodonskoy District, Zavetinsky District, Zimovnikovsky District^[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and retained most of its territory, losing its southern portion on the left bank of the Manych river, including Salsk, to Rostov constituency. This seat instead gained Konstantinovsky, Semikarakorsky and Ust-Donetsky districts from the former Belaya Kalitva constituency as well as Morozovsky District from the dissolved Kamensk-Shakhtinsky constituency.

Since 2026 Ust-Donetsky constituency: Dubovsky District, Konstantinovsky District, Martynovsky District, Morozovsky District, Oktyabrsky District (Artemovskoye, Kerchikskoye), Remontnensky District, Semikarakorsky District, Shakhty, Tsimlyansky District, Ust-Donetsky District, Volgodonsk, Volgodonskoy District, Zavetinsky District, Zimovnikovsky District^[6]
Following the 2025 redistricting Rostov Oblast lost one of its seven constituencies, so all the remaining seats saw major changes. The constituency took the name "Ust-Donetsky constituency" and retained almost all of its territory, losing Orlovsky and Proletarsky districts to Bataysk constituency. This seat was pushed westwards, gaining Shakhty and small part of Oktyabrsky District from the dissolved Shakhty constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Sergey Ponomaryov	Independent
	1995	Tatyana Shubina	Independent
	1999	Viktor Topilin	Independent
	2003	Valery Dyatlenko	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Viktor Deryabkin	United Russia
	2021

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergey Ponomaryov	Independent	100,734	30.77%
	Valentin Miroshnikov	Independent	–	18.01%
	Vyacheslav Khizhnyakov	Independent	–	–
	Nikolay Morkovskoy	Agrarian Party	–	–
	Sergey Sherstyuk	Independent	–	–
Total			327,429	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Tatyana Shubina	Independent	95,702	27.08%
	Sergey Ponomaryov (incumbent)	Agrarian Party	77,550	21.95%
	Aleksandr Popov	Independent	29,352	8.31%
	Nikolay Kozitsyn	Russian All-People's Movement	22,270	6.30%
	Olga Vereshchak	Party of Workers' Self-Government	20,083	5.68%
	Vladimir Samarsky	Education — Future of Russia	16,718	4.73%
	Gennady Motyanin	Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats	15,562	4.40%
	Gennady Klimov	Independent	15,385	4.35%
	Sergey Mishanin	Independent	14,653	4.15%
	Nikolay Rodzyanko	Ivan Rybkin Bloc	6,128	1.73%
	against all		34,580	9.79%
Total			353,355	100%
Source:				[7]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Viktor Topilin	Independent	102,355	32.17%
	Ivan Litvinov	Russian Socialist Party	60,190	18.92%
	Nikolay Sungurov	Communist Party	55,396	17.41%
	Grigory Zabolotsky	Union of Right Forces	27,580	8.67%
	Sergey Grinko	Independent	9,980	3.14%
	Nikolay Kozitsyn	Movement in Support of the Army	9,506	2.99%
	Nikolay Lysenko	Russian All-People's Union	3,403	1.07%
	against all		44,844	14.09%
Total			318,168	100%
Source:				[8]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valery Dyatlenko	United Russia	157,370	56.55%
	Viktor Topilin (incumbent)	People's Party	34,330	12.34%
	Vladimir Karpov	Liberal Democratic Party	15,559	5.59%
	Anna Gordeyeva	United Russian Party Rus'	13,966	5.02%
	Aleksandr Lebed	Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life	10,375	3.73%
	Georgy Zheluntsyn	Independent	2,852	1.02%
	against all		39,257	14.11%
Total			278,369	100%
Source:				[9]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Viktor Deryabkin	United Russia	91,832	44.69%
	Oleg Pakholkov	A Just Russia	42,302	20.59%
	Aleksandr Dedovich	Communist Party	27,586	13.42%
	Sergey Malykhin	Liberal Democratic Party	18,315	8.91%
	Aleksey Lyutov	Rodina	5,465	2.66%
	Roman Yatsenko	Communists of Russia	5,224	2.54%
	Yury Koshelnikov	The Greens	4,458	2.17%
	Vyacheslav Stepanenko	Civic Platform	2,504	1.22%
Total			205,492	100%
Source:				[10]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Viktor Deryabkin (incumbent)	United Russia	101,422	46.26%
	Aleksey Misan	Communist Party	44,774	20.42%
	Tatyana Belova	New People	21,645	9.87%
	Dmitry Yevseyev	A Just Russia — For Truth	18,617	8.49%
	Aleksey Plotnikov	Liberal Democratic Party	14,167	7.53%
	Marina Zinchenko	Party of Pensioners	13,027	5.94%
Total			219,258	100%
Source:				[11]

Notes

1. No.142 in 1993-1995, No.143 in 1995-2007