Yakutsk constituency

The Yakutsk constituency (No.24^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Yakutia. Yakutsk constituency is the largest single-mandate territorial constituency in the world (roughly the size of India).

Yakutsk single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Deputy	Petr Ammosov Communist Party
Federal subject	Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Districts	Abyysky, Aldansky, Allaikhovsky, Amginsky, Anabarsky, Bulunsky, Churapchinsky, Eveno-Bytantaysky, Gorny, Khangalassky, Kobyaysky, Lensky, Megino-Kangalassky, Mirninsky, Momsky, Namsky, Neryungrinsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Nyurbinsky, Olenyoksky, Olyokminsky, Oymyakonsky, Srednekolymsky, Suntarsky, Tattinsky, Tomponsky, Ust-Aldansky, Ust-Maysky, Ust-Yansky, Verkhnekolymsky, Verkhnevilyuysky, Verkhoyansky, Vilyuysky, Yakutsk, Zhatay, Zhigansky
Voters	644,805 (2021)[1]

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by Communist deputy Petr Ammosov, a party activist, who narrowly defeated three-term A Just Russia – For Truth incumbent Fedot Tumusov (Tumusov was simultaneously elected by party list representation).

Boundaries

1993–2007, 2016–present: Abyysky District, Aldansky District, Allaikhovsky District, Amginsky District, Anabarsky District, Bulunsky District, Churapchinsky District, Eveno-Bytantaysky National District, Gorny District, Khangalassky District, Kobyaysky District, Lensky District, Megino-Kangalassky District, Mirninsky District, Momsky District, Namsky District, Neryungrinsky District, Nizhnekolymsky District, Nyurbinsky District, Olenyoksky District, Olyokminsky District, Oymyakonsky District, Srednekolymsky District, Suntarsky District, Tattinsky District, Tomponsky District, Ust-Aldansky District, Ust-Maysky District, Ust-Yansky District, Verkhnekolymsky District, Verkhnevilyuysky District, Verkhoyansky District, Vilyuysky District, Yakutsk, Zhatay, Zhigansky District^{[2][3][4][5][6]}
The constituency has been covering the entirety of the Sakha Republic since its initial creation in 1993.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Yegor Zhirkov	Independent
	1995	Zoya Kornilova	Power to the People!
	1999	Vitaly Basygysov	Independent
	2003
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Fedot Tumusov	A Just Russia
	2021	Petr Ammosov	Communist Party

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yegor Zhirkov	Independent	149,443	36.50%
	Yury Pozdnyakov	Independent	–	12.35%
	Vladimir Danilov	Independent	–	–
	Viktor Dyuldin	Democratic Party	–	–
	Leonid Torgovkin	Independent	–	–
	Sergey Yurkov	Civic Union	–	–
Total			409,461	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Zoya Kornilova	Power to the People!	110,567	28.38%
	Yegor Zhirkov (incumbent)	Independent	110,245	28.30%
	Valery Guminsky	Independent	37,128	9.53%
	Vyacheslav Filatov	Independent	33,452	8.59%
	Galina Vasilyeva	Women of Russia	24,579	6.31%
	Dmitry Tikhonov	Independent	11,564	2.97%
	Vasily Vinokurov	Independent	7,728	1.98%
	Pyotr Sarychev	Forward, Russia!	7,454	1.91%
	against all		39,409	10.12%
Total			389,552	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vitaly Basygysov	Independent	95,869	26.00%
	Zoya Kornilova (incumbent)	Russian All-People's Union	87,393	23.70%
	Artur Alekseyev	Independent	85,655	23.23%
	Sergey Shkurenko	Independent	31,629	8.58%
	Aleksandr Kim-Kimen	Independent	27,430	7.44%
	Ulyana Vinokurova	Independent	5,964	1.62%
	Ivan Cherov	Independent	4,588	1.24%
	Andrey Krivoshapkin-Ayynga	Independent	2,859	0.78%
	against all		22,716	6.16%
Total			368,770	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vitaly Basygysov (incumbent)	Independent	196,646	47.69%
	Fedot Tumusov	Rodina	56,202	13.63%
	Semyon Nazarov	Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life	45,154	10.95%
	Igor Treskov	Union of Right Forces	35,374	8.58%
	Aleksandr Gavrilyev	Communist Party	18,060	4.38%
	Ivan Shamayev	Great Russia–Eurasian Union	9,339	2.26%
	Viktor Shemchuk	United Russian Party Rus'	3,661	0.89%
	against all		41,686	10.11%
Total			412,340	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Fedot Tumusov	A Just Russia	112,019	37.52%
	Oleg Tarasov	Rodina	61,048	20.45%
	Petr Ammosov	Communist Party	46,177	15.47%
	Gavril Parakhin	Liberal Democratic Party	20,303	6.80%
	Aisen Tikhonov	Party of Growth	13,366	4.48%
	Aleksandr Lazarev	Communists of Russia	11,719	3.92%
	Aital Yefremov	The Greens	11,097	3.72%
	Andrey Zayakin	Yabloko	8,800	2.95%
Total			298,589	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Petr Ammosov	Communist Party	69,215	21.61%
	Pyotr Cherkashin	United Russia	64,275	20.07%
	Fedot Tumusov (incumbent)	A Just Russia — For Truth	62,597	19.55%
	Vasily Nikolayev	New People	49,703	15.52%
	Yegor Zhirkov	The Greens	20,067	6.27%
	Anatoly Nogovitsyn	Yabloko	18,322	5.72%
	Gavril Parakhin	Liberal Democratic Party	12,446	3.89%
	Anatoly Kyrdzhagasov	Civic Platform	8,611	2.69%
	Aleksey Laptev	Rodina	5,259	1.64%
Total			320,227	100%
Source:				[12]

Notes

1. No.21 in 1993-1995 and 2003-2007, No.20 in 1995-2003