Balakovo constituency

Balakovo single-member constituency
Constituency of the
Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries since 2016
Deputy
Federal subjectSaratov Oblast
DistrictsSaratov (Volzhsky), ZATO Mikhaylovsky, ZATO Shikhany, Balakosvky, Dergachyovsky, Dukhovnitsky, Ivanteyevsky, Khvalynsky, Krasnopartizansky, Ozinsky, Perelyubsky, Pugachyovsky, Saratovsky (Volnosvkoye, Ust-Kurdyumskoye), Volsky, Voskresensky, Yershovsky
Voters471,087 (2021)[1]

The Balakovo constituency (No.164[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Saratov Oblast. The constituency stretches from eastern Saratov and its suburbs to largely rural eastern Saratov Oblast, including the cities Balakovo, Pugachyov and Volsk.

The constituency has been represented since 2016 by United Russia deputy Nikolay Pankov, four-term State Duma member and former legislative aide to Vyacheslav Volodin.

Boundaries

1993–1995: Alexandrovo-Gaysky District, Balakovsky District, Dergachyovsky District, Dukhovnitsky District, Ivanteyevsky District, Khvalynsky District, Krasnopartizansky District, Novouzensky District, Ozinsky District, Perelyubsky District, Pitersky District, Pugachyovsky District, Shikhany, Volsky District, Voskresensky District, Yershovsky District[2][3][4]
The constituency covered the entirety of western Saratov Oblast, including industrial city of Balakovo, where Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant and Saratov Hydroelectric Station are situated, as well as agroindustrial towns Khvalynsk, Pugachyov and Volsk.

2016–present: Balakovsky District, Dergachyovsky District, Dukhovnitsky District, Gagarinsky District[b] (Bokovka, Dolgy Buyerak, Kozlovka, Mergichyovka, Novoguselsky, Pristannoye, Raslovka, Saburovka, Shevyryovka, Tarkhany, Ust-Kurdyum, Volnovka, Vyazovka), Ivanteyevsky District, Khvalynsky District, Krasnopartizansky District, Mikhaylovsky, Ozinsky District, Perelyubsky District, Pugachyovsky District, Saratov (Volzhsky), Shikhany, Volsky District, Voskresensky District, Yershovsky District[5][6]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and retained most of its territory, losing south-eastern corner of Saratov Oblast to Engels constituency. This seat instead was pushed to gained eastern Saratov and its suburbs from the former Engels constituency.

Members elected

Election Member Party
1993 Aleksandr Sergeyenkov Independent
1995 Aleksandr Maksakov[c] Communist Party
1998 Nikolay Sukhoy Independent
1999 Fatherland – All Russia
2003 Vyacheslav Volodin United Russia
2007 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
2016 Nikolay Pankov United Russia
2021

Election results

1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Balakovo constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandr Sergeyenkov Independent 56,285 18.09%
Aleksey Ulyankin Independent 56,129 18.04%
Aleksandr Bogdanov Independent 50,583 16.25%
Yelena Sergun Yavlinsky–Boldyrev–Lukin 39,594 12.72%
Vladimir Uglev Independent 25,523 8.20%
against all 56,150 18.04%
Total 311,219 100%
Source: [7][8]

1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Balakovo constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandr Maksakov Communist Party 97,030 25.79%
Dmitry Matveyev Liberal Democratic Party 80,869 21.49%
Viktor Anpilov Communists and Working Russia - for the Soviet Union 38,864 10.33%
Aleksandr Tsaryov Agrarian Party 32,182 8.55%
Igor Nikiforov Our Home – Russia 19,178 5.10%
Igor Yevtushevsky Forward, Russia! 18,311 4.87%
Aleksandr Sergyeenkov (incumbent) Independent 16,707 4.44%
Vladimir Solovyov Independent 12,658 3.36%
Pyotr Novikov Independent 10,934 2.91%
Aleksandr Kiselyov Social Democrats 10,282 2.73%
Yury Sulantyev Independent 5,701 1.52%
against all 28,746 7.64%
Total 376,232 100%
Source: [9]

1998

Summary of the 29 March 1998 Russian by-election in the Balakovo single-member constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Nikolay Sukhoy Independent 171,696 70.48%
Sergey Fedyushin Independent 19,201 7.88%
Vladimir Kuzmin Independent 10,133 4.15%
Viktor Zachetnov Independent 10,077 4.13%
against all 24,505 10.05%
Total 243,610 100%
Source: [10][11]

1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Balakovo constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Nikolay Sukhoy (incumbent) Fatherland – All Russia 144,352 38.99%
Gennady Gamayunov Communist Party 78,061 21.09%
Anatoly Kalashnikov Stalin Bloc – For the USSR 31,141 8.41%
Galina Startseva Yabloko 24,663 6.66%
Sergey Semyonov Independent 22,347 6.04%
Lyudmila Paderina Communists and Workers of Russia - for the Soviet Union 16,068 4.34%
against all 47,586 12.85%
Total 370,193 100%
Source: [12]

2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Balakovo constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Vyacheslav Volodin United Russia 283,613 81.75%
Olga Alimova Communist Party 32,692 9.42%
Aleksandr Tagunov Liberal Democratic Party 4,228 1.22%
Vladimir Smirnov Union of Right Forces 4,013 1.16%
Ivan Bolshakov Yabloko 2,575 0.74%
Yury Graf Independent 1,015 0.29%
Natalya Karaman Development of Enterprise 862 0.25%
Vyacheslav Smirnov United Russian Party Rus' 683 0.20%
Yevgeny Chirkov Independent 483 0.14%
against all 13,401 3.86%
Total 347,112 100%
Source: [13]

2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Balakovo constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Nikolay Pankov United Russia 187,489 65.79%
Sergey Ashikhmin Liberal Democratic Party 24,488 8.59%
Olga Lubkova Communist Party 22,446 7.88%
Mikhail Dementyev A Just Russia 11,870 4.17%
Aleksandr German Communists of Russia 9,318 3.27%
Vladimir Deryabin Party of Growth 6,020 2.11%
Aleksandr Yermishin Yabloko 4,292 1.51%
Roman Maltsev People's Freedom Party 3,755 1.32%
Natalia Frolova Civilian Power 3,018 1.06%
Gleb Terekhin Rodina 2,491 0.87%
Alisa Trishchanovich The Greens 2,052 0.72%
Maksim Smirnov Civic Platform 1,559 0.55%
Total 284,987 100%
Source: [14]

2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Balakovo constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Nikolay Pankov (incumbent) United Russia 182,223 63.07%
Vladimir Yesipov Communist Party 38,794 13.43%
Svetlana Berezina A Just Russia — For Truth 18,094 6.26%
Aleksandra Gryakova Communists of Russia 14,404 4.99%
Andrey Zobnin New People 10,115 3.50%
Natalya Karaman Yabloko 7,140 2.47%
Maksim Ramikh Liberal Democratic Party 6,772 2.34%
Aleksandr Urmanbayev Rodina 2,783 0.96%
Total 288,933 100%
Source: [15]

Notes

  1. ^ No.155 in 1993-1995, No.156 in 1995-2007
  2. ^ part of Saratov
  3. ^ died in November 1997

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