Central constituency (Saint Petersburg)

Central single-member constituency
Constituency of the
Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy
Sergey Solovyov
United Russia
Federal subjectSaint Petersburg
DistrictsAdmiralteysky, Petrogradsky, Tsentralny (Municipal Okrug 78, Dvortsovy, Liteyny, Vladimirsky), Vasileostrovsky
Other territoryGermany (Bonn-4)
Voters428,689 (2021)[1]

The Central constituency (No.216[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Saint Petersburg. The constituency covers the downtown of the city.

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Sergey Solovyov, former Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg, who won the open seat, succeeding two-term Communist incumbent Vladimir Bortko.

Boundaries

1993–1995: Oktyabrsky District,[b] Tsentralny District,[c] Vasileostrovsky District[2]
The constituency was based in central Saint Petersburg, covering most of the downtown.

1995–2003: Kalininsky District (part of Grazhdanka, part of Akademicheskoye, Finlyandsky, part of Piskaryovka), Petrogradsky District, Tsentralny District[3]
Following the 1995 redistricting, the constituency was significantly changed, losing its portion of Admiralteysky District and all of Vasileostrovsky District to new Admiralteysky constituency. This seat instead gained Petrogradsky District to its north from North-Western constituency and eastern part of Kalininsky District from Northern and North-Eastern constituencies.

2003–2007: Kalininsky District (Grazhdanka, Finlyandsky, Piskaryovka), Petrogradsky District, Tsentralny District[4]
After the 2003 redistricting the constituency was slightly altered, swapping its portion of Akademicheskoye Municipal Okrug for parts of Grazhdanka and Piskaryovka municipal okrugs in Kalininsky District with Northern constituency.

2016–2026: Admiralteysky District, Petrogradsky District, Tsentralny District (Municipal Okrug 78, Dvortsovy, Liteyny, Vladimirsky), Vasileostrovsky District[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and retained only Petrogradsky District and western Tsentralny District, losing its portion of Kalininsky District to Northern constituency as well as western Tsentralny District – to Eastern constituency. This seat instead gained Admiralteysky and Vasileostrovsky districts from the dissolved Admiralteysky constituency.

Since 2026: Admiralteysky District (Admiralteysky, Kolomna, Yekateringofsky), Kirovsky District, Vasileostrovsky District[6]
The constituency was significantly changed following the 2025 redistricting, losing Petrogradsky District and north-eastern part of Tsentralny District to Northern constituency, eastern half of Admiralteysky District – to Southern constituency, while the rest of Tsetralny District was moved into South-Eastern constituency. This seat instead all of Kirovsky District to its south from Western and Southern constituencies.

Members elected

Election Member Party
1993 Aleksandr Nevzorov Independent
1995 Pyotr Shelishch[d] Independent
1999
2003
2007 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
2016 Vladimir Bortko Communist Party
2021 Sergey Solovyov United Russia

Election results

1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Central constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandr Nevzorov Independent 65,619 27.01%
Yury Vdovin Independent ~62,000 25.60%
Yury Nesterov Yavlinsky—Boldyrev—Lukin ~19,000 –
Gennady Shuklin Russian Democratic Reform Movement ~17,000 –
Yury Shutov Independent ~13,500 –
Andrey Chernov Choice of Russia – –
Vyacheslav Marychev Liberal Democratic Party – –
against all ~51,000 –
Total 242,954 100%
Registered voters/turnout ~485,300 50.06%
Source: [7][8]

1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Central constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Pyotr Shelishch Independent 57,389 20.99%
Arkady Kramarev Pamfilova–Gurov–Lysenko 39,625 14.49%
Nikita Ananov Independent 30,759 11.25%
Aleksey Vorontsov Independent 21,545 7.88%
Yury Shutov Independent 20,764 7.59%
Yevgeny Kozlov Communists and Working Russia - for the Soviet Union 16,000 5.85%
Nikolay Arzhannikov Transformation of the Fatherland 14,134 5.17%
Mikhail Kiselyov (incumbent)[e] Independent 8,556 3.13%
Anatoly Yemets Congress of Russian Communities 8,155 2.98%
Valery Sokolov Independent 6,501 2.38%
Leonid Rogozin Independent 1,683 0.62%
Andrey Sabor Independent 1,605 0.59%
against all 39,992 14.63%
Total 273,443 100%
Source: [9]

1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Central constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Pyotr Shelishch (incumbent) Independent 40,420 18.30%
Anatoly Sobchak Independent 36,355 16.46%
Andrey Ananov Fatherland – All Russia 34,315 15.54%
Yelena Drapeko Communist Party 26,331 11.92%
Vyacheslav Shevchenko Independent 14,684 6.65%
Yury Shutov Independent 14,507 6.57%
Lyudmila Yermolayeva Liberal Democratic Party 8,915 4.04%
Faig Askerov Independent 3,199 1.45%
Mikhail Korobkov Social-Democrats 1,330 0.60%
against all 38,368 17.37%
Total 220,863 100%
Source: [10]

2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Central constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Pyotr Shelishch (incumbent) Independent 53,708 29.66%
Nikita Ananov Independent 25,035 13.82%
Yury Shutov Independent 14,024 7.74%
Ivan Sabilo Communist Party 12,061 6.66%
Valery Papshev Independent 10,893 6.01%
Andrey Sharonov Independent 9,999 5.52%
Aleksey Maksimov Independent 9,483 5.24%
Nikolay Nazha Development of Enterprise 6,894 3.81%
Sergey Tikhomirov Liberal Democratic Party 6,306 3.48%
against all 30,459 16.82%
Total 181,414 100%
Source: [11]

2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Central constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Vladimir Bortko Communist Party 34,167 23.88%
Maksim Reznik Party of Growth 24,062 16.82%
Boris Paykin Liberal Democratic Party 23,011 16.08%
Nikolay Rybakov Yabloko 18,974 13.26%
Sergey Popov A Just Russia 14,473 10.11%
Arkady Chaplygin People's Freedom Party 4,842 3.38%
Aleksandr Startsev The Greens 4,832 3.38%
Pavel Spivachevsky Rodina 4,701 3.29%
Galina Kirichenko Civic Platform 3,473 2.43%
Vitaly Glavatsky Communists of Russia 3,183 2.22%
Total 143,097 100%
Source: [12]

2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Central constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Sergey Solovyov United Russia 55,272 34.03%
Boris Vishnevsky Yabloko 37,438 23.05%
Mikhail Bogdanov A Just Russia — For Truth 11,450 7.05%
Gennady Denisov Communist Party 11,153 6.87%
Aleksey Kovalyov Party of Growth 11,087 6.83%
Darya Sadovskaya New People 8,909 5.49%
Yekaterina Lebedeva Liberal Democratic Party 5,761 3.55%
Gennady Detkov Party of Pensioners 4,834 2.98%
Boris Vishnevsky The Greens 3,352 2.06%
Gennady Makoyev Communists of Russia 2,713 1.67%
Andrey Ivanov Rodina 2,230 1.37%
Aleksey Terekhov Green Alternative 1,371 0.84%
Sergey Ivanov Civic Platform 884 0.54%
Total 162,401 100%
Source: [13]

Notes

  1. ^ No.210 in 1993-1995, No.211 in 1995-2007
  2. ^ merged with Leninsky District into Admiralteysky District in 1994
  3. ^ created in 1994 from Dzerzhinsky, Kuybyshevsky and Smolninsky districts
  4. ^ elected to the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation in November 2007
  5. ^ redistricted from Northern constituency

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