Magnitogorsk constituency

Magnitogorsk single-member constituency
Constituency of the
Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy
Federal subjectChelyabinsk Oblast
DistrictsAgapovsky, Bredinsky, Chesmensky, Kartalinsky, Kizilsky, Lokomotivny, Magnitogorsk, Nagaybaksky, Varnensky, Verkhneuralsky
Voters476,789 (2021)[1]

The Magnitogorsk constituency (No.192[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Chelyabinsk Oblast. The constituency covers southern Chelyabinsk Oblast, including a major industrial city Magnitogorsk.

The constituency has been represented since 2016 by United Russia deputy Vitaly Bakhmetyev, former Mayor of Magnitogorsk and Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works executive.

Boundaries

1993–2007, 2016–2026: Agapovsky District, Bredinsky District, Chesmensky District, Kartalinsky District, Kizilsky District, Lokomotivny, Magnitogorsk, Nagaybaksky District, Varnensky District, Verkhneuralsky District[2][3][4][5]
The constituency covered southern Chelyabinsk Oblast, including a major industrial city Magnitogorsk. This seat did not exist between 2007 and 2016 as State Duma was elected only through proportional representation.

Since 2026: Agapovsky District, Bredinsky District, Chesmensky District, Kartalinsky District, Kizilsky District, Lokomotivny, Magnitogorsk, Nagaybaksky District, Troitsk, Troitsky District, Varnensky District, Verkhneuralsky District[6]
After the 2025 redistricting the constituency was altered, gaining Troitsk and Troitsky District from Chelyabinsk constituency.

Members elected

Election Member Party
1993 Aleksandr Pochinok[b] Choice of Russia
1995 Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats
1997 Aleksandr Chershintsev Independent
1999
2003 Pavel Krasheninnikov Union of Right Forces
2007 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
2016 Vitaly Bakhmetyev United Russia
2021

Election results

1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Magnitogorsk constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandr Pochinok Choice of Russia 138,905 50.54%
Aleksandr Smirnov Independent 15.40%
Gennady Grabarev Independent
Viktor Seroshtanov Yavlinsky–Boldyrev–Lukin
Total 274,854 100%
Source: [7]

1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Magnitogorsk constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandr Pochinok (incumbent) Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats 131,641 40.55%
Aleksandr Zaplatin Independent 53,663 16.53%
Zoya Pronina Communist Party 34,553 10.64%
Grigory Petukhov Agrarian Party 28,251 8.70%
Dinus Safiullin Independent 27,825 8.57%
Gennady Monetov Independent 18,787 5.79%
against all 24,453 7.53%
Total 324,610 100%
Source: [8]

1997

Summary of the 14 December 1997 by-election in the Magnitogorsk constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandr Chershintsev Independent 92,338 55.89%
Aleksandr Dobchinsky Independent 27,176 16.45%
Viktor Barabanov Independent 13,060 7.90%
Valentin Romanenkov Independent 7,144 4.32%
Gennady Yermakov Independent 4,238 2.57%
Iosif Abramov Independent 2,520 1.53%
against all 12,617 7.64%
Total 165,212 100%
Eligible voters/turnout 511,628 32.29%
Source: [9][10][11]

1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Magnitogorsk constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandr Chershintsev (incumbent) Independent 117,998 38.65%
Pavel Krasheninnikov Union of Right Forces 95,250 31.20%
Aleksandr Dobchinsky Independent 26,379 8.64%
Aleksandr Smirnov Independent 14,701 4.81%
Zhakslyk Altynbayev Our Home – Russia 12,417 4.07%
Gennady Yermakov Liberal Democratic Party 3,904 1.28%
Irina Belyakova Spiritual Heritage 3,549 1.16%
Anton Kruglyashev Peace, Labour, May 2,911 0.95%
Iosif Abramov Independent 1,932 0.63%
against all 20,315 6.65%
Total 305,318 100%
Source: [12]

2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Magnitogorsk constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Pavel Krasheninnikov Union of Right Forces 139,632 48.45%
Aleksandr Chershintsev (incumbent) United Russia 37,361 12.96%
Zoya Pronina Communist Party 19,575 6.79%
Vladimir Dubrovsky Russian Pensioners' Party-Party of Social Justice 18,607 6.46%
Vladimir Glukhovsky Independent 12,009 4.17%
Aleksey Garayev Agrarian Party 11,538 4.00%
Valery Levandovsky Independent 10,010 3.47%
Yury Chetyrkin Independent 3,391 1.18%
Dmitry Soldatkin Independent 1,981 0.69%
against all 28,868 10.02%
Total 288,464 100%
Source: [13]

2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Magnitogorsk constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Vitaly Bakhmetyev United Russia 123,851 49.04%
Olga Mukhometyarova A Just Russia 37,540 14.86%
Nikolay Fedorov Liberal Democratic Party 24,567 9.73%
Igor Yegorov Communist Party 18,403 7.29%
Aleksey Garayev Party of Growth 12,393 4.91%
Olga Korda Rodina 11,032 4.37%
Nikolay Drozdov Communists of Russia 10,196 4.04%
Sergey Shichkov Yabloko 3,811 1.51%
Total 252,554 100%
Source: [14]

2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Magnitogorsk constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Vitaly Bakhmetyev (incumbent) United Russia 99,156 40.63%
Elmar Rustamov Communist Party 24,936 10.22%
Pavel Vladelshchikov A Just Russia — For Truth 23,624 9.68%
Damir Baytenov Liberal Democratic Party 23,410 9.59%
Tatyana Mararash New People 17,228 7.06%
Maksim Stepanov Communists of Russia 16,845 6.90%
Aleksandr Ishimov Party of Pensioners 13,695 5.61%
Sergey Toropov Russian Party of Freedom and Justice 6,823 2.80%
Vasily German Rodina 4,321 1.77%
Nikolay Koshman Yabloko 2,871 1.18%
Total 244,030 100%
Source: [15]

Notes

  1. ^ No.185 in 1993–2007
  2. ^ appointed Head of the State Taxation Service in April 1997

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