Syktyvkar constituency

Syktyvkar single-member constituency
Syktyvkar single-member constituency
Constituency of the ; Russian State Duma
Deputy	Oleg Mikhailov; Communist Party
Federal subject	Komi Republic
Districts	Inta, Izhemsky, Knyazhpogostsky, Kortkerossky, Koygorodsky, Pechora, Priluzsky, Sosnogorsk, Syktyvdinsky, Syktyvkar, Sysolsky, Troitsko-Pechorsky, Udorsky, Ukhta, Usinsk, Ust-Kulomsky, Ust-Tsilemsky, Ust-Vymsky, Vorkuta, Vuktyl
Voters	642,561 (2021)

The Syktyvkar Constituency (No.18^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in the Komi Republic. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Komi. However, in 1993–1995 Komi had two constituencies but lost one of them due to population decline.

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by Communist deputy Oleg Mikhailov, an ecologist and party activist, who narrowly defeated State Duma rules committee chairwoman Olga Savastyanova to succeed one-term United Russia incumbent Ivan Medvedev.

Boundaries

1993–1995:
Pechora constituency: Inta, Izhemsky District, Pechora, Sosnogorsk, Troitsko-Pechorsky District, Usinsk, Ust-Tsilemsky, Vorkuta, Vuktyl^[2]
The constituency covered eastern and northern Komi Republic, including the towns of Inta, Pechora, Sosnogorsk, Usinsk, Vorkuta and Vuktyl.

Syktyvkar constituency: Knyazhpogostsky District, Kortkerossky District, Koygorodsky District, Priluzsky District, Syktyvdinsky District, Syktyvkar, Sysolsky District, Udorsky District, Ukhta, Ust-Kulomsky District, Ust-Vymsky District^[2]
The constituency covered western and southern Komi Republic, including the republican capital of Syktyvkar and the town of Ukhta.

1995–2007, 2016–present: Inta, Izhemsky District, Knyazhpogostsky District, Kortkerossky District, Koygorodsky District, Pechora, Priluzsky District, Sosnogorsk, Syktyvdinsky District, Syktyvkar, Sysolsky District, Troitsko-Pechorsky District, Udorsky District, Ukhta, Usinsk, Ust-Kulomsky District, Ust-Tsilemsky District, Ust-Vymsky District, Vorkuta, Vuktyl^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
The constituency has been covering the entirety of the Komi Republic since 1995 redistricting, as Komi lost a second constituency due to population loss.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Valery Maksimov^[b]	Independent
	1993	Nikolay Gen^[c]	Independent
	1995	Rita Chistokhodova	Independent
	1999	Valery Markov	Independent
	2003	Yury Spiridonov	Independent
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	2016	Ivan Medvedev	United Russia
	2021	Oleg Mikhailov	Communist Party

Election results

1993 (Pechora constituency)

Declared candidates

Valery Maksimov (Independent), former People's Deputy of the Soviet Union (1989–1991)
Valery Nesterov (Independent), Mi-8 helicopter captain at Pechora Aviation Enterprise
Oleg Vostrukhov (RDDR), former People's Deputy of the Soviet Union (1989–1991)

Results

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Pechora constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valery Maksimov	Independent	54,701	32.01%
	Valery Nesterov	Independent	–	31.22%
	Oleg Vostrukhov	Russian Democratic Reform Movement	–	–

Total			170,865	100%

Source:				^[7]

1993 (Syktyvkar constituency)

Declared candidates

Nikolay Gen (Independent), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993), prosecutor (previously ran as BR–NI candidate)
Vera Kuznetsova (Choice of Russia), nonprofit director
Aleksandr Odintsov (DiM), retired Soviet Army colonel general
Anatoly Pistsov (Civic Union), Chairman of the Syktyvkar City Council of People's Deputies (1992–present), colonel of justice
Yekaterina Popova (Women of Russia), Member of Supreme Council of the Komi Republic (1990–present), chief doctor of the republican hospital
Vladimir Trifonov (PRES), Head of the State Committee on Antimonopoly Policy Regional Office
Valery Zlobin (LDPR), coordinator of the party regional office

Results

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Syktyvkar constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolay Gen	Independent	45,124	21.22%
	Yekaterina Popova	Women of Russia	–	20.79%
	Vera Kuznetsova	Choice of Russia	–	10.3%
	Aleksandr Odintsov	Dignity and Charity	–	–
	Anatoly Pistsov	Civic Union	–	–
	Vladimir Trifonov	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	–	–
	Valery Zlobin	Liberal Democratic Party	–	–

Total			212,653	100%
Registered voters/turnout			424,231	50.13%

Source:				^[7]^[8]

1995

Declared candidates

Yevgeny Babusenko (Independent), coal mine director
Sergey Borisov (Independent), middle school teacher
Rita Chistokhodova (Independent), Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (1995–present), prosecutor
Mikhail Gluzman (Forward, Russia!), former Member of Supreme Council of the Komi Republic (1990–1995), banker
Vyacheslav Mikulinsky (PES), businessman
Gennady Rassokhin (NDR), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993), rector of Ukhta State Technical Institute (1980–present)
Vera Skotobogatova (BIR), secretary of the Russian Union of Youth (1994–present)
Andrey Titarenko (PLP), physician

Declined

Nikolay Gen (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present)^[d]
Valery Maksimov (BIR), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present)^[e]

Results

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Syktyvkar constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rita Chistokhodova	Independent	109,408	24.57%
	Gennady Rassokhin	Our Home – Russia	97,487	21.89%
	Mikhail Gluzman	Forward, Russia!	53,846	12.09%
	Vera Skorobogatova	Ivan Rybkin Bloc	40,718	9.14%
	Sergey Borisov	Independent	38,595	8.67%
	Yevgeny Babusenko	Independent	37,102	8.33%
	Andrey Titarenko	Beer Lovers Party	8,411	1.89%
	Vitaly Mikulinsky	Party of Economic Freedom	4,151	0.93%
	against all		47,511	10.67%

Total			445,307	100%

Source:				^[9]

1999

Declared candidates

Aleksandr Amonariyev (CPRF), Chairman of the Pechora City Council, middle school principal
Valentina Kotelnikova (Women of Russia), rector of Komi Republican Academy of Public Administration (1996–present)
Vladimir Lushnikov (Independent), former People's Deputy of the Soviet Union (1989–1991)
Valery Markov (Independent), Deputy Chairman of the State Council of the Komi Republic (1995–present), 1994 head candidate
Nikolay Moiseyev (Yabloko), Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (1995–present), aide to State Duma member
Ivan Mokhnachuk (Independent), coal miners' union leader
Valery Prokhorov (Independent), businessman
Mikhail Zhilin (Independent), attorney

Failed to qualify

Rita Chistokhodova (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1996–present), 1997 head candidate
Mikhail Kodanyov (Independent), Member of Syktyvkar City Council, 1997 head candidate
Valery Nesterov (Independent), former Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (1995–1999), 1993 candidate for this seat
Ivan Ruban (Independent), entrepreneur
Vera Skorobogatova (OVR), first secretary of the Russian Union of Youth (1997–present), 1995 BIR candidate for this seat
Lyudmila Zyryanova (Independent), Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (1999–present)

Did not file

Oleg Beimler (Independent), German association leader
Vyacheslav Derevyagin (KTR–zSS), Vorkuta Institute of Management, Business, and Law faculty of law dean
Sergey Ivanov (Independent)
Mikhail Martemyanov (RSP), pensioner
Sergey Mikhalyuk (Independent), attorney
Yury Napylnov (Nikolayev–Fyodorov Bloc), businessman
Aleksandr Nekrasov (LDPR), acting coordinator of the party regional office
Ilyas Safiulin (Independent)

Results

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Syktyvkar constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valery Markov	Independent	116,243	25.38%
	Ivan Mokhnachuk	Independent	57,953	12.66%
	Valentina Kotelnikova	Women of Russia	55,859	12.20%
	Nikolay Moiseyev	Yabloko	54,191	11.83%
	Aleksandr Amonariyev	Communist Party	51,494	11.24%
	Vladimir Lushnikov	Independent	28,920	6.32%
	Mikhail Zhilin	Independent	15,393	3.36%
	Valery Prokhorov	Independent	9,544	2.08%
	against all		59,866	13.07%

Total			457,929	100%

Source:				^[10]

2003

Declared candidates

Vasily Avdeyev (Independent), agriculture businessman
Aleksandra Bushuyeva (SPS), Member of Syktyvkar Council (2003–present), journalist
Vikenty Kozlov (Independent), telecommunications executive
Leonid Musinov (CPRF), aide to State Duma member, 2001 head candidate
Yevgeny Neznanov (LDPR), installation executive
Pavel Sobotyuk (Creation), security executive
Yury Spiridonov (Independent), former Head of the Komi Republic (1994–2001) (previously ran as SDPR candidate)

Withdrawn candidates

Valery Markov (NPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present)

Did not file

Yevgeny Cheglakov (NPPR), utilities executive
Sergey Drozdetsky (Independent), college extern
Galina Kostenkova (Independent), unemployed
Ivan Mokhnachuk (Independent), coal miners' union leader, 1999 candidate for this seat
Aleksandr Shchigolev (KPR), entrepreneur
Nikolay Silantyev (RKRP-RPK), coal miner
Vladislav Ulyashev (Independent), businessman

Results

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Syktyvkar constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yury Spiridonov	Independent	108,832	26.86%
	Vikenty Kozlov	Independent	108,421	26.76%
	Leonid Musinov	Communist Party	30,419	7.51%
	Aleksandra Bushuyeva	Union of Right Forces	28,112	6.94%
	Vasily Avdeyev	Independent	27,262	6.73%
	Yevgeny Neznanov	Liberal Democratic Party	11,570	2.86%
	Pavel Sobotyuk	Creation	4,244	1.05%
	against all		77,756	19.19%

Total			405,527	100%

Source:				^[11]

2016

Declared candidates

Ivan Filipchenko (LDPR), aide to State Duma member, retired militsiya podpolkovnik, 2016 head candidate
Leonid Litvak (CPCR), former Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (1995–1999), mining businessman
Ivan Medvedev (United Russia), Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (2011–present), former FGC UES executive
Oleg Mikhailov (CPRF), Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (2015–present)
Tatyana Saladina (A Just Russia), Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (2011–present)

Did not file

Lyubov Vorobey (Rodina), former Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (1995–2003)

Declined

Vladimir Kosov (United Russia), Deputy Chairman of the State Council of the Komi Republic (2015–present), Member of the State Council (2007–present)^[12] (lost the primary)
Tamara Kuzminykh (United Russia), Member of State Duma (2011–present)
Vladimir Ponevezhsky (United Russia), Member of State Duma (2011–present)^[12] (lost the primary)
Olga Savastianova (United Russia), former Commissioner for Human Rights in the Komi Republic (2012–2013), former Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (2003–2011)^[12] (won the primary, ran on the party list)
Valentina Zhideleva (United Russia), Deputy Chairwoman of the State Council of the Komi Republic (2015–present)^[12] (lost the primary)

Results

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Syktyvkar constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ivan Medvedev	United Russia	103,296	36.91%
	Tatyana Saladina	A Just Russia	49,496	17.69%
	Ivan Filipchenko	Liberal Democratic Party	43,914	15.69%
	Oleg Mikhailov	Communist Party	36,463	13.03%
	Leonid Litvak	Communists of Russia	26,820	9.58%

Total			279,834	100%

Source:				^[13]

2021

Declared candidates

Viktor Betekhtin (ZA!), Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (2020–present), 2020 head candidate
Viktor Filipchuk (New People), businessman
Oleg Mikhailov (CPRF), Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (2015–present), 2016 candidate for this seat, 2020 head candidate
Andrey Nikitin (LDPR), former Member of Usinsk Council (2018–2020), individual entrepreneur, 2020 head candidate
Ivan Ruban (CPCR), Member of Sosnogorsk Council (2020–present), perennial candidate, 1999 candidate for this seat, 2001 and 2016 head candidate
Tatyana Saladina (SR–ZP), Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (2011–present), 2016 candidate for this seat
Olga Savastianova (United Russia), Member of State Duma (2016–present), Chairwoman of the Duma Committee on Control and Rules (2016–present)

Declined

Ruslan Magomedov (United Russia), Member of State Council of the Komi Republic (2020–present), businessman^[14] (lost the primary, ran on the party list)
Ivan Medvedev (United Russia), incumbent Member of State Duma (2016–present) (lost the primary)

Results

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Syktyvkar constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Oleg Mikhailov	Communist Party	81,407	32.36%
	Olga Savastyanova	United Russia	67,531	26.84%
	Tatyana Saladina	A Just Russia — For Truth	23,257	9.24%
	Andrey Nikitin	Liberal Democratic Party	21,186	8.42%
	Viktor Filipchuk	New People	19,060	7.58%
	Ivan Ruban	Communists of Russia	16,926	6.73%
	Viktor Betekhtin	Green Alternative	9,105	3.62%

Total			251,579	100%

Source:				^[15]

2026

Potential candidate

Stanislav Kochev (United Russia), Deputy Chairman of the State Council of the Komi Republic (2025–present), Hero of Russia (2023)^[16]
Oleg Mikhailov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (2021–present), 2020 and 2025 head candidate^[17]

Declined

Andrey Gurulyov (United Russia), Member of State Duma (2021–present) (ran in the Zabaykalye constituency)
Roman Polshvedkin (United Russia), Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Komi Republic (2014–2021, 2024–present)^[18] (lost the primary)

Notes

^ No.17 in 1995-2003
^ Pechora constituency
^ Syktyvkar constituency
^ redistricted from the Syktyvkar constituency
^ redistricted from the Pechora constituency

Sources

18. Сыктывкарский одномандатный избирательный округ

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[2] No.17 in 1995-2003

[8] Pechora constituency

[9] Syktyvkar constituency

[12] redistricted from the Syktyvkar constituency

[13] redistricted from the Pechora constituency

[1] Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 2021

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