Chita constituency
| Chita single-member constituency | |
|---|---|
 Russian State Duma | |
 Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026 | |
| Deputy | |
| Federal subject | Zabaykalsky Krai |
| Districts | Alexandrovo-Zavodsky, Baleysky, Chernyshevsky, Chita (Ingodinsky, Central), Chitinsky (Atamanovskoe, Makkaveevskoe, Novokruchininskoe, Novotroitskoe, Shishkinskoe, Smolenskoe, Verkh-Chitinskoe), Gazimuro-Zavodsky, Kalarsky, Kalgansky, Karymsky, Mogochinsky, Nerchinsko-Zavodsky, Nerchinsky, Priargunsky, Shelopuginsky, Shilkinsky, Sretensky, Tungiro-Olyokminsky, Tungokochensky |
| Other territory | South Ossetia |
| Voters | 391,591 (2021)[1] |
The Chita constituency (No.43[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Zabaykalsky Krai. The constituency covers eastern half of Chita and northern Zabaykalsky Krai.
The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Aleksandr Skachkov, former Transbaikal Railway chief, who won the open seat after defeating two-term United Russia incumbent Nikolay Govorin in the primary.
Boundaries
1993–2007: Akshinsky District, Chita, Chitinsky District, Gorny, Kalarsky District, Khiloksky District, Krasnochikoysky District, Kyrinsky District, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District, Tungiro-Olyokminsky District, Tungokochensky District, Uletovsky District[2][3][4]
The constituency covered northern and western Chita Oblast, including the oblast capital Chita and the town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky.
2016–2026: Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District, Baleysky District, Chernyshevsky District, Chita (Ingodinsky, Central), Chitinsky District (Atamanovka, Makkaveyevskoye, Novokruchininsky, Novotroitskoye, Shishkinskoye, Smolenskoye, Verkh-Chitinskoye), Gazimuro-Zavodsky District, Kalarsky District, Kalgansky District, Karymsky District, Mogochinsky District, Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District, Nerchinsky District, Priargunsky District, Shelopuginsky District, Shilkinsky District, Sretensky District, Tungiro-Olyokminsky District, Tungokochensky District[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election in Zabaykalsky Krai which was created by the merger of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug in 2008. The constituency retained part of Chita and northern Zabaykalsky Krai, losing its western portion to Dauria constituency. The constituency gained eastern part of Zabaykalsky Krai from the former Borzya constituency.
Since 2026 Zabaykalye constituency: Aginskoye, Aginsky District, Akshinsky District, Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District, Baleysky District, Borzinsky District, Chernyshevsky District, Chita, Chitinsky District, Duldurginsky District, Gazimuro-Zavodsky District, Gorny, Kalarsky District, Kalgansky District, Karymsky District, Khiloksky District, Krasnochikoysky District, Krasnokamensky District, Kyrinsky District, Mogochinsky District, Mogoytuysky District, Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District, Nerchinsky District, Olovyanninsky District, Ononsky District, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District, Priargunsky District, Shelopuginsky District, Shilkinsky District, Sretensky District, Tungiro-Olyokminsky District, Tungokochensky District, Ulyotovsky District, Zabaykalsky District[6]
After the 2025 redistricting Zabaykalsky Krai lost one of its two constituencies, so both Chita and Dauria constituencies were merged into a single "Zabaykalye constituency", covering the entirety of Zabaykalsky Krai.
Members elected
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Sergey Markidonov[b] | Independent | |
| 1995 | Viktor Kurochkin | Independent | |
| 1999 | Viktor Voytenko | Independent | |
| 2003 | People's Party | ||
| 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Nikolay Govorin | United Russia | |
| 2021 | Aleksandr Skachkov | United Russia | |
Election results
1993
Declared candidates
- Vladimir Afanasyev (Independent), businessman
- Vladimir Bogatov (LDPR), agriculture businessman
- Ivan Bolshakov (Independent), tekhnikum director
- Irina Goncharova (RDDR), expert for the Presidential Envoy to Chita Oblast
- Sergey Markidonov (Independent), Chairman of the Chita Oblast Property Fund (1991–present)
- Namzhil Tsybikov (Independent), Chita State Academy of Medicine department of pathophysiology head
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Markidonov | Independent | 39,670 | 20.36% | |
| Namzhil Tsybikov | Independent | 28,988 | 14.88% | |
| Ivan Bolshakov | Independent | 25,947 | 13.32% | |
| Vladimir Afanasyev | Independent | 21,744 | 11.16% | |
| Irina Goncharova | Russian Democratic Reform Movement | 16,776 | 8.61% | |
| Vladimir Bogatov | Liberal Democratic Party | 16,026 | 8.22% | |
| against all | 29,699 | 15.24% | ||
| Total | 194,851 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [7][8] | |||
1995
Declared candidates
- Vladimir Bogatov (LDPR), agriculture businessman, 1993 candidate for this seat
- Erast Galumov (Independent), pension fund president, retired Soviet Army colonel
- Viktor Kanin (Independent), attorney
- Vladimir Khomyakov (Derzhava), energy businessman
- Mikhail Kostromin (KRO), Chita State Technical University department head
- Viktor Kurochkin (Independent), Member of Federation Council (1994–present)
- Oleg Ladygin (Independent), Chief of Transbaikal Railway Division
- Olga Michudo (Independent), Member of Chita Oblast Duma (1994–present), Chita city polyclinic chief doctor
- Pyotr Suturin (PPR–ST), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993), union leader
- Namzhil Tsybikov (NDR), Chita State Academy of Medicine department of pathophysiology head, 1993 candidate for this seat
Withdrawn candidates
- Sergey Markidonov (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–1995) (murdered on November 26, 1995)
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Kurochkin | Independent | 57,261 | 21.90% | |
| Pyotr Suturin | Trade Unions and Industrialists – Union of Labour | 37,817 | 14.46% | |
| Vladimir Bogatov | Liberal Democratic Party | 35,497 | 13.58% | |
| Erast Galumov | Independent | 32,502 | 12.43% | |
| Namzhil Tsybikov | Our Home – Russia | 21,647 | 8.28% | |
| Olga Michudo | Independent | 19,944 | 7.63% | |
| Oleg Ladygin | Independent | 15,449 | 5.91% | |
| Viktor Kanin | Independent | 5,472 | 2.09% | |
| Mikhail Kostromin | Congress of Russian Communities | 4,593 | 1.76% | |
| Vladimir Khomyakov | Derzhava | 3,964 | 1.52% | |
| against all | 22,326 | 8.54% | ||
| Total | 261,454 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [9] | |||
1999
Declared candidates
- Aleksandr Barinov (Nikolayev–Fyodorov Bloc), advisor to Governor of Chita Oblast Ravil Geniatulin
- Vladimir Bogatov (LDPR), Member of State Duma (1996–present), 1993 and 1995 candidate for this seat, 1996 gubernatorial candidate
- Igor Kolkutin (Independent), businessman
- Viktor Kurochkin (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1996–present), 1996 gubernatorial candidate
- Olga Michudo (Independent), Member of Chita Oblast Duma (1994–present), Chita city polyclinic chief doctor, 1995 candidate for this seat
- Viktor Ostanin (Independent), Chief of FSB Regional Office (1993–present), FSB major general
- Valery Torgayev (Independent), businessman
- Vitaly Vishnyakov (Independent), Chairman of the Chita Oblast Duma (1994–present)
- Viktor Voytenko (Independent), Deputy Minister of Railways of Russia (1999–present), retired FSB colonel general
- Aleksandr Zhdanov (Independent), Member of Chita Oblast Duma (1996–present)
Did not file
- Aleksandr Andreyev (Independent)
- Vladimir Kosygin (DN)
- Denis Logunov (Independent)
- Vladimir Plotnikov (Independent)
- Vyacheslav Tolkalin (Yabloko), journalist, playwright
- Leonid Volchek (Independent)
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Voytenko | Independent | 48,661 | 19.85% | |
| Vitaly Vishnyakov | Independent | 40,445 | 16.50% | |
| Viktor Ostanin | Independent | 36,800 | 15.01% | |
| Viktor Kurochkin (incumbent) | Independent | 33,871 | 13.81% | |
| Vladimir Bogatov | Liberal Democratic Party | 28,786 | 11.74% | |
| Valery Torgayev | Independent | 9,374 | 3.82% | |
| Olga Michudo | Independent | 9,362 | 3.82% | |
| Aleksandr Barinov | Andrey Nikolayev and Svyatoslav Fyodorov Bloc | 5,627 | 2.29% | |
| Igor Kolkutin | Independent | 3,117 | 1.27% | |
| Aleksandr Zhdanov | Independent | 2,622 | 1.07% | |
| against all | 22,202 | 9.05% | ||
| Total | 245,192 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [10] | |||
2003
Results by district
- Viktor Voytenko: 30–40%40–50%
- Anatoly Romanov: 20–30%30–40%40–50%
- Viktor Ostanin: 20–30%30–40%
Declared candidates
- Irina Glazyrina (Yabloko), Chita Institute of Natural Resources sector head
- Viktor Grigoryev (Independent), agriculture businessman
- Yury Nikonov (LDPR), aide to State Duma member
- Viktor Ostanin (Independent), First Deputy Chairman of the Chita Oblast Duma (2000–present), 1999 candidate for this seat
- Vladimir Plakin (KPE), pensioner
- Anatoly Romanov (United Russia), Member of Chita Oblast Duma (2000–present)
- Viktor Voytenko (NPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present), 2000 gubernatorial candidate
- Andrey Zhidkov (Independent), Member of Chita City Duma (2001–present), pharmaceutical businessman
Did not file
- Nairi Marabiyan (DPR), construction engineer
- Sergey Rybakov (Independent), military base deputy chief of staff
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Voytenko (incumbent) | People's Party | 51,101 | 25.32% | |
| Anatoly Romanov | United Russia | 49,290 | 24.42% | |
| Viktor Ostanin | Independent | 43,698 | 21.65% | |
| Yury Nikonov | Liberal Democratic Party | 11,200 | 5.55% | |
| Irina Glazyrina | Yabloko | 7,896 | 3.91% | |
| Andrey Zhidkov | Independent | 6,448 | 3.20% | |
| Vladimir Palkin | Conceptual Party "Unity" | 3,069 | 1.52% | |
| Yury Grigoryev | Independent | 2,517 | 1.25% | |
| against all | 23,343 | 11.57% | ||
| Total | 202,205 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [11] | |||
2016
Declared candidates
- Valery Afitsinsky (A Just Russia), Member of Chita City Duma (2014–present), economics associate professor
- Nikolay Govorin (United Russia), Member of State Duma (2015–present)
- Aleksandr Katushev (Rodina), Member of Chita City Duma (2014–present), municipal laundry director
- Vyacheslav Pimenov (CPCR), retired militsiya colonel, perennial candidate
- Vladimir Pozdnyakov (CPRF), Member of State Duma (2011–present)
- Vyacheslav Ushakov (Patriots of Russia), Member of Legislative Assembly of Zabaykalsky Krai (2013–present)
- Yury Volkov (LDPR), Member of Legislative Assembly of Zabaykalsky Krai (2013–present)
Did not file
- Svetlana Bobovskaya (Independent), industrial executive
- Kristina Kireyeva (Independent), unemployed
Declined
- Aleksey Saklakov (United Russia), Member of Legislative Assembly of Zabaykalsky Krai (2013–present)[12] (lost the primary)
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolay Govorin | United Russia | 84,582 | 54.56% | |
| Yury Volkov | Liberal Democratic Party | 18,939 | 12.22% | |
| Vladimir Pozdnyakov | Communist Party | 15,031 | 9.70% | |
| Vyacheslav Ushakov | Patriots of Russia | 10,089 | 6.51% | |
| Valery Afitsinsky | A Just Russia | 8,454 | 5.45% | |
| Vyacheslav Pimenov | Communists of Russia | 6,955 | 4.49% | |
| Aleksandr Katushev | Rodina | 3,475 | 2.24% | |
| Total | 155,016 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [13] | |||
2021
Declared candidates
- Valery Afitsinsky (The Greens), former Member of Chita City Duma (2014–2019), agricultural executive, 2016 A Just Russia candidate for this seat
- Boris Basakin (New People), businessman
- Anatoly Pichugin (RPPSS), Russian Post regional office executive
- Viktor Sheremetyev (Rodina), former Member of Chita City Duma (2014–2019)
- Georgy Shilin (LDPR), Member of Legislative Assembly of Zabaykalsky Krai (2013–present)
- Aleksandr Skachkov (United Russia), Chief of the Transbaikal Railway (2017–present)
- Yelena Titova (CPRF), Member of Chitinsky District Council (2018–present)
- Yury Volkov (SR–ZP), Member of State Duma (2016–present), 2016 LDPR candidate for this seat
Declined
- Nikolay Govorin (United Russia), incumbent Member of State Duma (2015–present)[14] (lost the primary)
- Aleksandr Zakondyrin (United Russia), former chairman of the Green Alliance party (2015–2019), 2018 Moscow mayoral candidate[14] (lost the primary, ran as The Greens candidate in the Dauria constituency)
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Skachkov | United Russia | 57,995 | 38.48% | |
| Yelena Titova | Communist Party | 28,728 | 19.06% | |
| Yury Volkov | A Just Russia — For Truth | 16,486 | 10.94% | |
| Boris Basakin | New People | 12,480 | 8.28% | |
| Georgy Shilin | Liberal Democratic Party | 10,233 | 6.79% | |
| Anatoly Pichugin | Party of Pensioners | 8,234 | 5.46% | |
| Valery Afitsinsky | The Greens | 6,036 | 4.00% | |
| Viktor Sheremetyev | Communists of Russia | 3,025 | 2.01% | |
| Total | 150,733 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [15] | |||
2026
Potential candidates
- Yury Grigoriev (A Just Russia), incumbent Member of State Duma (2021–present)[c], 2024 gubernatorial candidate
- Aleksandr Kadirov (New People), businessman
- Marina Sekerzhitskaya (United Russia), acting Minister of Education of Zabaykalsky Krai (2023–present)
- Pavel Selyayev (LDPR), security executive
- Maksim Shipitsyn (CPRF), former First Deputy Prosecutor of Zabaykalsky Krai (2009–2021), 2024 gubernatorial candidate
Declined
- Andrey Gurulyov (United Russia), Member of State Duma (2021–present)[16] (lost the primary)
- Aleksandr Skachkov (United Russia), incumbent Member of State Duma (2021–present)[16] (lost the primary)
- Baldan Tsydypov (United Russia), Russian Army senior lieutenant, Hero of Russia (2022)[16] (won the primary, running on the party list)
- Dmitry Vinogradsky (United Russia), Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Zabaykalsky Krai (2023–present), Member of the Legislative Assembly (2018–present)[16] (lost the primary)
Notes
- ↑ No.188 in 1993-2007
- ↑ killed in November 1995 while campaigning for re-election
- ↑ redistricted from Dauria constituency
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