Mari El constituency
| Mari El single-member constituency | |
|---|---|
 Russian State Duma | |
 | |
| Deputy | |
| Federal subject | Mari El Republic |
| Districts | Gornomariysky, Kilemarsky, Kozmodemyansk, Kuzhenersky, Mari-Tureksky, Medvedevsky, Morkinsky, Novotoryalsky, Orshansky, Paranginsky, Sernursky, Sovetsky, Volzhsk, Volzhsky, Yoshkar-Ola, Yurinsky, Zvenigovsky |
| Voters | 531,199 (2021)[1] |
The Mari El constituency (No.22[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Mari El. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Mari El.
The constituency has been represented since 2016 by Communist Sergey Kazankov, an agriculture executive and son of former State Duma member Ivan Kazankov.
Boundaries
1993–2007, 2016–present: Gornomariysky District, Kilemarsky District, Kozmodemyansk, Kuzhenersky District, Mari-Tureksky District, Medvedevsky District, Morkinsky District, Novotoryalsky District, Orshansky District, Paranginsky District, Sernursky District, Sovetsky District, Volzhsk, Volzhsky District, Yoshkar-Ola, Yurinsky District, Zvenigovsky District[2][3][4][5][6]
The constituency has been covering the entirety of Mari El since its initial creation in 1993.
Members elected
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Anatoly Popov | Party of Russian Unity and Accord | |
| 1995 | Nikolay Polyakov | Agrarian Party | |
| 1999 | Ivan Kazankov | Independent | |
| 2003 | Valery Komissarov | United Russia | |
| 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Sergey Kazankov | Communist Party | |
| 2021 | |||
Election results
1993
Declared candidates
Anatoly Popov
Lyudmila Ivanova
Against all candidates
- Lyudmila Ivanova (Independent), Member of Supreme Council of Mari El (1990–present), arts college director
- Anatoly Popov (PRES), Member of Supreme Council of Mari El (1993–present), shoe factory director, 1991 presidential candidate
- Valery Trakhtenberg (Independent), Mari Polytechnic Institute department of design automation head
- Igor Vinokurov (Independent), investment banker, retired KGB captain
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatoly Popov | Party of Russian Unity and Accord | 85,593 | 27.78% | |
| Lyudmila Ivanova | Independent | 60,158 | 19.53% | |
| Igor Vinokurov | Independent | 45,730 | 14.84% | |
| Valery Trakhtenberg | Independent | 37,261 | 12.09% | |
| against all | 60,449 | 19.62% | ||
| invalid ballots | 18,888 | 6.13% | ||
| Total | 308,079 | 100% | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 537,282 | 57.34% | ||
| Source: | [7][8] | |||
1995
Declared candidates
- Gennady Grigoryev (Kedr), former Member of Supreme Council of Mari El (1990–1994), Chief Sanitary Doctor of Mari El (1991–present)
- Aleksandr Kazimov (PGL), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (1994–present), Mari language researcher, 1991 presidential candidate
- Valery Loskutov (My Fatherland), prorector of Mari State Pedagogical Institute (1992–present)
- Leonid Markelov (LDPR), attorney, retired colonel of justice
- Gennady Oshchepkov (Independent), rector of Mari State Technical University (1972–present)
- Nikolay Polyakov (APR), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (1994–present), kolkhoz chairman
- Anatoly Popov (BIR), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present)
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolay Polyakov | Agrarian Party | 96,831 | 26.35% | |
| Leonid Markelov | Liberal Democratic Party | 69,927 | 19.03% | |
| Anatoly Popov (incumbent) | Ivan Rybkin Bloc | 43,808 | 11.92% | |
| Gennady Grigoryev | Kedr | 39,348 | 10.71% | |
| Aleksandr Kazimov | Pamfilova–Gurov–Lysenko | 25,323 | 6.89% | |
| Gennady Oshchepkov | Independent | 24,663 | 6.71% | |
| Valery Loskutov | My Fatherland | 21,867 | 5.95% | |
| against all | 37,904 | 10.32% | ||
| Total | 367,464 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [9] | |||
1999
Declared candidates
- Viktor Bogdan (Independent), chief of Yoshkar-Ola organization of the Gorky Railway Kazan Division (1992–present)
- Vasily Grigoryev (For Civil Dignity), Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Mari El (1994–present)
- Ivan Kazankov (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (1996–present), sovkhoz director
- Ivan Kononov (Independent), industrial executive
- Vitaly Lezhanin (Nikolayev–Fyodorov Bloc), military base deputy commander, RVSN podpolkovnik
- Leonid Loskutov (Independent), nonprofit chairman
- Vladimir Maksimov (Independent), business association executive
- Leonid Markelov (Independent), Member of State Duma (1996–present), 1996–97 presidential candidate
- Vladimir Mikheyev (Independent), former Member of Supreme Council of Mari El (1990–1994)
- Vyacheslav Paydoverov (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (1996–present), lawyer
- Nikolay Polyakov (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1996–present)
- Valery Odintsov (Independent), nonprofit staffer
- Aleksey Popov (SPR), Federal Treasury Regional Office staffer, son of former State Duma member Anatoly Popov
- Vitaly Trubitsyn (Independent), businessman
- Viktor Vasilyev (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (1996–present), agriculture businessman
Withdrawn candidates
- Valentin Matveyev (Independent), zoology professor
Failed to qualify
- Vadim Menzurov (Independent)
- Aleksandr Solovyov (DN), printing house director
Did not file
- Stanislav Golovin (Independent), former Member of Supreme Council of Mari El (1990–1994)
- Ippolit Lobanov (Independent), writer, journalist
- Aleksandr Mironov (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (1996–present)
- Vladimir Mukhametzyanov (Independent)
- Valery Odintsov (Independent), nonprofit staffer
- Sergey Panfilov (Independent), Head of Volzhsky District
- Vasily Pekteyev (Independent), theatre producer
- Aidar Sharafetdinov (Nur), businessman
- Albert Shvetsov (Independent)
- Andrei Skoch (Independent), businessman (ran in the Novy Oskol constituency)
- Anatoliy Smirnov (Independent), Chief of Staff to the President of Mari El (1997–present)
- Vladimir Strelnikov (Independent)
- Sergey Svinin (Independent), Member of State Duma (1996–present)
- Valentin Vinokurov (Independent)
- Nikolay Zagaynov (Independent), attorney
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Kazankov | Independent | 136,358 | 37.75% | |
| Leonid Markelov | Independent | 91,893 | 25.44% | |
| Viktor Bogdan | Independent | 25,285 | 7.00% | |
| Viktor Vasilyev | Independent | 23,845 | 6.60% | |
| Vyacheslav Paydoverov | Independent | 22,690 | 6.28% | |
| Vasily Grigoryev | For Civil Dignity | 12,365 | 3.42% | |
| Nikolay Polyakov (incumbent) | Independent | 7,066 | 1.96% | |
| Vladimir Mikheyev | Independent | 3,048 | 0.84% | |
| Vitaly Lezhanin | Andrey Nikolayev and Svyatoslav Fyodorov Bloc | 2,645 | 0.73% | |
| Aleksey Popov | Socialist Party of Russia | 1,992 | 0.55% | |
| Leonid Loskutov | Independent | 1,864 | 0.52% | |
| Vladimir Maskimov | Independent | 1,420 | 0.39% | |
| Vitaly Trubitsin | Independent | 1,412 | 0.39% | |
| Gennady Khrolenko | Independent | 1,069 | 0.30% | |
| against all | 20,853 | 5.77% | ||
| Total | 361,242 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [10] | |||
2003
Declared candidates
- Yevgeny Bochkarev (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2000–present), medical businessman
- Rezeda Gilmanova (ORP Rus'), insurance agent
- Vladimir Karpochev (Independent), breeding farm director
- Ivan Kazankov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present)
- Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (Independent), former President of Mari El (1997–2001)
- Valery Komissarov (United Russia), Member of State Duma (2000–present)
- Igor Kudryavtsev (APR), farmer
- Namik Muradov (VR–ES), marketing businessman
- Nikolay Svistunov (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2000–present), Mayor of Volzhsk (1996–present)
Failed to qualify
- Tatyana Aldrova (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2000–present), physician
- Gennady Grigoryev (The Greens), former Member of Supreme Council of Mari El (1990–1994), Chief Sanitary Doctor of Mari El (1991–present), 1995 candidate for this seat
- Viktor Nikolayev (NPS RF), former Minister of Culture of Mari El (1992–1997)
- Valery Odintsov (Independent), lawyer, 1999 candidate for this seat
- Anatoly Popov (Independent), former Member of State Duma (1994–1995)
- Arkady Timofeyev (LDPR), pensioner
- Nikolay Zagaynov (Independent), attorney, 1999 candidate for this seat
- Yevgeny Zhelonkin (PME), construction specialist
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valery Komissarov | United Russia | 141,583 | 44.17% | |
| Ivan Kazankov (incumbent) | Communist Party | 61,013 | 19.03% | |
| Igor Kudryavtsev | Agrarian Party | 22,829 | 7.12% | |
| Vyacheslav Kislitsyn | Independent | 19,024 | 5.94% | |
| Yevgeny Bochkarev | Democratic Party | 13,940 | 4.35% | |
| Nikolay Svistunov | Independent | 11,458 | 3.57% | |
| Rezeda Gilmanova | United Russian Party Rus' | 4,187 | 1.31% | |
| Vladimir Karpochev | Independent | 3,053 | 0.95% | |
| Namik Muradov | Great Russia – Eurasian Union | 1,174 | 0.37% | |
| against all | 36,920 | 11.52% | ||
| Total | 320,637 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [11] | |||
2016
Declared candidates
- Albert Fedorov (LDPR), Member of Medvedevo Assembly of Deputies (2014–present), utilities executive
- Natalia Glushchenko (A Just Russia), aide to State Duma member Anatoly Aksakov
- Oleg Kazakov (Independent), retired militsiya officer
- Sergey Kazankov (CPRF), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2000–present), agriculture businessman, son of former State Duma member Ivan Kazankov
- Denis Shparber (CPCR), individual entrepreneur
- Andrey Smyshlyayev (GP), chairman of the party regional office
- Yekaterina Ulanova (Yabloko), party activist, poet
- Larisa Yakovleva (United Russia), Member of State Duma (2013–present)
- Roman Zolotukhin (Rodina), former Member of Yoshkar-Ola City Assembly (2004–2009), security businessman
- Yury Zonov (The Greens), former Member of Yoshkar-Ola City Assembly (2004–2009), businessman
Withdrawn candidates
- Yury Shmelyov (Independent), fire train head
Did not file
- Grigory Petrov-Chotkar (Independent), Member of Maskanur Assembly of Deputies (2014–present), farmer
Declined
- Boris Gerasimov (United Russia), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2014–present), construction businessman[12] (lost the primary)
- Viktor Kidyayev (United Russia), Member of State Duma (2009–present), Chairman of the Duma Committee on the Federation and Local Government (2011–present)[13] (won the primary, ran on the party list)
- Aleksandr Smirnov (United Russia), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2014–present), boarding school deputy vice principal[12] (lost the primary)
- Svetlana Solntseva (United Russia), First Deputy Premier of Mari El (2015–present), former Senator from Mari El (2015)[13] (lost the primary, ran on the party list)
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Kazankov | Communist Party | 133,447 | 46.23% | |
| Larisa Yakovleva | United Russia | 107,112 | 37.11% | |
| Oleg Kazakov | Independent | 12,145 | 4.21% | |
| Albert Fedorov | Liberal Democratic Party | 10,162 | 3.52% | |
| Natalia Glushchenko | A Just Russia | 9,284 | 3.22% | |
| Roman Zolotukhin | Rodina | 2,673 | 0.93% | |
| Yekaterina Ulanova | Yabloko | 2,603 | 0.90% | |
| Yury Zonov | The Greens | 2,061 | 0.71% | |
| Denis Shparber | Communists of Russia | 1,740 | 0.60% | |
| Andrey Smyshlyayev | Civic Platform | 1,533 | 0.53% | |
| Total | 288,630 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [14] | |||
2021
Sergey Kazankov
Vladimir Kozhanov
Declared candidates
- Natalia Glushchenko (SR–ZP), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2019–present), 2016 candidate for this seat, 2017 head candidate
- Sergey Hartvik (GP), forestry businessman
- Ivan Kazankov (CPCR), mixing operator
- Sergey Kazankov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (2016–present)
- Vladimir Kozhanov (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2001–2019, 2019–present), agriculture businessman
- Ilya Kulalayev (New People), Member of Yoshkar-Ola Assembly of Deputies (2020–present), power grid executive
- Vladimir Rovensky (Party of Growth), attorney
- Aleksey Sherstobitov (LDPR), Member of Medvedevsky District Assembly of Deputies (2019–present)
- Andrey Smyshlyayev (Rodina), businessman, 2016 GP candidate for this seat, 2017 GP head candidate
- Valentina Zlobina (RPPSS), former Deputy Chairwoman of the State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2004–2009), 2017 head candidate
Withdrawn candidates
- Anton Malyshev (United Russia), individual entrepreneur
Failed to qualify
- Kirill Panko (Independent), lawyer, 2014 Vologda Oblast and 2017 Yaroslavl Oblast CPCR gubernatorial candidate
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Kazankov (incumbent) | Communist Party | 122,851 | 50.36% | |
| Vladimir Kozhanov | Independent | 41,961 | 17.20% | |
| Natalia Glushchenko | A Just Russia — For Truth | 18,463 | 7.57% | |
| Ivan Kazankov | Communists of Russia | 16,740 | 6.86% | |
| Aleksey Sherstobitov | Liberal Democratic Party | 8,502 | 3.49% | |
| Valentina Zlobina | Party of Pensioners | 8,165 | 3.35% | |
| Ilya Kulalayev | New People | 7,838 | 3.21% | |
| Andrey Smyshlyayev | Rodina | 4,966 | 2.04% | |
| Sergey Hartvik | Civic Platform | 2,336 | 0.96% | |
| Vladimir Rovensky | Party of Growth | 1,498 | 0.61% | |
| Total | 243,922 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [15] | |||
2026
Declared candidates
- Andrey Gavrilov (New People), lawyer
- Natalia Glushchenko (A Just Russia), aide to party chairman Sergey Mironov, Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2019–2024), 2016 and 2021 candidate for this seat, 2017 head candidate
- Nikolay Ivanov (CPCR), pensioner
- Sergey Kazankov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (2016–present)[16]
- Natalya Kozlova (United Russia), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2019–present)[17]
- Anastasia Makarova (The Greens)
- Olga Mishina (Rodina), party official
- Aleksey Sherstobitov (LDPR), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2024–present)
- Pavel Svinin (RPPSS), agribusinessman
- Ivan Telyatyev (Yabloko), veterinarian
Withdrawn
- Nikolay Pavlov (Independent), pensioner
Declined
- Vasily Arisov (United Russia), Member of State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (2024–present), military physician, 2022 Independent head candidate[18] (lost the primary)
Notes
- ↑ No.19 in 1993-1995 and in 2003-2007, No.18 in 1995-2003
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