Kanash constituency
| Kanash single-member constituency | |
|---|---|
 Russian State Duma | |
 Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026 | |
| Deputy | |
| Federal subject | Chuvash Republic |
| Districts | Batyrevsky, Cheboksarsky (Abashevskoye, Akulevskoye, Atlashevskoye, Kugesi, Shinerposinskoye, Sinyalskoye, Sirmaposinskoye), Cheboksary (Kalininsky), Kanash, Kanashsky, Kozlovsky, Komsomolsky, Krasnoarmeysky, Mariinsko-Posadsky, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky, Tsivilsky, Urmarsky, Yalchiksky, Yantikovsky |
| Voters | 463,226 (2021)[1] |
The Kanash constituency (No.37[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Chuvashia. The constituency covers eastern half of Chuvashia, including Novocheboksarsk and eastern Cheboksary.
The constituency has been represented since 2016 by A Just Russia – For Truth deputy Anatoly Aksakov, a six-term State Duma member, who represented Cheboksary constituency in 2000–2007. Aksakov has been serving as Chairman of the Duma Committee on Financial Markets since October 2016.
Boundaries
[edit]1993–2007: Alatyr, Alatyrsky District, Alikovsky District, Batyrevsky District, Ibresinsky District, Kanash, Kanashsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Krasnochetaysky District, Morgaushsky District, Poretsky District, Shemurshinsky District, Shumerlya, Shumerlinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Vurnarsky District, Yadrinsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District[2][3][4]
The constituency covered most of Chuvashia to the south of Cheboksary metro area, including the towns of Alatyr, Kanash and Sarapul.
2016–2026: Batyrevsky District, Cheboksarsky District (Abashevo, Akulevskoye, Atlashevskoye, Kugesi, Shinerposinskoye, Sinyalskoye, Sirmaposinskoye), Cheboksary (Kalininsky), Kanash, Kanashsky District, Kozlovsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Mariinsko-Posadsky District, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election. This seat retained only eastern Chuvashia, swapping the rest with Cheboksary constituency for part of Cheboksary itself, Novocheboksarsk and north-eastern part of the region.
Since 2026: Batyrevsky District, Cheboksarsky District (Alatyrkasy, Alymkasy, Atlashevo, Koderkasy, Lipovo, Nizhny Magaz, Tolikovo, Tomakasy, Urayevo-Magaz, Verkhny Magaz, Yerdovo), Cheboksary (Kalininsky), Kanashsky District, Kozlovsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Mariinsko-Posadsky District, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District[6]
After the 2025 redistricting the constituency was slightly altered, losing most of its share of Cheboksarsky District to Cheboksary constituency.
Members elected
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Valentin Agafonov | Independent | |
| 1995 | |||
| 1999 | Valentin Shurchanov | Communist Party | |
| 2003 | Pavel Semyonov | United Russia | |
| 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Anatoly Aksakov | A Just Russia — For Truth | |
| 2021 | |||
Election results
[edit]1993
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valentin Agafonov | Independent | 130,041 | 41.01% | |
| Vyacheslav Tikhonov | Independent | – | 10.30% | |
| Yevgeny Dmitriyev | Party of Russian Unity and Accord | – | – | |
| Nikolay Maksimov | Democratic Party | – | – | |
| Mikhail Tikhonov | Independent | – | – | |
| Gennady Volkov | Independent | – | – | |
| Mikhail Yukhma | Independent | – | – | |
| Total | 317,085 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [7][8] | |||
1995
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valentin Agafonov (incumbent) | Independent | 122,179 | 40.19% | |
| Lev Kurakov | Independent | 96,554 | 31.76% | |
| Gennady Kuzmin | Liberal Democratic Party | 17,933 | 5.90% | |
| Lyudmila Rulkova | Our Home – Russia | 15,911 | 5.23% | |
| Svetlana Lyapidovskaya | Common Cause | 12,529 | 4.12% | |
| Vladimir Barsukov | Congress of Russian Communities | 5,518 | 1.82% | |
| against all | 19,491 | 6.41% | ||
| Total | 303,977 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [9] | |||
1999
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valentin Shurchanov | Communist Party | 114,738 | 40.26% | |
| Pyotr Ivantayev | Independent | 101,366 | 35.57% | |
| Vladimir Mayorov | Independent | 19,839 | 6.96% | |
| Vladimir Mukin | Yabloko | 10,314 | 3.62% | |
| Valentin Agafonov (incumbent) | Independent | 7,406 | 2.60% | |
| Anatoly Zhuromsky | For Civil Dignity | 7,096 | 2.49% | |
| against all | 13,246 | 4.65% | ||
| Total | 285,008 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [10] | |||
2003
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Semyonov | United Russia | 200,810 | 70.55% | |
| Valentin Shurchanov (incumbent) | Communist Party | 56,681 | 19.91% | |
| Vladimir Izhederov | Independent | 3,026 | 1.06% | |
| Nikolay Vladimirov | Yabloko | 2,831 | 0.99% | |
| Konstantin Ilyin | Great Russia – Eurasian Union | 1,917 | 0.67% | |
| Robert Churkin | United Russian Party Rus' | 1,533 | 0.54% | |
| against all | 9,649 | 3.39% | ||
| Total | 284,682 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [11] | |||
2016
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatoly Aksakov | A Just Russia | 84,920 | 29.99% | |
| Aleksandr Kapitonov | Party of Growth | 60,580 | 21.39% | |
| Grigory Danilov | Communist Party | 38,603 | 13.63% | |
| Konstantin Stepanov | Liberal Democratic Party | 24,527 | 8.66% | |
| Vladimir Mikhaylov | Rodina | 12,049 | 4.26% | |
| Valery Pavlov | Patriots of Russia | 11,095 | 3.92% | |
| Dmitry Semenov | People's Freedom Party | 9,974 | 3.52% | |
| Anton Trefilov | Communists of Russia | 9,672 | 3.42% | |
| Dmitry Sorokin | Civic Platform | 5,634 | 1.99% | |
| Anton Saprykin | Yabloko | 4,099 | 1.45% | |
| Total | 283,161 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [12] | |||
2021
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatoly Aksakov (incumbent) | A Just Russia — For Truth | 111,123 | 41.64% | |
| Aleksandr Andreyev | Communist Party | 53,390 | 20.01% | |
| Leonid Pronin | United Russia | 37,571 | 14.08% | |
| Elza Kuzmina | New People | 17,241 | 6.46% | |
| Nikolay Stepanov | Party of Pensioners | 16,216 | 6.08% | |
| Vyacheslav Solovyev | Liberal Democratic Party | 10,569 | 3.69% | |
| Aleksandr Vorobyev | The Greens | 5,415 | 2.03% | |
| Eduard Romanov | Rodina | 3,527 | 1.32% | |
| Total | 266,855 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [13] | |||
Notes
[edit]- ^ No.33 in 1993-1995 and 2003-2007, No.32 in 1995-2003
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