Russian legislative constituency
Cheboksary single-member constituency Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy Federal subject Chuvash Republic Districts Alatyr , Alatyrsky , Alikovsky , Cheboksarsky (Bolshekatrasskoye, Chirshkasinskoye, Ishakskoye, Ishleyskoye, Kshaushskoye, Lapsarskoye, Sarabakasinskoye, Sinyal-Pokrovskoye, Vurman-Syukterskoye, Yanyshskoye), Cheboksary (Leninsky, Moskovsky), Ibresinsky , Krasnochetaysky , Morgaushsky , Poretsky , Shumerlinsky , Shumerlya , Vurnarsky , Yadrinsky Other territory Belarus (Minsk -3)Voters 446,052 (2021)[ 1]
The Cheboksary constituency (No. 38[ a] is a Russian legislative constituency in Chuvashia . The constituency covers western half of Chuvashia, including western Cheboksary , Alatyr and Shumerlya .
The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Alla Salayeva , former Deputy Prime Minister of Chuvashia, who won the open seat, succeeding one-term United Russia incumbent Leonid Cherkesov .
1993–2007 : Cheboksarsky District , Cheboksary , Novocheboksarsk , Kozlovsky District , Mariinsko-Posadsky District [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Cheboksary , industrial satellite city of Novocheboksarsk as well as surrounding area in northern Chuvashia.
2016–2026 : Alatyr , Alatyrsky District , Alikovsky District , Cheboksarsky District (Bolshekatrasskoye, Chirshkasinskoye, Ishakskoye, Ishleyskoye, Kshaushskoye, Lapsarskoye, Sarabakasinskoye, Sinyal-Pokrovskoye, Vurman-Syukterskoye, Yanyshskoye), Cheboksary (Leninsky, Moskovsky), Ibresinsky District , Krasnochetaysky District , Morgaushsky District , Poretsky District , Shumerlinsky District , Shumerlya , Vurnarsky District , Yadrinsky District [ 5] 2016 election . This seat retained only western Cheboksary and Cheboksarsky District , losing the rest to Kanash constituency . In its new configuration the constituency was pushed into western Chuvashia, which was previously part of Kanash constituency.
Since 2026 : Alatyr , Alatyrsky District , Alikovsky District , most of Cheboksarsky District , Cheboksary (Leninsky, Moskovsky), Ibresinsky District , Krasnochetaysky District , Morgaushsky District , Poretsky District , Shumerlinsky District , Shumerlya , Vurnarsky District , Yadrinsky District [ 6] Cheboksarsky District from Kanash constituency .
Declared candidates [ edit ] Vitaly Alekseyev (DPR ), Chairman of the Cheboksary City Council of People's Deputies (1990–present)
Vladislav Alekseyev (Independent ), expert for the Presidential Envoy to Chuvashia
Nadezhda Bikalova (Independent ), Chairwoman of the Chuvashia Property Fund (1993–present)Mikhail Demidov (PRES ), Deputy Minister of Justice of Chuvashia (1993–present)
Lev Fyodorov (Independent ), RAN Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry leading researcherAleksey Guryev (YaBL ), ecological activist
Svetlana Lyapidovskaya (Independent ), advisor to Mayor of Cheboksary
Stanislav Lyapunov (Civic Union ), electronics plant director
Igor Molyakov (Independent ), philosophy senior lecturerAnatoly Sharapov (Independent ), attorney
Arseny Suvorov (Independent ), businessman
Ivan Toreyev (Independent ), community activist
Declared candidates [ edit ] Alimzhan Abubikerov (AAR ), attorney
Vladislav Alekseyev (Social Democrats ), expert for the Presidential Envoy to Chuvashia , 1993 candidate for this seat
Eduard Arslanov (Common Cause ), neuropathologist
Nadezhda Bikalova (Independent ), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present)Valery Bobkov (BIR ), Chernobyl movement activist, painterYury Chetkov (Independent ), nonprofit director
Svyatoslav Fyodorov (PST ), former People's Deputy of the Soviet Union (1989–1991), Eye Microsurgery Complex director, leader of the Party of Workers' Self-Government (1995–present)Vladimir Izhederov (Independent ), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1994–1995, 1995–present), history teacher
Eduard Kubarev (DVR–OD ), former Chairman of the Supreme Council of Chuvashia (1991–1994), 1993 presidential candidateValery Petrov (PPR–ST ), union leader
Tatyana Petrova (NDR ), First Deputy Minister of Finance of Chuvashia
Galina Ruban (Independent ), journalist
Valery Saperov (People's Union), party secretary
Anatoly Sharapov (Independent ), attorney, 1993 candidate for this seat
Aleksandr Shipov (LDPR ), Member of State Duma (1995–present)Gennady Sokolov (Independent ), Military Commissioner of Chuvashia (1991–present), Russian Army major general Withdrawn candidates [ edit ]
Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Cheboksary constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Svyatoslav Fyodorov Party of Workers' Self-Government 112,160 41.03%
Nadezhda Bikalova (incumbent)Independent 69,789
25.53%
Eduard Kubarev Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats 11,347
4.15%
Vladimir Izhederov
Independent 10,668
3.90%
Aleksandr Shipov Liberal Democratic Party 7,583
2.77%
Tatyana Petrova
Our Home – Russia 6,645
2.43%
Valery Petrov
Trade Unions and Industrialists – Union of Labour 5,009
1.83%
Anatoly Sharapov
Independent 3,817
1.40%
Alimzhan Abubikerov
Russian Lawyers' Association
3,315
1.21%
Valery Bobkov Ivan Rybkin Bloc 2,925
1.07%
Vladislav Alekseyev
Social Democrats 2,566
0.94%
Yury Chetkov
Independent 2,498
0.91%
Eduard Arlanov
Common Cause 2,185
0.80%
Gennady Sokolov
Independent 1,785
0.65%
Valery Saperov
People's Union
1,124
0.41%
Galina Ruban
Independent 943
0.35%
against all
15,004
5.49%
Total
273,332
100%
Source:
[ 9]
Declared candidates [ edit ] Anatoly Aksakov (Independent ), Deputy Premier of Chuvashia – Minister of Economy (1998–present)Vakhtang Chkuaseli (Independent ), former Deputy Governor of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug (1998–1999)
Vladimir Izhederov (Stalin Bloc ), former Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1994–1995, 1995–1998), 1995 candidate for this seat, 1997 presidential candidate
Vitaly Malinov (DPA ), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1996–present)
Valentin Malyutkin (Yabloko ), Chuvash State University faculty of law dean, retired militsiya colonel
Yury Metlov (Independent ), writer
Valery Mikhaylov (Independent ), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993)Igor Molyakov (CPRF ), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1994–1995, 1995–present), 1993 candidate for this seatOleg Nasakin (LDPR ), Chuvash State University faculty of chemistry deanVladimir Petrov (Independent ), Ministry of Finance of Russia Audit Department Regional Office official Withdrawn candidates [ edit ]
Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Cheboksary constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Anatoly Aksakov Independent 116,729 40.41%
Igor Molyakov Communist Party 84,990
29.42%
Oleg Nasakin Liberal Democratic Party 17,285
5.98%
Valentin Malyutkin
Yabloko 12,536
4.34%
Vladimir Izhederov
Stalin Bloc – For the USSR 9,869
3.42%
Vakhtang Chkuaseli
Independent 6,491
2.25%
Vitaly Malinov
Movement in Support of the Army 4,131
1.43%
Vladimir Petrov
Independent 3,549
1.23%
Valery Mikhaylov Independent 1,921
0.67%
Yury Metlov
Independent 833
0.29%
against all
22,585
7.82%
Total
288,849
100%
Source:
[ 10]
Declared candidates [ edit ] Anatoly Aksakov (NPRF ), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present)Sergey Drandrov (Independent ), businessman
Viktor Fyodorov (Independent ), nonprofit chairman
Yevgeny Lin (Yabloko ), chairman of the party regional office
Vladimir Mayorov (Independent ), businessman, singer
Igor Molyakov (CPRF ), former Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1994–1995, 1995–2003), 1993 and 1999 candidate for this seatArina Ryzhova (ORP Rus' ), auditor
Valery Zhukov (PVR -RPZh ), businessman Withdrawn candidates [ edit ]
Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Cheboksary constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Anatoly Aksakov (incumbent)People's Party 135,222 47.32%
Igor Molyakov Communist Party 71,385
24.98%
Vladimir Mayorov
Independent 13,691
4.79%
Yevgeny Lin
Yabloko 7,275
2.55%
Arina Ryzhova
United Russian Party Rus'
7,142
2.50%
Viktor Fedorov
Independent 5,403
1.89%
Valery Zhukov
Party of Russia's Rebirth -Russian Party of Life 3,418
1.20%
Sergey Drandrov
Independent 3,368
1.18%
against all
31,390
10.99%
Total
285,917
100%
Source:
[ 11]
Declared candidates [ edit ] Vladislav Arkadyev (Yabloko ), human rights activist, 2015 head candidate
Sergey Belobayev (LDPR ), aide to State Duma member Vasily Zhurko
Leonid Cherkesov (United Russia ), Head of Cheboksary – Chairman of the City Assembly of Deputies (2010–present), Member of the Assembly of Deputies (2005–present)Aleksandr Golitsyn (GP ), party financial director
Mikhail Gorbatin (Party of Growth ), businessman
Andrey Kulagin (Patriots of Russia ), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2006–present)
Vladimir Mayorov (PARNAS ), businessman, singer, 2003 candidate for this seat
Oleg Nikolayev (The Greens ), pensioner
Oleg Nikolayev (A Just Russia ), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2011–present)Oleg Nikolayev (Independent ), driver
Nina Ryleyeva (Rodina ), bank teller
Sergey Shulyatyev (CPCR ), businessman, perennial candidate
Valentin Shurchanov (CPRF ), Member of State Duma (2000–2003, 2007–present), 1997 , 2001 and 2015 head candidate
Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Cheboksary constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Leonid Cherkesov United Russia 125,456 46.77%
Oleg Nikolayev A Just Russia 32,153
11.99%
Valentin Shurchanov Communist Party 31,881
11.88%
Sergey Belobayev
Liberal Democratic Party 20,430
7.62%
Sergey Shulyatyev
Communists of Russia 8,058
3.00%
Oleg Nikolayev
The Greens 7,567
2.82%
Vladimir Mayorov
People's Freedom Party 5,204
1.94%
Oleg Nikolayev
Independent 4,938
1.84%
Vladislav Arkadyev
Yabloko 4,548
1.70%
Andrey Kulagin
Patriots of Russia 4,099
1.53%
Aleksandr Golitsyn
Civic Platform 3,497
1.30%
Mikhail Gorbatin
Party of Growth 3,439
1.28%
Nina Ryleyeva
Rodina 3,257
1.21%
Total
268,264
100%
Source:
[ 13]
Declared candidates [ edit ] Vladimir Andreyev (CPCR ), unemployed
Vladislav Arkadyev (Yabloko ), human rights activist, 2015 head candidate, 2016 candidate for this seat
Igor Molyakov (A Just Russia ), Member of State Duma (2020–present), 1993 , 1999 and 2003 CPRF candidate for this seatSergey Pavlov (Rodina ), businessman
Stanislav Pesin (RPPSS ), lawyer
Alla Salayeva (United Russia ), Deputy Premier of Chuvashia – Minister of Education and Youth Policy (2020–present)Sergey Sorokin (GP ), computer graphics school director
Konstantin Stepanov (LDPR ), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2016–present), 2020 head candidate
Vladislav Tsapin (CPRF ), security executive Withdrawn candidates [ edit ]
Yelena Yevgenyeva (Independent ), construction executive
Summary of the 17–19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Cheboksary constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alla Salayeva United Russia 97,548 39.63%
Igor Molyakov A Just Russia — For Truth 45,197
18.36%
Vladimir Andreyev
Communists of Russia 27,788
11.29%
Vladislav Tsapin
Communist Party 22,502
9.14%
Stanislav Pesin
Party of Pensioners 13,750
5.59%
Konstantin Stepanov
Liberal Democratic Party 13,596
5.52%
Sergey Pavlov
Rodina 5,934
2.41%
Sergey Sorokin
Civic Platform 4,957
2.01%
Vladislav Arkadyev
Yabloko 3,231
1.31%
Total
246,150
100%
Source:
[ 14]
Potential candidates [ edit ]
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