Arkhangelsk constituency
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| Arkhangelsk single-member constituency | |
|---|---|
 Russian State Duma | |
 Constituency boundaries since 2016 | |
| Deputy | |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Districts | Arkhangelsk (Maymaksansky, Oktyabrsky, Severny, Solombalsky), Kargopolsky, Konoshsky, Nyandomsky, Onezhsky, Plesetsky, Primorsky (Ostrovnoye, Pertominskoye, Primorskoye, Solovetskoye, Zaostrovskoye), Severodvinsk, Velsky |
| Other territory | Uzbekistan (Tashkent-3) |
| Voters | 425,117 (2021)[1] |
The Arkhangelsk constituency (No.72[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Arkhangelsk Oblast. The constituency covers northern half of Arkhangelsk and western Arkhangelsk Oblast.
The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Aleksandr Spiridonov, Sevmash engineer, who won the open seat after defeating one-term United Russian incumbent Dmitry Yurkov in the primary.
1993–2003: Arkhangelsk, Leshukonsky District, Mezensky District, Pinezhsky District, Primorsky District, Severodvinsk, Solovetsky District, Arctic Ocean islands[2][3]
The constituency covered the entirety of Arkhangelsk, major shipyard Severodvinsk and norther Arkhangelsk Oblast, including all of Arctic Ocean islands.
2003–2007: Arkhangelsk, Leshukonsky District, Mezensky District, Novodvinsk, Pinezhsky District, Primorsky District, Severodvinsk, Solovetsky District, Arctic Ocean islands[4]
After 2003 the constituency was slightly changes as it gained the industrial city of Novodvinsk from Kotlas constituency.
2016–present: Arkhangelsk (Maymaksansky, Oktyabrsky, Severny, Solombalsky), Kargopolsky District, Konoshsky District, Nyandomsky District, Onezhsky District, Plesetsky District, Primorsky District (Ostrovnoye, Pertominskoye, Primorskoye, Solovetsky District, Zaostrovskoye), Severodvinsk, Velsky District[5][6]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and it retained northern half of Arkhangelsk, Severodvinsk and Solovetsky Islands, losing the rest to Kotlas constituency. This seat gained western Arkhangelsk Oblast from the former Kotlas constituency.
Members elected
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Sergey Shulgin | Civic Union | |
| 1995 | Vasily Grishin | Independent | |
| 1999 | Aleksandr Piskunov[b] | Fatherland – All Russia | |
| 2003 | Vladimir Krupchak | Independent | |
| 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Dmitry Yurkov | United Russia | |
| 2021 | Aleksandr Spiridonov | United Russia | |