Bezhetsk constituency
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| Bezhetsk single-member constituency | |
|---|---|
Russian State Duma | |
Constituency boundaries from 1993 to 2007 | |
| Deputy | None |
| Federal subject | Tver Oblast |
| Districts | Bezhetsky, Bologovsky, Firovsky, Kalyazinsky, Kashinsky, Kesovogorsky, Kimrsky, Kimry, Konakovsky, Krasnokholmsky, Lesnoy, Likhoslavlsky, Maksatikhinsky, Molokovsky, Ostashkovsky, Ozyorny, Penovsky, Rameshkovsky, Sandovsky, Solnechny, Sonkovsky, Spirovsky, Torzhok, Torzhoksky, Udomelsky, Vesyegonsky, Vyshnevolotsky, Vyshny Volochyok |
| Voters | 580,693 (2003)[1] |
The Bezhetsk constituency (No.172[a]) was a Russian legislative constituency in Tver Oblast in 1993-2007. It covered northern and eastern parts of Tver Oblast. The seat was last occupied by United Russia deputy Aleksandr Tyagunov, a former Deputy Governor of Tver Oblast, who defeated incumbent first-term Communist State Duma member and journalist Vyacheslav Zorkin in the 2003 election.
The constituency was dissolved in 2007 when State Duma adopted full proportional representation for the next two electoral cycles. Bezhetsk constituency was not re-established for the 2016 election, currently most of former Bezhetsk constituency is part of Tver constituency.
1993–2007: Bezhetsk, Bezhetsky District, Bologovsky District, Bologoye, Firovsky District, Kalyazinsky District, Kashin, Kashinsky District, Kesovogorsky District, Kimrsky District, Kimry, Konakovo, Konakovsky District, Krasnokholmsky District, Lesnoy District, Likhoslavlsky District, Maksatikhinsky District, Molokovsky District, Ostashkov, Ostashkovsky District, Ozyorny, Penovsky District, Rameshkovsky District, Sandovsky District, Solnechny, Sonkovsky District, Spirovsky District, Torzhok, Torzhoksky District, Udomelsky District, Udomlya, Vesyegonsky, Vyshnevolotsky, Vyshny Volochyok[2][3][4]
The constituency covered northern and eastern Tver Oblast, including the towns of Bezhetsk, Bologoye, Kashin, Kimry, Konakovo, Ostashkov, Torzhok and Udomlya.
Members elected
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Vladimir Bayunov | Independent | |
| 1995 | Communist Party | ||
| 1999 | Vyacheslav Zorkin | Communist Party | |
| 2003 | Aleksandr Tyagunov | United Russia | |
