Eastern constituency (Krasnodar Krai)
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The Tikhoretsk constituency (No.51[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Krasnodar Krai. The constituency covers rural eastern Krasnodar Krai.
Federal subjectKrasnodar Krai
DistrictsBeloglinsky, Vyselkovsky, Kavkazsky, Korenovsky, Novopokrovsky, Tbilissky, Tikhoretsky, Ust-Labinsky
| Tikhoretsk single-member constituency | |
|---|---|
Russian State Duma | |
 Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026 | |
| Deputy | |
| Federal subject | Krasnodar Krai |
| Districts | Beloglinsky, Vyselkovsky, Kavkazsky, Korenovsky, Novopokrovsky, Tbilissky, Tikhoretsky, Ust-Labinsky |
| Other territory | Estonia (Narva–3) |
| Voters | 462,122 (2021)[1] |
The constituency has been represented since 2016 by United Russia deputy Alexey Ezubov, a four-term State Duma member and former Basic Element executive.
Boundaries
1993–2003: Beloglinsky District, Kavkazsky District, Korenovsky District, Kropotkin, Novopokrovsky District, Pavlovsky District, Tbilissky District, Tikhoretsk, Tikhoretsky District, Ust-Labinsky District, Vyselkovsky District[2][3]
The constituency covered agriculture heavy eastern Krasnodar Krai, including the towns of Kropotkin and Tikhoretsk.
2003–2007: Beloglinsky District, Gulkevichsky District, Kavkazsky District, Kropotkin, Novopokrovsky District, Tbilissky District, Tikhoretsk, Tikhoretsky District, Ust-Labinsky District, Vyselkovsky District[4]
After 2003 redistricting the constituency was slightly changed, losing Korenovsky District to Dinskaya constituency. The constituency gained Gulkevichsky District from Armavir constituency.
2016–2026: Beloglinsky District, Kavkazsky District, Korenovsky District, Novopokrovsky District, Tbilissky District, Tikhoretsky District, Ust-Labinsky District, Vyselkovsky District[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election. This seat was drawn in its 1993–2003 configuration, losing Gulkevichsky District to Armavir constituency and gaining Korenovsky District from Dinskaya constituency.
Since 2026 Eastern constituency: Beloglinsky District, Gulkevichsky District, Kavkazsky District, Korenovsky District, Novopokrovsky District (Ilyinskaya, Kubansky, Novopokrovskaya, Novopokrovsky), Tbilissky District, Tikhoretsky District, Ust-Labinsky District, Vyselkovsky District[6]
The constituency was slightly altered after the 2025 redistricting, losing northern half of Novopokrovsky District to Kanevskaya constituency. This seat regained Gulkevichsky District from Armavir constituency and was renamed "Eastern constituency".
Members elected
By-election are shown in italics.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Nadezhda Verveyko | Independent | |
| 1995 | Aleksandr Tkachyov[b] | Independent | |
| 1999 | Communist Party | ||
| 2001 | Nikolay Denisov | Independent | |
| 2003 | Aleksey Tkachyov | Independent | |
| 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Alexey Ezubov | United Russia | |
| 2021 | |||
Election results
1993
Declared candidates
- Nikolay Belobritsky (APR), sovkhoz director
- Gennady Benov (CPRF), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993), retired Soviet Air Force lieutenant general
- Aleksandr Fendrikov (Civic Union), machine building plant director general
- Yaroslav Matchak (Independent), Mayor of Kropotkin, former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993) (previously ran as PRES candidate)
- Vyacheslav Nekhay (Choice of Russia), businessman
- Vladimir Onopriyev (Independent), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993), rector of Kuban State Medical University (1991–present)
- Nadezhda Verveyko (Independent), attorney
- Aleksandr Yermakov (DPR), gynecologist
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadezhda Verveyko | Independent | 45,042 | 14.94% | |
| Gennady Benov | Communist Party | 44,525 | 14.77% | |
| Nikolay Belobritsky | Agrarian Party | 42,282 | 14.03% | |
| Vladimir Onopriyev | Independent | 36,737 | 12.19% | |
| Aleksandr Fendrikov | Civic Union | 33,951 | 11.26% | |
| Vyacheslav Nekhay | Choice of Russia | 18,446 | 6.12% | |
| Aleksandr Yermakov | Democratic Party | 17,146 | 5.69% | |
| Yaroslav Matchak | Independent | 14,385 | 4.77% | |
| against all | 29,835 | 9.90% | ||
| Total | 301,399 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [7][8] | |||
1995
Declared candidates
- Vladimir Girig (Independent), industrial executive
- Leonid Golubenko (Independent), farmer
- Konstantin Gorovoy (LDPR), Member of Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai (1994–present)
- Aleksandr Kofanov (PPR–ST), trade union leader
- Nikolay Kondratenko (Independent), Member of Federation Council (1994–present), tobacco executive
- Nikolay Kotov (APR), Member of State Duma (1994–present)
- Mikhail Kovalyov (CPRF), middle school teacher
- Vladislav Spiridonov (Independent), tourism businessman
- Aleksandr Tkachyov (Independent), Member of Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai (1994–present), agriculture businessman
- Nadezhda Verveyko (V–N!), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present)
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Tkachyov | Independent | 82,028 | 23.24% | |
| Nikolay Kondratenko | Independent | 73,901 | 20.94% | |
| Mikhail Kovalyov | Communist Party | 72,523 | 20.55% | |
| Konstantin Gorovoy | Liberal Democratic Party | 42,914 | 12.16% | |
| Vladislav Spiridonov | Independent | 24,239 | 6.87% | |
| Nadezhda Verveyko (incumbent) | Power to the People! | 12,899 | 3.66% | |
| Vladimir Girich | Independent | 8,203 | 2.32% | |
| Leonid Golubenko | Independent | 5,707 | 1.62% | |
| Nikolay Kotov | Agrarian Party | 5,253 | 1.49% | |
| Aleksandr Kofanov | Trade Unions and Industrialists – Union of Labour | 2,295 | 0.65% | |
| against all | 1,813 | 5.16% | ||
| Total | 352,885 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [9] | |||
1999
Declared candidates
- Sergey Danilenko (Independent), attorney
- Natalia Motyzheva (RSP), nonprofit executive
- Grigory Pogrebnoy (NDR), chairman of the party regional executive committee, Great Patriotic War veteran
- Zinaida Rakhno (Independent), construction executive
- Aleksandr Tkachyov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (1996–present)
- Nikolay Turekov (LDPR), businessman
Failed to qualify
- Vladimir Madonov (Nikolayev–Fyodorov Bloc), nonprofit director
- Nadezhda Verveyko (Independent), former Member of State Duma (1994–1995)
Did not file
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Tkachyov (incumbent) | Communist Party | 240,540 | 70.98% | |
| Zinaida Rakhno | Independent | 20,329 | 6.00% | |
| Sergey Danilenko | Independent | 18,073 | 5.33% | |
| Nikolay Turekov | Liberal Democratic Party | 14,063 | 4.15% | |
| Natalia Motyzheva | Russian Socialist Party | 8,954 | 2.64% | |
| Grigory Pogrebnoy | Our Home – Russia | 4,962 | 1.46% | |
| against all | 27,907 | 8.24% | ||
| Total | 338,877 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [10] | |||
2001
Declared candidates
- Sergey Danilenko (Independent), attorney, 1999 candidate for this seat
- Gennady Deminenko (Independent), Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Committee on Labor and Employment
- Nikolay Denisov (Independent), aide to Governor of Krasnodar Krai Aleksandr Tkachyov
- Aleksey Guzeyev (Independent), lawyer
- Marina Meshcheryakova (Independent), oil businesswoman
- Natalia Motyzheva (Independent), nonprofit executive, 1999 candidate for this seat
- Tatyana Pavlovskaya (Independent), journalist
Did not file
- Andrey Chaltsev (Independent)
- Mikhail Kovalyov (Independent), middle school teacher, 1995 candidate for this seat
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolay Denisov | Independent | 87,480 | 58.83% | |
| Tatyana Pavlovskaya | Independent | 15,019 | 10.10% | |
| Marina Meshcheryakova | Independent | 14,348 | 9.65% | |
| Sergey Danilenko | Independent | 11,211 | 7.54% | |
| Natalia Motyzheva | Independent | 5,380 | 3.62% | |
| Gennady Deminenko | Independent | 2,702 | 1.82% | |
| Aleksey Guzeyev | Independent | 1,677 | 1.13% | |
| against all | 9,027 | 6.07% | ||
| Total | 148,701 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [11] | |||
2003
Declared candidates
- Gennady Deminenko (PVR-RPZh), Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Committee on Labor and Employment, 2001 candidate for this seat
- Sergey Kryuchin (LDPR), Member of Kropotkin Duma, agriculture businessman
- Zinaida Rakhno (Yabloko), pensioner, 1995 candidate for this seat
- Anatoly Shalimov (ORP Rus'), businessman
- Aleksey Tkachyov (Independent), Member of Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai (2002–present), agriculture businessman, brother of Governor of Krasnodar Krai Aleksandr Tkachyov (previously ran as United Russia candidate)
Did not file
- Nikolay Denisov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (2001–present)
- Ivan Lakhvich (Independent), pensioner
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksey Tkachyov | Independent | 188,105 | 67.32% | |
| Sergey Kryuchin | Liberal Democratic Party | 22,677 | 8.12% | |
| Zinaida Rakhno | Yabloko | 16,758 | 6.00% | |
| Gennady Deminenko | Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life | 6,156 | 2.20% | |
| Anatoly Shalimov | United Russian Party Rus' | 4,463 | 1.60% | |
| against all | 36,696 | 13.13% | ||
| Total | 279,545 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [12] | |||
2016
Declared candidates
- Alexey Ezubov (United Russia), Member of State Duma (2007–present)
- Vladimir Karpekin (A Just Russia), businessman
- Ilya Khalin (CPCR), Tikhoretsk station wagon maintenance foreman
- Lyudmila Lindblad (Rodina), corporate executive
- Aleksandr Nagnibeda (CPRF), former Member of Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai (2002–2007)
- Nikolay Sytnik (LDPR), aide to State Duma member Anatoly Sikorsky
- Denis Vashchenko (Party of Growth), businessman
Declined
- Aleksandr Shustenkov (United Russia), Member of Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai (2002–present)[13] (lost the primary)
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexey Ezubov | United Russia | 197,102 | 67.69% | |
| Aleksandr Nagnibeda | Communist Party | 28,336 | 9.38% | |
| Nikolay Sytnik | Liberal Democratic Party | 22,848 | 7.85% | |
| Vladimir Karpekin | A Just Russia | 15,510 | 5.33% | |
| Denis Vashchenko | Party of Growth | 8,955 | 3.08% | |
| Ilya Khalin | Communists of Russia | 7,409 | 2.54% | |
| Lyudmila Lindblad | Rodina | 6,873 | 2.36% | |
| Total | 291,168 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [14] | |||
2021
Declared candidates
- Artyom Belobritsky (CPRF), Member of Vyselkovsky District Council (2020–present), agricultural executive
- Valery Chayevsky (RPPSS), homemaker
- Gennady Dergachev (LDPR), Member of Tuapse Council (2017–present), aide to Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai member
- Alexey Ezubov (United Russia), incumbent Member of State Duma (2007–present)
- Svetlana Konovalova (Yabloko), party chairwoman in Korenovsky District
- Sergey Kusmakov (New People), nonprofit executive, perennial candidate
- Roman Shpakov (Party of Growth), Ust-Labinsk Administration staffer
- Nikolay Sytnik (SR–ZP), community activist, 2016 LDPR candidate for this seat
- Maksim Yasenetsky (GP), unemployed
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexey Ezubov (incumbent) | United Russia | 278,780 | 72.76% | |
| Artyom Belobritsky | Communist Party | 41,153 | 10.74% | |
| Nikolay Sytnik | A Just Russia — For Truth | 15,855 | 4.14% | |
| Gennady Dergachev | Liberal Democratic Party | 15,229 | 3.97% | |
| Sergey Kusmakov | New People | 12,621 | 3.29% | |
| Svetlana Konovalova | Yabloko | 5,734 | 1.50% | |
| Valery Chayevsky | Party of Pensioners | 4,662 | 1.22% | |
| Roman Shpakov | Party of Growth | 3,768 | 0.98% | |
| Maksim Yasnetsky | Civic Platform | 2,131 | 0.56% | |
| Total | 383,154 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [15] | |||
2026
Declared candidates
- Alexey Ezubov (United Russia), incumbent Member of State Duma (2007–present)
- Anton Kuligin (New People), Member of Tikhoretsk Council (2022–present), Russian Army officer
- Denis Labeko (The Greens), Member of Labinsk Council (2024–present), municipal sports school director
- Aleksey Moryakhin (A Just Russia), municipal stadium deputy head
- Eduard Varlashkin (CPRF), aide to State Duma member Nikolay Osadchy
- Igor Zubarev (LDPR), middle school deputy principal
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexey Ezubov (incumbent) | United Russia | |||
| Anton Kuligin | New People | |||
| Denis Labeko | The Greens | |||
| Aleksey Moryakhin | A Just Russia | |||
| Eduard Varlashkin | Communist Party | |||
| Igor Zubarev | Liberal Democratic Party | |||
| Total | 100% | |||
| Source: | ||||
Notes
- No.44 in 1993–1995, No.43 in 1995–2003, No.45 in 2003–2007
- elected as Governor of Krasnodar Krai in December 2000