Yakutia constituency
Russian legislative constituency
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The Yakutia constituency (No.24[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Yakutia. Yakutia constituency is the largest single-mandate territorial constituency in the world (roughly the size of India).
Federal subject Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
DistrictsAbyysky, Aldansky, Allaikhovsky, Amginsky, Anabarsky, Bulunsky, Churapchinsky, Eveno-Bytantaysky, Gorny, Khangalassky, Kobyaysky, Lensky, Megino-Kangalassky, Mirninsky, Momsky, Namsky, Neryungrinsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Nyurbinsky, Olenyoksky, Olyokminsky, Oymyakonsky, Srednekolymsky, Suntarsky, Tattinsky, Tomponsky, Ust-Aldansky, Ust-Maysky, Ust-Yansky, Verkhnekolymsky, Verkhnevilyuysky, Verkhoyansky, Vilyuysky, Yakutsk, Zhatay, Zhigansky
Voters644,805 (2021)[1]
| Yakutia single-member constituency | |
|---|---|
 Russian State Duma | |
 | |
| Deputy | |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic (Yakutia) |
| Districts | Abyysky, Aldansky, Allaikhovsky, Amginsky, Anabarsky, Bulunsky, Churapchinsky, Eveno-Bytantaysky, Gorny, Khangalassky, Kobyaysky, Lensky, Megino-Kangalassky, Mirninsky, Momsky, Namsky, Neryungrinsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Nyurbinsky, Olenyoksky, Olyokminsky, Oymyakonsky, Srednekolymsky, Suntarsky, Tattinsky, Tomponsky, Ust-Aldansky, Ust-Maysky, Ust-Yansky, Verkhnekolymsky, Verkhnevilyuysky, Verkhoyansky, Vilyuysky, Yakutsk, Zhatay, Zhigansky |
| Voters | 644,805 (2021)[1] |
The constituency has been represented since 2021 by Communist deputy Petr Ammosov, a party activist, who narrowly defeated three-term A Just Russia – For Truth incumbent Fedot Tumusov (Tumusov was simultaneously elected by party list representation).
Boundaries
1993–2007, 2016–present: Abyysky District, Aldansky District, Allaikhovsky District, Amginsky District, Anabarsky District, Bulunsky District, Churapchinsky District, Eveno-Bytantaysky National District, Gorny District, Khangalassky District, Kobyaysky District, Lensky District, Megino-Kangalassky District, Mirninsky District, Momsky District, Namsky District, Neryungrinsky District, Nizhnekolymsky District, Nyurbinsky District, Olenyoksky District, Olyokminsky District, Oymyakonsky District, Srednekolymsky District, Suntarsky District, Tattinsky District, Tomponsky District, Ust-Aldansky District, Ust-Maysky District, Ust-Yansky District, Verkhnekolymsky District, Verkhnevilyuysky District, Verkhoyansky District, Vilyuysky District, Yakutsk, Zhatay, Zhigansky District[2][3][4][5][6]
The constituency has been covering the entirety of the Sakha Republic since its initial creation in 1993.
Members elected
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Yegor Zhirkov | Independent | |
| 1995 | Zoya Kornilova | Power to the People! | |
| 1999 | Vitaly Basygysov | Independent | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Fedot Tumusov | A Just Russia | |
| 2021 | Petr Ammosov | Communist Party | |
Election results
1993
Declared candidates
- Vladimir Danilov (Independent), Vice Mayor of Yakutsk
- Viktor Dyuldin (DPR), union leader
- Yury Pozdnyakov (Independent), Deputy Mayor of Yakutsk
- Leonid Torgovkin (Independent), Deputy Mayor of Neryungri (1992–present), former Chairman of the Neryungri City Executive Committee (1989–1992)
- Sergey Yurkov (Civic Union), union leader
- Yegor Zhirkov (Independent), Minister of Education of the Sakha Republic (1992–present)
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yegor Zhirkov | Independent | 149,443 | 36.50% | |
| Yury Pozdnyakov | Independent | – | 12.35% | |
| Vladimir Danilov | Independent | – | – | |
| Viktor Dyuldin | Democratic Party | – | – | |
| Leonid Torgovkin | Independent | – | – | |
| Sergey Yurkov | Civic Union | – | – | |
| Total | 409,461 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [7] | |||
1995
Declared candidates
- Vyacheslav Filatov (Independent), First Deputy Chairman of the State Assembly of the Sakha Republic Chamber of the Republic (1995–present), Member of the State Assembly (1993–present)
- Valery Guminsky (Independent), gold mining executive
- Zoya Kornilova (V–N!), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993)
- Pyotr Sarychev (Forward, Russia!), businessman
- Dmitry Tikhonov (Independent), former rector of Yakutsk State University Medical Institute (1993–1995)
- Galina Vasilyeva (Women of Russia), businesswoman
- Vasily Vinokurov (Independent), agricultural scientist
- Yegor Zhirkov (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present)
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoya Kornilova | Power to the People! | 110,567 | 28.38% | |
| Yegor Zhirkov (incumbent) | Independent | 110,245 | 28.30% | |
| Valery Guminsky | Independent | 37,128 | 9.53% | |
| Vyacheslav Filatov | Independent | 33,452 | 8.59% | |
| Galina Vasilyeva | Women of Russia | 24,579 | 6.31% | |
| Dmitry Tikhonov | Independent | 11,564 | 2.97% | |
| Vasily Vinokurov | Independent | 7,728 | 1.98% | |
| Pyotr Sarychev | Forward, Russia! | 7,454 | 1.91% | |
| against all | 39,409 | 10.12% | ||
| Total | 389,552 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [8] | |||
1999
Declared candidates
- Artur Alekseyev (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (1993–present), former First Secretary of the CPSU Yakutsk City Committee (1988–1991), 1996 presidential candidate
- Vitaly Basygysov (Independent), Head of Mirninsky District (1993–present)
- Ivan Cherov (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (1993–present), 1991 presidential candidate
- Aleksandr Kim-Kimen (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (1997–present), law firm president
- Zoya Kornilova (ROS), incumbent Member of State Duma (1996–present)
- Andrey Krivoshapkin-Ayyunga (Independent), retraining centre director
- Sergey Shkurenko (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (1997–present)
- Ulyana Vinokurova (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (1993–present)
Did not file
- Usementay Alekseyev (Nikolayev–Fyodorov Bloc), retired Soviet Border Troops colonel
- Vasily Atlasov (Independent), Sakha culture advocate
- Aleksandr Loginov (Yabloko), union leader
- Anastasia Tymkyl (Independent)
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitaly Basygysov | Independent | 95,869 | 26.00% | |
| Zoya Kornilova (incumbent) | Russian All-People's Union | 87,393 | 23.70% | |
| Artur Alekseyev | Independent | 85,655 | 23.23% | |
| Sergey Shkurenko | Independent | 31,629 | 8.58% | |
| Aleksandr Kim-Kimen | Independent | 27,430 | 7.44% | |
| Ulyana Vinokurova | Independent | 5,964 | 1.62% | |
| Ivan Cherov | Independent | 4,588 | 1.24% | |
| Andrey Krivoshapkin-Ayynga | Independent | 2,859 | 0.78% | |
| against all | 22,716 | 6.16% | ||
| Total | 368,770 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [9] | |||
2003
Declared candidates
- Vitaly Basygysov (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present)
- Aleksandr Gavrilyev (CPRF), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (2002–present)
- Semyon Nazarov (PVR-RPZh), former Premier of the Sakha Republic (2002–2003)
- Mikhail Sannikov (RP), former Alrosa president (1999–2003), 1996 and 2001 presidential candidate
- Ivan Shamayev (VR–ES), college director
- Viktor Shemchuk (ORP Rus'), nonprofit executive, 1991 vice presidential candidate
- Igor Treskov (SPS), Deputy Mayor of Yakutsk (2003–present)
- Fedot Tumusov (Rodina), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (1993–present), 2001–02 presidential candidate
Did not file
- Valery Atsgeyda (LDPR), agriculture businessman
- Rodion Kulichkin (Independent), unemployed
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitaly Basygysov (incumbent) | Independent | 196,646 | 47.69% | |
| Fedot Tumusov | Rodina | 56,202 | 13.63% | |
| Semyon Nazarov | Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life | 45,154 | 10.95% | |
| Igor Treskov | Union of Right Forces | 35,374 | 8.58% | |
| Aleksandr Gavrilyev | Communist Party | 18,060 | 4.38% | |
| Ivan Shamayev | Great Russia – Eurasian Union | 9,339 | 2.26% | |
| Viktor Shemchuk | United Russian Party Rus' | 3,661 | 0.89% | |
| against all | 41,686 | 10.11% | ||
| Total | 412,340 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [10] | |||
2016
Declared candidates
- Petr Ammosov (CPRF), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (2013–present), party secretary
- Aleksandr Lazarev (CPCR), perennial candidate
- Gavril Parakhin (LDPR), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (2013–present), 2014 head candidate
- Oleg Tarasov (Rodina), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (2002–present), energy executive
- Aisen Tikhonov (Party of Growth), former Yakutia Airlines executive, community activist
- Fedot Tumusov (A Just Russia), Member of State Duma (2007–present), 2003 Rodina candidate for this seat
- Aital Yefremov (The Greens), businessman
- Andrey Zayakin (Yabloko), physics junior researcher, Dissernet co-founder
Failed to qualify
- Alyona Atlasova (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (2013–present), nonprofit director
- Andrey Borisov (Independent), State Counsellor of the Sakha Republic (2014–present)
- Maksim Mestnikov (Independent), former Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (1997–2002), 2014 TPR head candidate
- Zoya Solovyova (Independent), historian, United Russia primary candidate
Declined
- Sakhamin Afanasyev (United Russia), Minister of Ecology, Natural Resources, and Forestry of the Sakha Republic (2014–present)[11] (lost the primary, ran on the party list)
- Galina Danchikova (United Russia), Premier of the Sakha Republic (2010–present)[11] (won the primary, ran on the party list)
- Viktor Fyodorov (United Russia), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (2013–present)[11] (lost the primary)
- Yury Kuriyanov (United Russia), Chief of Staff to the Head of the Sakha Republic (2012–present)[11] (lost the primary, ran on the party list)
- Aleksandr Susoyev (United Russia), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (2013–present), union leader[11] (lost the primary)
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fedot Tumusov | A Just Russia | 112,019 | 37.52% | |
| Oleg Tarasov | Rodina | 61,048 | 20.45% | |
| Petr Ammosov | Communist Party | 46,177 | 15.47% | |
| Gavril Parakhin | Liberal Democratic Party | 20,303 | 6.80% | |
| Aisen Tikhonov | Party of Growth | 13,366 | 4.48% | |
| Aleksandr Lazarev | Communists of Russia | 11,719 | 3.92% | |
| Aital Yefremov | The Greens | 11,097 | 3.72% | |
| Andrey Zayakin | Yabloko | 8,800 | 2.95% | |
| Total | 298,589 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [12] | |||
2021
Petr Ammosov
Pyotr Cherkashin
Fedot Tumusov
Vasily Nikolayev
Declared candidates
- Petr Ammosov (CPRF), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (2013–present), party secretary, 2016 candidate for this seat
- Pyotr Cherkashin (United Russia), former Member of Borogonsky Nasleg Council of Deputies (2017–2021), community activist
- Anatoly Kyrdzhagasov (GP), Member of Yakutsk City Duma (2009–present), utilities executive
- Aleksey Laptev (Rodina), entrepreneur, community activist, 2018 head candidate
- Vasily Nikolayev (New People), businessman
- Anatoly Nogovitsyn (Yabloko), chairman of the party regional office
- Gavril Parakhin (LDPR), Member of State Duma (2021–present), 2014 and 2018 head candidate, 2016 candidate for this seat
- Fedot Tumusov (SR–ZP), incumbent Member of State Duma (2007–present)
- Yegor Zhirkov (The Greens), former Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (1997–1998, 2008–2018), former Member of State Duma (1994–1995)
Failed to qualify
- Aleksey Chertkov (ROS), journalist, Russian activist
- Lyudmila Ivanova (Independent), pensioner
- Ivan Stepanov (Independent), nonprofit director
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petr Ammosov | Communist Party | 69,215 | 21.61% | |
| Pyotr Cherkashin | United Russia | 64,275 | 20.07% | |
| Fedot Tumusov (incumbent) | A Just Russia — For Truth | 62,597 | 19.55% | |
| Vasily Nikolayev | New People | 49,703 | 15.52% | |
| Yegor Zhirkov | The Greens | 20,067 | 6.27% | |
| Anatoly Nogovitsyn | Yabloko | 18,322 | 5.72% | |
| Gavril Parakhin | Liberal Democratic Party | 12,446 | 3.89% | |
| Anatoly Kyrdzhagasov | Civic Platform | 8,611 | 2.69% | |
| Aleksey Laptev | Rodina | 5,259 | 1.64% | |
| Total | 320,227 | 100% | ||
| Source: | [13] | |||
2026
Declared candidates
- Aleksey Laptev (Rodina), Member of Ust-Yansky District Council (2022–present), Rusatom Overseas regional manager, 2018 head candidate, 2021 candidate for this seat
- Anatoly Nogovitsyn (Yabloko), chairman of the party regional office, 2021 candidate for this seat
- Gavril Parakhin (LDPR), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (2013–2021, 2023–present), former Member of State Duma (2021), 2014, 2018 and 2023 head candidate, 2016 and 2021 candidate for this seat
- Pyotr Shamayev (United Russia), Minister of Youth and Social Communications of the Sakha Republic (2021–present)
- Anna Syromyatnikova (The Greens), youth activist
- Fedot Tumusov (A Just Russia), Member of State Duma (2007–present)
- Ayaan Vasilyev (CPRF), Member of Yakutsk City Duma (2013–present), middle school principal
- Vladimir Yu (CPCR), Member of Yakutsk City Duma (2023–present), former gymnasium deputy principal
- Nyurguyana Zamorshchikova (New People), Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (2023–present)
Did not file
- Anton Vasilyev (Independent), community activist
Declined
- Petr Ammosov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (2021–present) (lost the primary)
- Sardana Avksentyeva (New People), Member of State Duma (2021–present)[14] (running on the party list)
- Ernst Beryozkin (CPRF), former Member of State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (2008–2013), former Alrosa first vice president, 2014 and 2018 GP head candidate[15]
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksey Laptev | Rodina | |||
| Anatoly Nogovitsyn | Yabloko | |||
| Gavril Parakhin | Liberal Democratic Party | |||
| Pyotr Shamayev | United Russia | |||
| Anna Syromyatnikova | The Greens | |||
| Fedot Tumusov | A Just Russia | |||
| Ayaan Vasilyev | Communist Party | |||
| Vladimir Yu | Communists of Russia | |||
| Nyurguyana Zamorshchikova | New People | |||
| Total | 100% | |||
| Source: | ||||
Notes
- No.21 in 1993-1995 and 2003-2007, No.20 in 1995-2003