Yelets constituency
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| Yelets single-member constituency | |
|---|---|
Russian State Duma | |
Constituency boundaries from 1993 to 2007 | |
| Deputy | None |
| Federal subject | Lipetsk Oblast |
| Districts | Chaplyginsky, Dankovsky, Dobrinsky, Dobrovsky, Dolgorukovsky, Izmalkovsky, Khlevensky, Krasninsky, Lebedyansky, Lev-Tolstovsky, Stanovlyansky, Terbunsky, Usmansky, Volovsky, Yelets, Yeletsky, Zadonsky |
| Voters | 449,680 (2003)[1] |
The Yelets constituency (No.102[a]) was a Russian legislative constituency in Lipetsk Oblast in 1993–2007. It covered most of Lipetsk Oblast, except Lipetsk and its suburbs. The seat was last occupied by United Russia deputy Nikolay Bortsov, a wealthy agribusinessman, who won the open-seat election in the 2003 election.
The constituency was dissolved in 2007 when State Duma adopted full proportional representation for the next two electoral cycles. Yelets constituency was not re-established for the 2016 election, currently its territory is split with northern part (including Yelets) put into Lipetsk constituency, while southern part — into new Levoberezhny constituency
1993–2007: Chaplyginsky District, Dankov, Dankovsky District, Dobrinsky District, Dobrovsky District, Dolgorukovsky District, Izmalkovsky District, Khlevensky District, Krasninsky District, Lebedyansky District, Lev-Tolstovsky District, Stanovlyansky District, Terbunsky District, Usmansky District, Volovsky District, Yelets, Yeletsky District, Zadonsky District[2][3][4]
The constituency covered most of Lipetsk Oblast outside Lipetsk and its suburbs and included the towns of Dankov and Yelets.
Members elected
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Viktor Repkin | Independent | |
| 1995 | Vladimir Toporkov[b] | Communist Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2003 | Nikolay Bortsov | United Russia | |
