Bezhetsk constituency

Bezhetsk single-member constituency
Constituency of the 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.

Boundaries

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

Election results

1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Bezhetsk constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vladimir Bayunov	Independent	94,200	24.31%
	Margarita Zheleznova	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	–	24.10%
	Aleksandr Ivanov	Civic Union	–	–
	Nikolay Mokeyev	Agrarian Party	–	–
	Vladimir Platov	Independent	–	–
Total			387,496	100%
Source:				[5]

1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Bezhetsk constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vladimir Bayunov (incumbent)	Communist Party	132,554	30.30%
	Vladimir Lebedev	Our Home – Russia	58,058	13.27%
	Tatyana Kalinina	Agrarian Party	54,176	12.38%
	Vladimir Polevanov	For the Motherland!	35,160	8.04%
	Vladimir Baranov	Forward, Russia!	31,270	7.15%
	Roman Blokhin	Independent	19,297	4.41%
	Andrey Dementyev	Ivan Rybkin Bloc	18,125	4.14%
	Mikhail Vtulkin	Independent	13,701	3.13%
	Mark Khasainov	Independent	9,667	2.21%
	against all		52,855	12.08%
Total			437,532	100%
Source:				[6]

1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Bezhetsk constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vyacheslav Zorkin	Communist Party	100,854	26.14%
	Sergey Bystrov	Independent	54,922	14.23%
	Nikolay Rumyantsev	Union of Right Forces	35,553	9.21%
	Vladimir Kostyuchenko	Independent	32,258	8.36%
	Vladimir Zorin	Our Home – Russia	26,445	6.85%
	Yury Zimin	Liberal Democratic Party	26,103	6.76%
	Vyacheslav Vorontsov	Congress of Russian Communities-Yury Boldyrev Movement	13,609	3.53%
	Sergey Osadchy	Independent	11,192	2.90%
	Dmitry Shebalin	Independent	7,133	1.85%
	Valery Nikitin	Spiritual Heritage	6,368	1.65%
	against all		57,348	14.86%
Total			385,879	100%
Source:				[7]

2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Bezhetsk constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Tyagunov	United Russia	66,106	19.93%
	Vladimir Bayunov	Independent	54,634	16.47%
	Vyacheslav Zorkin (incumbent)	Communist Party	36,090	10.88%
	Boris Fomin	Industrial Party (Prompartiya)	18,192	5.49%
	Aleksandr Anokhin	Liberal Democratic Party	16,181	4.88%
	Aleksandr Tsalko	Independent	12,436	3.75%
	Leonid Ostrenkov	Agrarian Party	10,307	3.11%
	Mikhail Markelov	Rodina	9,880	2.98%
	Nadezhda Goncharova	Independent	9,751	2.94%
	Nikolay Rumyantsev	Union of Right Forces	8,449	2.55%
	Galina Mefed	Yabloko	7,862	2.37%
	Sergey Selivanov	Great Russia–Eurasian Union	4,285	1.29%
	Kirill Monastyrsky	United Russian Party Rus'	3,234	0.98%
	against all		62,637	18.89%
Total			331,876	100%
Source:				[8]

Notes

1. No.171 in 1993-1995

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