Buryatia constituency

Buryatia single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Deputy	Vyacheslav Damdintsurunov United Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Buryatia
Districts	Barguzinsky, Bauntovsky, Bichursky, Dzhidinsky, Ivolginsky, Kabansky, Khorinsky, Kizhinginsky, Kurumkansky, Kyakhtinsky, Muysky, Mukhorshibirsky, Okinsky, Pribaykalsky, Selenginsky, Severo-Baykalsky, Severobaykalsk, Tarbagataysky, Tunkinsky, Ulan-Ude, Yeravninsky, Zaigrayevsky, Zakamensky
Voters	695,619 (2021) [1]

The Buryatia Constituency (No.9 ^[a] ) is a Russian legislative constituency in the Republic of Buryatia. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Buryatia.

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Vyacheslav Damdintsurunov, former Minister of Sports and Youth Policy of Buryatia, who won the open seat, succeeding one-term United Russia incumbent Aldar Damdinov.

Boundaries

1993–2007, 2016–present: Barguzinsky District, Bauntovsky District, Bichursky District, Dzhidinsky District, Ivolginsky District, Kabansky District, Khorinsky District, Kizhinginsky District, Kurumkansky District, Kyakhtinsky District, Muysky District, Mukhorshibirsky District, Okinsky District, Pribaykalsky District, Selenginsky District, Severo-Baykalsky District, Severobaykalsk, Tarbagataysky District, Tunkinsky District, Ulan-Ude, Yeravninsky District, Zaigrayevsky District, Zakamensky District ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
The constituency has been covering the entirety of the Republic of Buryatia since its initial creation in 1993.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Nikolay Kondakov	Independent
	1995	Svetlana Naychukova	Independent
	1999	Bato Semenov	Fatherland – All Russia
	2003	Vasily Kuznetsov	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Aldar Damdinov	United Russia
	2021	Vyacheslav Damdintsurunov	United Russia

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolay Kondakov	Independent	76,609	20.79%
	Kapiton Budayev	Independent	–	–
	Yevgeny Kislov	Yavlinsky–Boldyrev–Lukin	–	–
	Raisa Pshenichnikova	Choice of Russia	–	–
	Mikhail Semyonov	Independent	–	–
Total			368,512	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Svetlana Naychukova	Independent	93,912	21.76%
	Nikolay Kondakov (incumbent)	Communist Party	80,260	18.60%
	Vladimir Belousov	Our Home – Russia	56,898	13.19%
	Nimazhap Ilyukhinov	Independent	35,714	8.28%
	Arnold Tulokhonov	Independent	32,745	7.59%
	Vladimir Markov	Independent	22,007	5.10%
	Tsyrzhima Sergeyeva	Independent	19,800	4.59%
	Vladimir Prokopyev	Independent	12,001	2.78%
	Bayar Tumurov	Beer Lovers Party	7,614	1.76%
	against all		58,328	13.52%
Total			431,525	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bato Semenov	Fatherland – All Russia	136,960	34.99%
	Viktor Izmaylov	Independent	78,421	20.03%
	Sergey Budazhapov	Communist Party	54,298	13.87%
	Svetlana Naychukova (incumbent)	Independent	21,959	5.61%
	Vladimir Markov	Spiritual Heritage	20,888	5.34%
	Yevgeny Paltsev	Independent	13,332	3.41%
	Svetlana Zangeyeva	Independent	6,139	1.57%
	Oleg Khomutov	Independent	5,965	1.52%
	Igor Pronkin	Independent	5,624	1.44%
	Tsyrzhima Sergeyeva	Independent	5,327	1.36%
	against all		32,640	8.34%
Total			391,466	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vasily Kuznetsov	United Russia	107,794	30.26%
	Innokenty Beloborodov	Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life	106,571	29.92%
	Aleksandr Budayev	Independent	38,814	10.90%
	Nikolay Kondakov	Independent	24,552	6.89%
	Bair Tsyrenov	Independent	18,380	5.16%
	Aleksandr Kardash	Liberal Democratic Party	11,927	3.35%
	Andrey Yakunin	Independent	3,746	1.05%
	against all		33,197	9.32%
Total			356,654	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Buryatia constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aldar Damdinov	United Russia	108,128	37.56%
	Mikhail Slipenchuk	Party of Growth	65,482	22.75%
	Bair Tsyrenov	Communist Party	46,230	16.06%
	Oksana Bukholtseva	A Just Russia	31,716	11.02%
	Sergey Dorosh	Liberal Democratic Party	14,190	4.93%
	Bayar Tsydenov	Civic Platform	9,077	3.15%
Total			287,879	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Buryatia constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vyacheslav Damdintsurunov	United Russia	115,716	37.41%
	Bair Tsyrenov	Communist Party	61,429	19.86%
	Sergey Zverev	The Greens	23,081	7.46%
	Igor Bobkov	Party of Pensioners	22,692	7.34%
	Maksim Buvalin	New People	19,628	6.35%
	Oksana Bukholtseva	A Just Russia — For Truth	17,338	5.61%
	Bayar Tsydenov	Civic Platform	15,565	5.03%
	Damdin Bolotov	Communists of Russia	13,060	4.22%
	Sergey Dorosh	Liberal Democratic Party	7,234	2.34%
	Yevgeny Menshikov	Russian Party of Freedom and Justice	3,278	1.06%
Total			309,304	100%
Source:				[12]

Notes

1. No.8 in 1993-1995

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