Central constituency (Moscow)

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Central single-member constituency
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Constituency of the
Russian State Duma
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Constituency boundaries since 2016
Deputy
Oleg Leonov
Independent
Federal subject Moscow
Districts Central AO, South-Eastern AO (Lefortovo)
Other territory Bulgaria (Ruse), Kazakhstan (Oral)
Voters475,442 (2021) [1]

The Central constituency (No.208 [a] ) is a Russian legislative constituency in Moscow. The constituency covers all of Central Moscow and Lefortovo District to its immediate east.

Contents

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by New People faction member Oleg Leonov, founder of Liza Alert nonprofit and former telecommunications executive, who narrowly won the open seat as an Independent after six-term United Russia incumbent Nikolay Gonchar lost the primary.

Boundaries

1993–1995: Central Administrative Okrug (Arbat District, Basmanny District, Khamovniki District, Krasnoselsky District, Meshchansky District, Presnensky District, Tagansky District, Tverskoy District) [2]
The constituency was based entirely within Central Moscow, covering its part on the left bank of Moskva River.

1995–2003: Central Administrative Okrug (Arbat District, Basmanny District, Khamovniki District, Kitay-gorod, [b] Krasnoselsky District, Meshchansky District, Presnensky District, Tverskoy District, Yakimanka District, Zamoskvorechye District) [3]
After the 1995 redistricting the constituency was significantly changed, losing Tagansky District to Avtozavodsky constituency. This seat instead gained Yakimanka, Zamoskvorechye from the former Nagatinsky constituency.

2003–2007: Central Administrative Okrug (Arbat District, Basmanny District, Khamovniki District, Kitay-gorod, Krasnoselsky District, Meshchansky District, Presnensky District, Tagansky District, Tverskoy District, Yakimanka District, Zamoskvorechye District) [4]
Following the 2003 redistricting the constituency was altered, re-gaining Tagansky District from Avtozavodsky constituency and covering all of Central Moscow.

2016–present: Central Administrative Okrug (Arbat District, Basmanny District, Khamovniki District, Kitay-gorod, Krasnoselsky District, Meshchansky District, Presnensky District, Tagansky District, Tverskoy District, Yakimanka District, Zamoskvorechye District), South-Eastern Administrative Okrug (Lefortovo) [5] [6]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and retained all of its former territory as well as gained Lefortovo in South-Eastern Moscow from the former Avtozavodsky constituency.

Members elected

ElectionMemberParty
1993 Artyom Tarasov Independent
1995 Nikolay Gonchar Independent
1999
2003
2007 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
2016 Nikolay Gonchar United Russia
2021 Oleg Leonov Independent

Election results

1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Central constituency
CandidatePartyVotes%
Artyom Tarasov Independent 37,96614.12%
Fyodor Shelov-Kovedyayev Independent 37,00213.76%
Aleksandr Minkin Independent 31,70411.79%
Aleksandr Krasnov Independent 24,9459.28%
Aleksandr Frolov Communist Party 14,3585.34%
Anatoly Basargin Independent 14,0395.22%
Valery Kubarev Independent 8,7623.26%
Vera Balakireva Russian Democratic Reform Movement 8,2823.08%
Valery Fadeyev Independent 7,5712.82%
Vladimir Knyazev Kedr 5,9542.21%
Aleksey Zuyev Liberal Democratic Party 5,5442.06%
Konstantin Petrosyan Yavlinky–Boldyrev–Lukin 4,5601.70%
Aleksandr Kotenyov Independent 4,3761.63%
Sergey Vladimirov Civic Union 3,4151.27%
Yevgeny Vostrikov Independent 3,1351.17%
Vladimir Kozhemyakin Party of Russian Unity and Accord 2,6851.00%
against all40,95315.23%
Total268,877100%
Source: [7] [8]

1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Central constituency
CandidatePartyVotes%
Nikolay Gonchar Independent 74,17525.85%
Fyodor Shelov-Kovedyayev Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats 33,63111.72%
Mikhail Motorin Yabloko 27,5519.60%
Aleksey Podberezkin Communist Party 26,8119.34%
Aleksandr Krasnov Stanislav Govorukhin Bloc 16,4825.74%
Sergey Goncharov Congress of Russian Communities 16,0515.59%
Andrey Nuykin Independent 10,8133.77%
Tatyana Krylova Independent 9,0803.16%
Galina Khovanskaya Independent 7,9252.76%
Valery Belousov Independent 6,4902.26%
Boris Uvarov Power to the People! 5,9672.08%
Andrey Shestakov Independent 5,0301.75%
Andrey Strygin Liberal Democratic Party 3,8161.33%
Nikolay Chigarentsev Independent 3,3571.17%
Sergey Chernyakhovsky Communists and Working Russia - for the Soviet Union 3,3491.17%
Yevgeny Shvedov Independent 2,2850.80%
Sergey Drogush Independent 1,1740.41%
Igor Brumel Independent 1,0440.36%
against all26,9759.40%
Total286,917100%
Source: [9]

1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Central constituency
CandidatePartyVotes%
Nikolay Gonchar (incumbent) Independent 88,45632.24%
Aleksandr Minkin Independent 65,64423.92%
Alla Gerber Union of Right Forces 31,04811.32%
Aleksey Rogozhin Independent 14,6625.34%
Aleksey Podberezkin Spiritual Heritage 12,6014.59%
Sergey Ruzavin Independent 11,0554.03%
Gennady Bulgakov Liberal Democratic Party 4,1751.52%
Valery Bobkov Independent 3,3991.24%
Sergey Shevchenko Independent 3,0951.13%
Grigory Loza Russian Socialist Party 2,7831.01%
against all32,15111.72%
Total274,390100%
Source: [10]

2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Central constituency
CandidatePartyVotes%
Nikolay Gonchar (incumbent) Independent 97,06636.57%
Aleksandr Pleshakov Independent 34,86013.13%
Olga Andronova Rodina 28,78010.84%
Yelena Karpukhina Communist Party 26,4719.97%
Aleksandr Russky Independent 5,8372.20%
Boris Pashintsev Independent 4,7891.80%
Igor Vashurkin Great Russia – Eurasian Union 3,8481.45%
Aleksandr KuznetsovUnited Russian Party Rus'3,8481.45%
against all56,48921.28%
Total266,649100%
Source: [11]

2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Central constituency
CandidatePartyVotes%
Nikolay Gonchar United Russia 57,11034.25%
Pavel Tarasov Communist Party 21,44212.86%
Andrey Zubov People's Freedom Party 18,78911.27%
Maria Baronova Independent 13,1977.92%
Mikhail Degtyarev Liberal Democratic Party 12,5737.54%
Kristina Simonyan A Just Russia 8,0954.86%
Ksenia Sokolova Party of Growth 6,9124.15%
Maria Katasonova Rodina 6,5693.94%
Dmitry Zakharov Communists of Russia 4,9562.97%
Anton Umnikov The Greens 4,1252.47%
Andrey Rudenko Civic Platform 3,1601.90%
Oleg Eston Patriots of Russia 2,7441.65%
Aleksey Mikhaylov Civilian Power 2,3381.40%
Total166,733100%
Source: [12]

2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Central constituency
CandidatePartyVotes%
Oleg Leonov Independent 57,50526.28%
Sergey Mitrokhin Yabloko 47,81521.85%
Nina Ostanina Communist Party 22,14610.12%
Maksim Shevchenko Russian Party of Freedom and Justice 13,9616.38%
Andrey Shirokov Party of Pensioners 13,9356.37%
Tatyana Vinnitskaya New People 13,7876.30%
Magomet Yandiyev A Just Russia — For Truth 12,9795.93%
Dmitry Koshlakov-Krestovsky Liberal Democratic Party 11,5335.28%
Dmitry Zakharov Communists of Russia 7,4113.39%
Ketevan Kharaidze Green Alternative 5,7452.63%
Yakov Yakubovich Party of Growth 4,2191.93%
Anatoly Yushin Civic Platform 2,3071.05%
Total218,839100%
Source: [13]

Notes

  1. ↑ No.202 in 1993-2007
  2. ↑ merged with Tverskoy District in 2002

References

  1. ↑ Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 2021
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  6. ↑ "ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ЗАКОН Об утверждении схемы одномандатных избирательных округов для проведения выборов депутатов Государственной Думы Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (2025)". kremlin.ru. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  7. ↑ Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1993
  8. ↑ "Итоги выборов в Государственную Думу по одномандатным округам 1993". Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
  9. ↑ Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1995
  10. ↑ "Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1999". Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
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  13. ↑ Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 2021
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