Chita constituency

Chita single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy	Aleksandr Skachkov United Russia
Federal subject	Zabaykalsky Krai
Districts	Alexandrovo-Zavodsky, Baleysky, Chernyshevsky, Chita (Ingodinsky, Central), Chitinsky (Atamanovskoe, Makkaveevskoe, Novokruchininskoe, Novotroitskoe, Shishkinskoe, Smolenskoe, Verkh-Chitinskoe), Gazimuro-Zavodsky, Kalarsky, Kalgansky, Karymsky, Mogochinsky, Nerchinsko-Zavodsky, Nerchinsky, Priargunsky, Shelopuginsky, Shilkinsky, Sretensky, Tungiro-Olyokminsky, Tungokochensky
Other territory	South Ossetia
Voters	391,591 (2021) [1]

The Chita constituency (No.43 ^[a] ) is a Russian legislative constituency in Zabaykalsky Krai. The constituency covers eastern half of Chita and northern Zabaykalsky Krai.

The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Aleksandr Skachkov, former Transbaikal Railway chief, who won the open seat after defeating two-term United Russia incumbent Nikolay Govorin in the primary.

Boundaries

1993–2007: Akshinsky District, Chita, Chitinsky District, Gorny, Kalarsky District, Khiloksky District, Krasnochikoysky District, Kyrinsky District, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District, Tungiro-Olyokminsky District, Tungokochensky District, Uletovsky District ^{[2] [3] [4]}
The constituency covered northern and western Chita Oblast, including the oblast capital Chita and the town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky.

2016–2026: Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District, Baleysky District, Chernyshevsky District, Chita (Ingodinsky, Central), Chitinsky District (Atamanovka, Makkaveyevskoye, Novokruchininsky, Novotroitskoye, Shishkinskoye, Smolenskoye, Verkh-Chitinskoye), Gazimuro-Zavodsky District, Kalarsky District, Kalgansky District, Karymsky District, Mogochinsky District, Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District, Nerchinsky District, Priargunsky District, Shelopuginsky District, Shilkinsky District, Sretensky District, Tungiro-Olyokminsky District, Tungokochensky District ^[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election in Zabaykalsky Krai which was created by the merger of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug in 2008. The constituency retained part of Chita and northern Zabaykalsky Krai, losing its western portion to Dauria constituency. The constituency gained eastern part of Zabaykalsky Krai from the former Borzya constituency.

Since 2026 Zabaykalye constituency: Aginskoye, Aginsky District, Akshinsky District, Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District, Baleysky District, Borzinsky District, Chernyshevsky District, Chita, Chitinsky District, Duldurginsky District, Gazimuro-Zavodsky District, Gorny, Kalarsky District, Kalgansky District, Karymsky District, Khiloksky District, Krasnochikoysky District, Krasnokamensky District, Kyrinsky District, Mogochinsky District, Mogoytuysky District, Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District, Nerchinsky District, Olovyanninsky District, Ononsky District, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District, Priargunsky District, Shelopuginsky District, Shilkinsky District, Sretensky District, Tungiro-Olyokminsky District, Tungokochensky District, Ulyotovsky District, Zabaykalsky District ^[6]
After the 2025 redistricting Zabaykalsky Krai lost one of its two constituencies, so both Chita and Dauria constituencies were merged into a single "Zabaykalye constituency", covering the entirety of Zabaykalsky Krai.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Sergey Markidonov [b]	Independent
	1995	Viktor Kurochkin	Independent
	1999	Viktor Voytenko	Independent
	2003		People's Party
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Nikolay Govorin	United Russia
	2021	Aleksandr Skachkov	United Russia

Election results

1993

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergey Markidonov	Independent	39,670	20.36%
	Namzhil Tsybikov	Independent	–	14.90%
	Vladimir Afanasyev	Independent	–	–
	Vladimir Bogatov	Liberal Democratic Party	–	–
	Ivan Bolshakov	Independent	–	–
	Irina Goncharova	Russian Democratic Reform Movement	–	–
Total			194,851	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Viktor Kurochkin	Independent	57,261	21.90%
	Pyotr Suturin	Trade Unions and Industrialists – Union of Labour	37,817	14.46%
	Vladimir Bogatov	Liberal Democratic Party	35,497	13.58%
	Erast Galumov	Independent	32,502	12.43%
	Namzhil Tsybikov	Our Home – Russia	21,647	8.28%
	Olga Michudo	Independent	19,944	7.63%
	Oleg Ladygin	Independent	15,449	5.91%
	Viktor Kanin	Independent	5,472	2.09%
	Mikhail Kostromin	Congress of Russian Communities	4,593	1.76%
	Vladimir Khomyakov	Derzhava	3,964	1.52%
	against all		22,326	8.54%
Total			261,454	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Viktor Voytenko	Independent	48,661	19.85%
	Vitaly Vishnyakov	Independent	40,445	16.50%
	Viktor Ostanin	Independent	36,800	15.01%
	Viktor Kurochkin (incumbent)	Independent	33,871	13.81%
	Vladimir Bogatov	Liberal Democratic Party	28,786	11.74%
	Valery Torgayev	Independent	9,374	3.82%
	Olga Michudo	Independent	9,362	3.82%
	Aleksandr Barinov	Andrey Nikolayev and Svyatoslav Fyodorov Bloc	5,627	2.29%
	Igor Kolkutin	Independent	3,117	1.27%
	Aleksandr Zhdanov	Independent	2,622	1.07%
	against all		22,202	9.05%
Total			245,192	100%
Source:				[9]

2003

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Viktor Voytenko (incumbent)	People's Party	51,101	25.32%
	Anatoly Romanov	United Russia	49,290	24.42%
	Viktor Ostanin	Independent	43,698	21.65%
	Yury Nikonov	Liberal Democratic Party	11,200	5.55%
	Irina Glazyrina	Yabloko	7,896	3.91%
	Andrey Zhidkin	Independent	6,448	3.20%
	Vladimir Palkin	Unity	3,069	1.52%
	Yury Grigoryev	Independent	2,517	1.25%
	against all		23,343	11.57%
Total			202,205	100%
Source:				[10]

2016

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolay Govorin	United Russia	84,582	54.56%
	Yury Volkov	Liberal Democratic Party	18,939	12.22%
	Vladimir Pozdnyakov	Communist Party	15,031	9.70%
	Vyacheslav Ushakov	Patriots of Russia	10,089	6.51%
	Valery Afitsinsky	A Just Russia	8,454	5.45%
	Vyacheslav Pimenov	Communists of Russia	6,955	4.49%
	Aleksandr Katushev	Rodina	3,475	2.24%
Total			155,016	100%
Source:				[11]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Skachkov	United Russia	57,995	38.48%
	Yelena Titova	Communist Party	28,728	19.06%
	Yury Volkov	A Just Russia — For Truth	16,486	10.94%
	Boris Basakin	New People	12,480	8.28%
	Georgy Shilin	Liberal Democratic Party	10,233	6.79%
	Anatoly Pichugin	Party of Pensioners	8,234	5.46%
	Valery Afitsinsky	The Greens	6,036	4.00%
	Viktor Sheremetyev	Communists of Russia	3,025	2.01%
Total			150,733	100%
Source:				[12]

Notes

1. No.188 in 1993-2007
2. killed in November 1995 while campaigning for re-election

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