Karachay-Cherkessia constituency

Karachay-Cherkessia single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Deputy	Soltan Uzdenov United Russia
Federal subject	Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Districts	Abazinsky, Adyge-Khablsky, Cherkessk, Karachayevsk, Karachayevsky, Khabezsky, Malokarachayevsky, Nogaysky, Prikubansky, Urupsky, Ust-Dzhegutinsky, Zelenchuksky
Voters	300,060 (2021) [1]

The Karachay-Cherkessia constituency (No.16 ^[a] ) is a Russian legislative constituency in Karachay-Cherkessia. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Karachay-Cherkessia.

The constituency has been represented since 2023 by United Russia deputy Soltan Uzdenov, a businessman, who succeeded his father Dzhasharbek Uzdenov after his death in April 2023.

Boundaries

1993–2007, 2016–present: Abazinsky District, Adyge-Khablsky District, Cherkessk, Karachayevsk, Karachayevsky District, Khabezsky District, Malokarachayevsky District, Nogaysky District, Prikubansky District, Urupsky District, Ust-Dzhegutinsky District, Zelenchuksky District ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
The constituency has been covering the entirety of the Karachay-Cherkessia since its initial creation in 1993.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Azret Akbayev	Independent
	1995	Mikhail Yakush	Communist Party
	1999	Boris Berezovsky [b]	Independent
	2000	Magomet Tekeyev	Independent
	2003	Nadezhda Maksimova	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Rasul Botashev	United Russia
	2021	Dzhasharbek Uzdenov [c]	United Russia
	2023	Soltan Uzdenov	United Russia

Election results

1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Azret Akbayev	Independent	78,774	39.09%
	Aleksandr Kobanov	Independent	–	27.30%
	Valery Baskayev	Future of Russia–New Names	–	–
	Boris Ebzeyev	Independent	–	–
	Umar Khubiyev	Independent	–	–
	Vladimir Mylykhin	Choice of Russia	–	–
Total			201,535	100%
Source:				[7]

1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mikhail Yakush	Communist Party	55,985	31.54%
	Akhmed Kitov	Our Home – Russia	25,049	14.11%
	Vladimir Strigin	Independent	15,413	8.68%
	Emma Kardanova	Derzhava	13,761	7.75%
	Ismail Aliyev	Independent	9,160	5.16%
	Abubakir Tambiyev	Independent	6,776	3.82%
	Vladimir Davydov	Liberal Democratic Party	6,167	3.47%
	Aleksandr Kobanov	Trade Unions and Industrialists – Union of Labour	5,488	3.09%
	Pyotr Pleshennikov	Independent	5,066	2.85%
	Khasan Bayramukov	Agrarian Party	4,728	2.66%
	Anatoly Khaldzhiyev	Independent	3,643	2.05%
	Rashid Teunayev	Russian Lawyers' Association	2,989	1.68%
	Azret Akbayev (incumbent)	Ivan Rybkin Bloc	2,474	1.39%
	Nikolay Zalepukhin	Bloc of Independents	2,119	1.19%
	Alimurat Tekeyev	Independent	1,897	1.07%
	Alik Chotchayev	Pamfilova–Gurov–Lysenko	1,208	0.68%
	Dalkhat Sultanov	Independent	1,109	0.62%
	Aiguf Kubanov	Independent	1,046	0.59%
	Asiyat Khabicheva	Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats	1,041	0.59%
	Nazir Alakayev	Independent	752	0.42%
	Mussa Abaikhanov	Independent	661	0.37%
	Pilyal Khasanov	Independent	596	0.34%
	Magomet Bytdayev	Independent	466	0.26%
	against all		5,549	3.13%
Total			177,478	100%
Source:				[8]

1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Boris Berezovsky	Independent	79,752	40.95%
	Muratkhan Mikhailovich	Communist Party	46,688	23.97%
	Ruslan Kochkarov	Independent	12,472	6.40%
	Magomed Borlakov	Party of Pensioners	10,475	5.38%
	Emma Kardanova	Fatherland – All Russia	9,152	4.70%
	Yury Krivobokov	Our Home – Russia	7,669	3.94%
	Vladimir Malykhin	Yabloko	6,615	3.40%
	Vladimir Davydov	Liberal Democratic Party	4,810	2.47%
	Ansar Tebuyev	Independent	1,811	0.93%
	Leonid Kaplin	Spiritual Heritage	1,796	0.92%
	Bailyk Shidakov	Independent	914	0.47%
	against all		8,281	4.25%
Total			194,774	100%
Source:				[9]

2000

Summary of the 10 December 2000 by-election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Magomet Tekeyev	Independent	41,103	29.32%
	Vasily Neshchadimov	Independent	39,341	28.07%
	Muratkhan Mikhailovich	Communist Party	31,648	22.58%
	Emma Kardanova	Independent	10,805	7.71%
	Vladimir Poluboyarenko	Independent	7,256	5.18%
	Vladimir Panov	Independent	2,138	1.53%
	Baidymat Kicherukova	Independent	933	0.67%
	against all		3,942	2.81%
Total			140,171	100%
Source:				[10]

2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nadezhda Maksimova	United Russia	82,529	50.78%
	Muratkhan Mikhailovich	Communist Party	13,600	8.37%
	Boris Batchayev	Independent	10,634	6.54%
	Igor Timofeyev	Independent	7,128	4.39%
	Sagit Khubiyev	Independent	7,020	4.32%
	Magomet Tekeyev (incumbent)	Independent	5,711	3.51%
	Osman Botashev	Independent	4,748	2.92%
	Zagirat Dzhegutanova	Independent	2,575	1.58%
	Alimurat Tekeyev	People's Party	2,433	1.50%
	Fyodor Ferisov	Russian Pensioners' Party-Party of Social Justice	2,300	1.42%
	Vladimir Grinko	Independent	1,591	0.98%
	Oleg Kodzhakov	Great Russia–Eurasian Union	1,169	0.72%
	Azret Akbayev	Independent	872	0.54%
	Yevgeny Shramko	Democratic Party	855	0.53%
	Viktor Skorikov	Independent	809	0.50%
	Azret-Ali Dzhukayev	Independent	685	0.42%
	Anatoly Bogdanov	United Russian Party Rus'	669	0.41%
	Andrey Gudimov	People's Republican Party	594	0.37%
	Shagaban Totorkulov	Independent	571	0.31%
	Asiyat Khabicheva	Union of Right Forces	504	0.31%
	Khalit Bairamkulov	Independent	490	0.30%
	Fatima Dzhogan	Rodina	453	0.28%
	against all		5,447	3.35%
Total			162,562	100%
Source:				[11]

2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rasul Botashev	United Russia	151,556	53.03%
	Eduard Marshankulov	Communists of Russia	71,517	25.02%
	Kemal Bytdayev	Communist Party	19,670	6.88%
	Oleg Kodzhakov	Patriots of Russia	8,830	3.09%
	Valery Ayubov	A Just Russia	8,266	2.89%
	Muradin Dzhantemirov	The Greens	7,982	2.79%
	Inna Nasheva	Party of Growth	7,121	2.49%
	Akhmed Abazov	Yabloko	5,977	2.09%
	Alim Kasayev	Liberal Democratic Party	4,277	1.50%
Total			285,784	100%
Source:				[12]

2021

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Dzhasharbek Uzdenov	United Russia	210,632	78.60%
	Kemal Bytdayev	Communist Party	28,917	10.79%
	Oleg Zhedyayev	Liberal Democratic Party	10,948	4.09%
	Azamat Dudov	A Just Russia — For Truth	6,108	2.28%
	Zaur Tekeyev	Communists of Russia	3,602	1.34%
	Muradin Dzhantemirov	The Greens	3,352	1.25%
	Sharifutdin Bostanov	New People	1,960	0.73%
	Akhmed Abazov	Yabloko	1,359	0.51%
Total			267,967	100%
Source:				[13]

2023

Summary of the 8–10 September 2023 by-election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Soltan Uzdenov	United Russia	148,692	71.16%
	Kemal Bytdayev	Communist Party	27,216	13.03%
	Zaur Akbashev	A Just Russia – For Truth	16,280	7.79%
	Oleg Zhedyayev	Liberal Democratic Party	13,180	6.31%
	Akhmed Abazov	Yabloko	3,213	1.54%
Total			208,947	100%
Source:				[14]

Notes

1. No.15 in 1993-2003
2. resigned in July 2000
3. died in April 2023

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