Moscow City Duma District 17

Moscow City Duma District 17

Moscow City Duma constituency
Deputy	Vyacheslav Arbuzov Communist Party
Administrative Okrug	Eastern
Districts	Ivanovskoye, Izmaylovo, Vostochnoye Izmaylovo
Voters	173,911 (2024) [1]

Moscow City Duma District 17 is one of 45 constituencies in Moscow City Duma. Currently the district covers outer parts of Eastern Moscow.

The district has been represented since 2024 by Communist Vyacheslav Arbuzov, a former Ivanovo Oblast Duma Deputy Chairman, who succeeded one-term Communist incumbent Yelena Yanchuk from District 18 after Yanchuk was deselected at the party convention.

Boundaries

District boundaries from 2014 to 2024

1993–1997: Lefortovo, Nizhegorodsky, Tekstilshchiki, Yuzhnoportovy
The district covered parts of South-Eastern Moscow.

1997–2001: Lefortovo, Nizhegorodsky, Ryazansky, Tekstilshchiki
The district continued to cover parts of South-Eastern Moscow but lost Yuzhnoportovy District to District 3, in exchange gaining Ryazansky District from District 18.

2001–2005: Lefortovo, part of Lyublino, Nizhegorodsky, Ryazansky, Tekstilshchiki
The district continued to cover parts of South-Eastern Moscow, gaining part of Lyublino from District 19.

2005–2009: constituency abolished
Prior to the 2005 election the number of constituencies was reduced to 15, so the district was eliminated.

2009–2014: Kurkino, Mitino, Molzhaninovsky, Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo, Severnoye Tushino, Shchukino, Yuzhnoye Tushino ^[2]
The district was created prior to the 2009 election, after the number of constituencies was increased from 15 to 17. The district was based primarily in North-Western Moscow as well as Molzhaninovsky District in Northern Moscow, which were previously divided between districts 3 and 15

2014–2024: part of Ivanovskoye, Perovo, part of Sokolinaya Gora, Vostochny ^[3]
The district was completely rearranged in the 2014 redistricting as it was moved to Eastern Moscow.

2024–present: Ivanovskoye, Izmaylovo, Vostochnoye Izmaylovo ^[4]
During the 2023–24 Moscow redistricting most of the district was moved into District 16. In its new configuration the district retained only part of Ivanovskoye, uniting it with the rest of the raion from former District 19, while most of the current district came from District 18.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Lyudmila Stebenkova	Choice of Russia
	1997		Independent
	2001		Union of Right Forces
	2005	Constituency eliminated
	2009	Valery Skobinov	United Russia
	2014	Aleksandr Smetanov	United Russia
	2019	Viktor Maksmimov	Communist Party
	2024	Vyacheslav Arbuzov	Communist Party

Election results

2001

Summary of the 16 December 2001 Moscow City Duma election in District 17

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lyudmila Stebenkova (incumbent)	Union of Right Forces	53,699	73.48%
	Andrey Lychakov	Anarchists	4,501	6.16%
	Nina Kuznetsova	Independent	2,826	3.87%
	against all		9,966	13.64%
Total			73,912	100%
Source:				[5]

2009

Summary of the 11 October 2009 Moscow City Duma election in District 17

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valery Skobinov (incumbent) [lower-alpha 1]	United Russia	58,725	54.98%
	Galina Khovanskaya	A Just Russia	17,763	16.63%
	Yelena Pavlova	Communist Party	15,450	14.47%
	Vitaly Zolochevsky	Liberal Democratic Party	3,790	3.55%
	Dmitry Yakovlev	Independent	3,732	3.49%
	Aleksandr Komissarov	Patriots of Russia	3,442	3.22%
Total			106,805	100%
Source:				[6]

2014

Summary of the 14 September 2014 Moscow City Duma election in District 17

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aleksandr Smetanov	United Russia	18,190	54.58%
	Mikhail Petrov	Communist Party	5,703	17.11%
	Aleksey Ponomarev	Independent	3,148	9.45%
	Nikolay Pinyasov	Yabloko	2,218	6.66%
	Andrey Andreyev	Liberal Democratic Party	1,628	4.89%
	Igor Brumel	A Just Russia	1,210	3.63%
Total			33,325	100%
Source:				[7]

2019

Summary of the 8 September 2019 Moscow City Duma election in District 17

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Viktor Maksimov	Communist Party	13,505	45.87%
	Anastasia Tatulova	Independent	8,318	28.25%
	Andrey Medvedkov	A Just Russia	3,580	12.16%
	Ilya Khovanets	Liberal Democratic Party	2,645	8.98%
Total			29,441	100%
Source:				[8]

2024

Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 Moscow City Duma election in District 17

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vyacheslav Arbuzov	Communist Party	22,545	31.58%
	Dmitry Kapitoshin	A Just Russia – For Truth	16,510	23.13%
	Marina Zaytseva	Liberal Democratic Party	16,297	22.83%
	Yekaterina Rubina	New People	15,931	22.32%
Total			71,380	100%
Source:				[1]

Notes

1. redistricted from District 15

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