Moscow City Duma District 23

Moscow City Duma District 23

Moscow City Duma constituency
Deputy	Arkady Korolkov United Russia
Administrative Okrug	South-Eastern
Districts	Lefortovo, Nizhegorodsky, Ryazansky
Voters	158,942 (2024) [1]

Moscow City Duma District 23 is one of 45 constituencies in Moscow City Duma. Currently the district covers inner parts of South-Eastern Moscow.

The district has been represented since 2024 by United Russia deputy Arkady Korolkov, a retired Guards Colonel, who succeeded one-term Communist incumbent Pavel Tarasov from District 24 after Tarasov was disqualified due to his administrative conviction.

Boundaries

District boundaries from 2014 to 2024

1993–1997: Biryulyovo Vostochnoye, Biryulyovo Zapadnoye, Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye
The district covered outer parts of Southern Moscow.

1997–2005: Biryulyovo Vostochnoye, Biryulyovo Zapadnoye, Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye, TEOS Tsaritsyno Park ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
The district was unchanged with Tsaritsyno Park being elevated to a separate administrative division status.

2005–2014: constituency abolished
Prior to the 2005 election the number of constituencies was reduced to 15, so the district was eliminated.

2014–2024: Kuzminki, parts of Lyublino, parts of Ryazansky ^[2]
The district was created prior to the 2014 election, after Moscow City Duma had been expanded from 35 to 45 seats. It covers parts of South-Eastern Moscow.

2024–present: Lefortovo, Nizhegorodsky, Ryazansky ^[3]
During the 2023–24 Moscow redistricting the district retained only Ryazansky District, while Kuzminki and part of Lyublino became separate District 22. In its new configuration the district covers the half of former District 24 (Lefortovo and Nizhegorodsky District) as well as taking part of Ryazansky District from District 21.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Anatoly Stankov	Independent
	1997	Viktor Dvurechenskikh [lower-alpha 2]	Independent
	2001	Yury Popov	Independent
	2005	Constituency eliminated
	2009
	2014	Vladimir Platonov	United Russia
	2019	Yelena Nikolayeva	Independent
	2024	Arkady Korolkov	United Russia

Election results

2001

Summary of the 16 December 2001 Moscow City Duma election in District 23

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yury Popov	Independent	20,450	32.27%
	Oleg Sotnikov	Independent	11,093	17.51%
	Vladimir Belyayev	Social Democratic Party	6,332	9.99%
	Nikolay Taranev	Independent	6,108	9.64%
	Aleksandr Kapustin	Independent	3,341	5.27%
	Natalya Obletsova	Independent	3,176	5.01%
	Sergey Novikov	Independent	2,756	4.35%
	Artur Savelov	Independent	1,241	1.96%
	against all		7,177	11.33%
Total			64,661	100%
Source:				[4]

2014

Summary of the 14 September 2014 Moscow City Duma election in District 23

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vladimir Platonov	United Russia	14,201	48.62%
	Yelena Gulicheva	Communist Party	5,935	20.32%
	Sergey Shishkin	A Just Russia	3,659	12.53%
	Yury Novikov	Liberal Democratic Party	2,496	8.55%
	Yevgeny Prochik	Yabloko	1,832	6.27%
Total			29,207	100%
Source:				[5]

2019

Summary of the 8 September 2019 Moscow City Duma election in District 23

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yelena Nikolayeva	Independent	12,119	40.64%
	Yelena Gulicheva	Communist Party	10,782	36.16%
	Georgy Pomerantsev	Liberal Democratic Party	2,694	9.03%
	Anton Bulatov	Communists of Russia	2,183	7.32%
Total			29,820	100%
Source:				[6]

2014

Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 Moscow City Duma election in District 23

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Arkady Korolkov	United Russia	35,567	55.52%
	Aleksandra Andreyeva	Independent	8,529	13.31%
	Viktoria Skrylnikova	New People	8,109	12.66%
	Vyacheslav Dushenko	A Just Russia – For Truth	6,662	10.40%
	Samson Sholademi	Liberal Democratic Party	5,151	8.04%
Total			64,056	100%
Source:				[1]

Notes

1. merged with Biryulyovo Vostochnoye District in 2002
2. appointed Chairman of Accounts Chamber of Moscow in February 2000

References

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