# Biysk constituency

The Biysk constituency (No.41) is a Russian legislative constituency in Altai Krai. Currently the constituency covers northwestern corner of Altai Krai, including industrial cities of Biysk and Zarinsk as well as Okyabrsky District of Barnaul and its satellite city Novoaltaysk.
The constituency has been vacant since June 25, 2024, following the resignation of three-term United Russia deputy Aleksandr Prokopyev, who was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government – Minister of Economy of the Altai Republic.

## Boundaries

1993–2007: Altaysky District, Biysk, Biysky District, Krasnogorsky District, Kytmanovsky District, Novoaltaysk, Pervomaysky District, ZATO Sibirsky, Soltonsky District, Sovetsky District, Talmensky District, Togulsky District, Tselinny District, Yeltsovsky District, Zalesovsky District, Zarinsk, Zarinsky District The constituency covered eastern Altai Krai, stretching from Barnaul northern and eastern suburbs and the satellite city of Novoaltaysk south to industrial city of Biysk.
2016–present: Barnaul (Oktyabrsky), Biysk, Kosikhinsky District, Kytmanovsky District, Novoaltaysk, Pervomaysky District, ZATO Sibirsky, Togulsky District, Troitsky District, Tselinny District, Yeltsovsky District, Zalesovsky District, Zarinsk, Zarinsky District, Zonalny District The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and in its new configuration it took Oktyabrsky District of Barnaul itself but shedded rural areas to the south of Biysk to Barnaul constituency.

## Members elected

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1993 | Pavel Yefremov | Independent |
| | 1995 | Zoya Vorontsova | Communist Party |
| | 1999 | Zoya Vorontsova | Communist Party |
| | 2003 | Lev Korshunov | Independent |
| 2007 | 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| Proportional representation - no election by constituency ||
| | 2016 | Aleksandr Prokopyev | United Russia |
| | 2021 | Aleksandr Prokopyev | United Russia |
| | 2025 | TBD | TBD |

## Election results
### 1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Biysk constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Pavel Yefremov | Independent | 94,859 | 37.21% |
| | Vladimir Arguchinsky | Independent | – | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 254,912 | 100% |
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### 1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Biysk constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Zoya Vorontsova | Communist Party | 118,449 | 36.13% |
| | Nikolay Shabanov | Independent | 39,559 | 12.07% |
| | Valery Pyakin | Liberal Democratic Party | 26,492 | 8.08% |
| | Valery Ostanin | Yabloko | 24,113 | 7.36% |
| | Valery Oleshevich | Independent | 21,682 | 6.61% |
| | Yury Zhiltsov | Our Home – Russia | 21,036 | 6.42% |
| | Mikhail Berulava | Independent | 14,611 | 4.46% |
| | Vitaly Kiryanov | Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats | 13,829 | 4.22% |
| | Leonid Korniyetsky | Independent | 8,572 | 2.62% |
| | Vadim Bobryshev | League of Independent Scientists | 5,981 | 1.82% |
| | Vera Nasyrova | Duma-96 | 3,484 | 1.06% |
| | against all | against all | 23,661 | 7.22% |
| Total | Total | Total | 327,799 | 100% |
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### 1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Biysk constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Zoya Vorontsova (incumbent) | Communist Party | 100,090 | 31.05% |
| | Valery Ostanin | Yabloko | 50,138 | 15.55% |
| | Stanislav Odintsov | Independent | 41,501 | 12.88% |
| | Yury Bogdanov | Independent | 38,977 | 12.09% |
| | Leonid Podanev | Independent | 15,571 | 4.83% |
| | Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyorny | Independent | 15,140 | 4.70% |
| | Andrey Mayevich | Independent | 14,488 | 4.49% |
| | Vladimir Rayfikesht | Independent | 11,783 | 3.66% |
| | Vyacheslav Guryev | Liberal Democratic Party | 6,699 | 2.08% |
| | Viktor Chumakov | Russian Party | 2,626 | 0.81% |
| | against all | against all | 20,039 | 6.22% |
| Total | Total | Total | 322,336 | 100% |
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### 2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Biysk constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Lev Korshunov | Independent | 97,622 | 33.27% |
| | Zoya Vorontsova (incumbent) | Communist Party | 61,856 | 21.08% |
| | Sergey Khachaturyan | Rodina | 43,411 | 14.80% |
| | Valery Ostanin | Yabloko | 29,066 | 9.91% |
| | Vyacheslav Guryev | Liberal Democratic Party | 10,329 | 3.52% |
| | Iraida Parshutkina | Independent | 7,393 | 2.52% |
| | Yevgeny Skomorokhov | Great Russia–Eurasian Union | 5,397 | 1.84% |
| | Lyudmila Golubeva | United Russian Party Rus' | 3,939 | 1.34% |
| | Sergey Tatlybayev | Independent | 2,111 | 0.72% |
| | Valery Safonov | Social Democratic Party | 1,862 | 0.63% |
| | against all | against all | 26,230 | 8.94% |
| Total | Total | Total | 293,659 | 100% |
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### 2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Biysk constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Aleksandr Prokopyev | United Russia | 68,360 | 36.55% |
| | Maria Prusakova | Communist Party | 26,696 | 14.27% |
| | Marina Osipova | A Just Russia | 26,607 | 14.22% |
| | Pavel Rego | Liberal Democratic Party | 26,161 | 13.99% |
| | Tatyana Astafyeva | Communists of Russia | 14,735 | 7.88% |
| | Konstantin Yemeshin | Yabloko | 5,388 | 2.88% |
| | Konstantin Mironenko | The Greens | 4,188 | 2.24% |
| | Vladimir Mikhaylyuk | Party of Growth | 3,534 | 1.89% |
| | Sergey Ubrayev | Rodina | 2,549 | 1.36% |
| Total | Total | Total | 187,050 | 100% |
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### 2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Biysk constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Aleksandr Prokopyev (incumbent) | United Russia | 55,377 | 31.41% |
| | Anton Artsibashev | Communist Party | 43,132 | 24.46% |
| | Oleg Boronin | A Just Russia — For Truth | 21,456 | 12.17% |
| | Ksenia Kireyeva | New People | 13,561 | 7.69% |
| | Maksim Zheleznovsky | Liberal Democratic Party | 12,870 | 7.30% |
| | Ivan Makarov | Party of Pensioners | 9,096 | 5.16% |
| | Sergey Matasov | Communists of Russia | 8,294 | 4.70% |
| | Yury Ilyinykh | Yabloko | 3,835 | 2.18% |
| Total | Total | Total | 176,307 | 100% |
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