# Chita constituency

The Chita Constituency (No.43) is a Russian legislative constituency in Zabaykalsky Krai. In 1993-2007 the constituency was based in Western Chita Oblast, stretching from Kalarsky District in the north to Krasnochikoysky District in the west, including the city of Chita. In 2008 Chita Oblast merged with Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug to form Zabaykalsky Krai, and newly-configured Chita constituency now includes eastern half of Chita and northern parts of the Krai.

## Members elected

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1993 | Sergey Markidonov | Independent |
| | 1995 | Viktor Kurochkin | Independent |
| | 1999 | Viktor Voytenko | Independent |
| | 2003 | Viktor Voytenko | People's Party |
| 2007 | 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| Proportional representation - no election by constituency ||
| | 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 | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Sergey Markidonov | Independent | 39,670 | 20.36% |
| | Namzhil Tsybikov | Independent | - | 14.90% |
| Total | Total | Total | 194,851 | 100% |
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### 1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Chita constituency :
| Candidate | 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 | against all | 22,326 | 8.54% |
| Total | Total | Total | 261,454 | 100% |
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### 1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Chita constituency :
| Candidate | 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 Torgaev | 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 | against all | 22,202 | 9.05% |
| Total | Total | Total | 245,192 | 100% |
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### 2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Chita constituency :
| Candidate | 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 | against all | 23,343 | 11.57% |
| Total | Total | Total | 202,205 | 100% |
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### 2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Chita constituency :
| Candidate | 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 | Total | Total | 155,016 | 100% |
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### 2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Chita constituency :
| Candidate | 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 | Total | Total | 150,733 | 100% |
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