# Moscow City Duma District 17

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

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 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 The district was completely rearranged in the 2014 redistricting as it was moved to Eastern Moscow.
2024–present: Ivanovskoye, Izmaylovo, Vostochnoye Izmaylovo 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 | Lyudmila Stebenkova | Independent |
| 2001 | Lyudmila Stebenkova | Union of Right Forces |
| 2005 | Constituency eliminated | 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 | 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 | against all | 9,966 | 13.64% |
| Total | Total | Total | 73,912 | 100% |
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### 2009

Summary of the 11 October 2009 Moscow City Duma election in District 17 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Valery Skobinov (incumbent) | 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 | Total | Total | 106,805 | 100% |
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### 2014

Summary of the 14 September 2014 Moscow City Duma election in District 17 :
| Candidate | 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 | Total | Total | 33,325 | 100% |
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### 2019

Summary of the 8 September 2019 Moscow City Duma election in District 17 :
| Candidate | 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 | Total | Total | 29,441 | 100% |
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### 2024

Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 Moscow City Duma election in District 17 :
| Candidate | 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 | Total | Total | 71,380 | 100% |
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