# Kotlas constituency

The Kotlas constituency (No.73) is a Russian legislative constituency in Arkhangelsk Oblast. In 1993-2007 the constituency covered upstate southern Arkhangelsk Oblast, however, in 2016 the constituency was changed: it took parts of Arkhangelsk and traded several districts in western Arkhangelsk Oblast with Arkhangelsk constituency for some territories in the north.

## Members elected

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1993 | Aleksandr Piskunov | Independent |
| | 1995 | Yury Guskov | Communist Party |
| | 1999 | Vitaly Predybaylov | Independent |
| | 2003 | Valery Malchikhin | United Russia |
| 2007 | 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| Proportional representation - no election by constituency ||
| | 2016 | Andrey Palkin | United Russia |
| | 2021 | Elena Vtorygina | United Russia |

## Election results
### 1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Kotlas constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Aleksandr Piskunov | Independent | 118,677 | 40.89% |
| Total | Total | Total | 290,215 | 100% |
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### 1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Kotlas constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Yury Guskov | Communist Party | 65,028 | 19.36% |
| | Vsevolod Bogdanov | Independent | 46,168 | 13.74% |
| | Vladimir Fedorov | Independent | 36,171 | 10.77% |
| | Yevgeny Ukhin | Liberal Democratic Party | 33,073 | 9.85% |
| | Sergey Gorshkov | Independent | 22,999 | 6.85% |
| | Sergey Kolotilov | Agrarian Party | 22,624 | 6.74% |
| | Vyacheslav Kalyamin | Political Movement of Transport Workers | 20,285 | 6.04% |
| | Vladimir Yenyagin | Independent | 19,113 | 5.69% |
| | Viktor Danichkin | Independent | 15,060 | 4.48% |
| | Valery Kabanov | Independent | 9,150 | 2.72% |
| | against all | against all | 40,604 | 12.09% |
| Total | Total | Total | 335,908 | 100% |
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### 1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Kotlas constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Vitaly Predybaylov | Independent | 49,797 | 15.65% |
| | Aleksandr Korygin | Independent | 48,430 | 15.22% |
| | Yury Guskov (incumbent) | Communist Party | 36,842 | 11.58% |
| | Vladimir Yenyagin | Independent | 36,749 | 11.55% |
| | Vyacheslav Kalyamin | Fatherland – All Russia | 35,101 | 11.03% |
| | Aleksey Grishkov | Yabloko | 22,706 | 7.14% |
| | Tamara Gudima | Independent | 18,938 | 5.95% |
| | Valery Tarayko | Independent | 10,089 | 3.17% |
| | Aleksandr Beletsky | Our Home – Russia | 5,428 | 1.71% |
| | against all | against all | 45,637 | 14.34% |
| Total | Total | Total | 318,208 | 100% |
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### 2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Kotlas constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Valery Malchikhin | United Russia | 98,950 | 34.75% |
| | Andrey Smantser | Independent | 45,555 | 16.00% |
| | Vladimir Yenyagin | Rodina | 30,946 | 10.87% |
| | Viktor Zverev | Independent | 29,377 | 10.32% |
| | Yevgeny Guryev | Communist Party | 16,939 | 5.95% |
| | Galina Likhanova | United Russian Party Rus' | 14,510 | 5.10% |
| | Aleksandr Korygin | People's Party | 9,714 | 3.41% |
| | against all | against all | 34,966 | 12.28% |
| Total | Total | Total | 285,064 | 100% |
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### 2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Kotlas constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Andrey Palkin | United Russia | 76,004 | 43.25% |
| | Irina Chirkova | A Just Russia | 40,135 | 22.84% |
| | Igor Arsentyev | Liberal Democratic Party | 20,865 | 11.87% |
| | Vasily Pavlov | Communist Party | 18,581 | 10.57% |
| | Yury Chesnokov | Yabloko | 5,260 | 2.99% |
| | Aleksey Guryev | Rodina | 4,558 | 2.59% |
| | Roman Fedulov | Communists of Russia | 2,705 | 1.54% |
| | Andrey Zhadchenko | Patriots of Russia | 1,801 | 1.02% |
| Total | Total | Total | 175,712 | 100% |
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### 2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Kotlas constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Elena Vtorygina | United Russia | 53,524 | 29.40% |
| | Irina Chirkova | A Just Russia — For Truth | 35,356 | 19.42% |
| | Aleksandr Grevtsov | Communist Party | 24,070 | 13.22% |
| | Roman Novikov | New People | 15,217 | 8.36% |
| | Yekaterina Alekhintseva | Liberal Democratic Party | 14,583 | 8.01% |
| | Aleksandr Kozenkov | Yabloko | 13,560 | 7.45% |
| | Sergey Orekhanov | Party of Pensioners | 6,628 | 3.64% |
| | Oleg Mishukov | Rodina | 4,651 | 2.55% |
| | Oksana Kopteva | Russian Party of Freedom and Justice | 3,899 | 2.14% |
| | Ayman Tyukina | The Greens | 3,331 | 1.83% |
| Total | Total | Total | 182,040 | 100% |
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