# Karachay-Cherkessia constituency

The Karachay-Cherkessia constituency (No.16) is a Russian legislative constituency covering the entirety of Karachay-Cherkessia.

## Members elected

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1993 | Azret Akbayev | Independent |
| | 1995 | Mikhail Yakush | Communist Party |
| | 1999 | Boris Berezovsky | Independent |
| | 2000 | Magomet Tekeyev | Independent |
| | 2003 | Nadezhda Maksimova | United Russia |
| 2007 | 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| Proportional representation - no election by constituency ||
| | 2016 | Rasul Botashev | United Russia |
| | 2021 | Dzhasharbek Uzdenov | United Russia |
| | 2023 | Soltan Uzdenov | United Russia |

## Election results
### 1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Azret Akbayev | Independent | 78,774 | 39.09% |
| | Aleksandr Kobanov | Independent | - | 27.30% |
| Total | Total | Total | 201,535 | 100% |
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### 1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Mikhail Yakush | Communist Party | 55,985 | 31.54% |
| | Akhmed Kitov | Our Home – Russia | 25,049 | 14.11% |
| | Vladimir Strigin | Independent | 15,413 | 8.68% |
| | Emma Kardanova | Derzhava | 13,761 | 7.75% |
| | Ismail Aliyev | Independent | 9,160 | 5.16% |
| | Abubakir Tambiyev | Independent | 6,776 | 3.82% |
| | Vladimir Davydov | Liberal Democratic Party | 6,167 | 3.47% |
| | Aleksandr Kobanov | Trade Unions and Industrialists – Union of Labour | 5,488 | 3.09% |
| | Pyotr Pleshennikov | Independent | 5,066 | 2.85% |
| | Khasan Bayramukov | Agrarian Party | 4,728 | 2.66% |
| | Anatoly Khaldzhiyev | Independent | 3,643 | 2.05% |
| | Rashid Teunayev | Russian Lawyers' Association | 2,989 | 1.68% |
| | Azret Akbayev (incumbent) | Ivan Rybkin Bloc | 2,474 | 1.39% |
| | Nikolay Zalepukhin | Bloc of Independents | 2,119 | 1.19% |
| | Alimurat Tekeyev | Independent | 1,897 | 1.07% |
| | Alik Chotchayev | Pamfilova–Gurov–Lysenko | 1,208 | 0.68% |
| | Dalkhat Sultanov | Independent | 1,109 | 0.62% |
| | Aiguf Kubanov | Independent | 1,046 | 0.59% |
| | Asiyat Khabicheva | Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats | 1,041 | 0.59% |
| | Nazir Alakayev | Independent | 752 | 0.42% |
| | Mussa Abaikhanov | Independent | 661 | 0.37% |
| | Pilyal Khasanov | Independent | 596 | 0.34% |
| | Magomet Bytdayev | Independent | 466 | 0.26% |
| | against all | against all | 5,549 | 3.13% |
| Total | Total | Total | 177,478 | 100% |
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### 1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Boris Berezovsky | Independent | 79,752 | 40.95% |
| | Muratkhan Mikhailovich | Communist Party | 46,688 | 23.97% |
| | Ruslan Kochkarov | Independent | 12,472 | 6.40% |
| | Magomed Borlakov | Party of Pensioners | 10,475 | 5.38% |
| | Emma Kardanova | Fatherland – All Russia | 9,152 | 4.70% |
| | Yury Krivobokov | Our Home – Russia | 7,669 | 3.94% |
| | Vladimir Malykhin | Yabloko | 6,615 | 3.40% |
| | Vladimir Davydov | Liberal Democratic Party | 4,810 | 2.47% |
| | Ansar Tebuyev | Independent | 1,811 | 0.93% |
| | Leonid Kaplin | Spiritual Heritage | 1,796 | 0.92% |
| | Bailyk Shidakov | Independent | 914 | 0.47% |
| | against all | against all | 8,281 | 4.25% |
| Total | Total | Total | 194,774 | 100% |
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### 2000

Summary of the 10 December 2000 by-election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Magomet Tekeyev | Independent | 41,103 | 29.32% |
| | Vasily Neshchadimov | Independent | 39,341 | 28.07% |
| | Muratkhan Mikhailovich | Communist Party | 31,648 | 22.58% |
| | Emma Kardanova | Independent | 10,805 | 7.71% |
| | Vladimir Poluboyarenko | Independent | 7,256 | 5.18% |
| | Vladimir Panov | Independent | 2,138 | 1.53% |
| | Baidymat Kicherukova | Independent | 933 | 0.67% |
| | against all | against all | 3,942 | 2.81% |
| Total | Total | Total | 140,171 | 100% |
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### 2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Nadezhda Maksimova | United Russia | 82,529 | 50.78% |
| | Muratkhan Mikhailovich | Communist Party | 13,600 | 8.37% |
| | Boris Batchayev | Independent | 10,634 | 6.54% |
| | Igor Timofeyev | Independent | 7,128 | 4.39% |
| | Sagit Khubiyev | Independent | 7,020 | 4.32% |
| | Magomet Tekeyev (incumbent) | Independent | 5,711 | 3.51% |
| | Osman Botashev | Independent | 4,748 | 2.92% |
| | Zagirat Dzhegutanova | Independent | 2,575 | 1.58% |
| | Alimurat Tekeyev | People's Party | 2,433 | 1.50% |
| | Fyodor Ferisov | Russian Pensioners' Party-Party of Social Justice | 2,300 | 1.42% |
| | Vladimir Grinko | Independent | 1,591 | 0.98% |
| | Oleg Kodzhakov | Great Russia–Eurasian Union | 1,169 | 0.72% |
| | Azret Akbayev | Independent | 872 | 0.54% |
| | Yevgeny Shramko | Democratic Party | 855 | 0.53% |
| | Viktor Skorikov | Independent | 809 | 0.50% |
| | Azret-Ali Dzhukayev | Independent | 685 | 0.42% |
| | Anatoly Bogdanov | United Russian Party Rus' | 669 | 0.41% |
| | Andrey Gudimov | People's Republican Party | 594 | 0.37% |
| | Shagaban Totorkulov | Independent | 571 | 0.31% |
| | Asiyat Khabicheva | Union of Right Forces | 504 | 0.31% |
| | Khalit Bairamkulov | Independent | 490 | 0.30% |
| | Fatima Dzhogan | Rodina | 453 | 0.28% |
| | against all | against all | 5,447 | 3.35% |
| Total | Total | Total | 162,562 | 100% |
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### 2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Rasul Botashev | United Russia | 151,556 | 53.03% |
| | Eduard Marshankulov | Communists of Russia | 71,517 | 25.02% |
| | Kemal Bytdayev | Communist Party | 19,670 | 6.88% |
| | Oleg Kodzhakov | Patriots of Russia | 8,830 | 3.09% |
| | Valery Ayubov | A Just Russia | 8,266 | 2.89% |
| | Muradin Dzhantemirov | The Greens | 7,982 | 2.79% |
| | Inna Nasheva | Party of Growth | 7,121 | 2.49% |
| | Akhmed Abazov | Yabloko | 5,977 | 2.09% |
| | Alim Kasayev | Liberal Democratic Party | 4,277 | 1.50% |
| Total | Total | Total | 285,784 | 100% |
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### 2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Dzhasharbek Uzdenov | United Russia | 210,632 | 78.60% |
| | Kemal Bytdayev | Communist Party | 28,917 | 10.79% |
| | Oleg Zhedyayev | Liberal Democratic Party | 10,948 | 4.09% |
| | Azamat Dudov | A Just Russia — For Truth | 6,108 | 2.28% |
| | Zaur Tekeyev | Communists of Russia | 3,602 | 1.34% |
| | Muradin Dzhantemirov | The Greens | 3,352 | 1.25% |
| | Sharifutdin Bostanov | New People | 1,960 | 0.73% |
| | Akhmed Abazov | Yabloko | 1,359 | 0.51% |
| Total | Total | Total | 267,967 | 100% |
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### 2023

Summary of the 8–10 September 2023 by-election in the Karachay-Cherkessia constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Soltan Uzdenov | United Russia | 148,692 | 71.16% |
| | Kemal Bytdayev | Communist Party | 27,216 | 13.03% |
| | Zaur Akbashev | A Just Russia – For Truth | 16,280 | 7.79% |
| | Oleg Zhedyayev | Liberal Democratic Party | 13,180 | 6.31% |
| | Akhmed Abazov | Yabloko | 3,213 | 1.54% |
| Total | Total | Total | 208,947 | 100% |
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