# Moscow City Duma District 2

Moscow City Duma District 2 is one of 45 constituencies in Moscow City Duma. Currently the district covers outer parts of North-Western and Northern Moscow.
The district has been represented since 2024 by Olympic Champion biathlete Olga Zaitseva (United Russia), who succeeded retiring one-term Independent incumbent Dmitry Loktev, a historical reenactment club leader.

## Boundaries

1993–1997: Basmanny, Krasnoselsky, Tagansky The district covered eastern parts of Central Moscow.
1997–2005: Basmanny, Krasnoselsky, Meshchansky, Tverskoy The district was moved westwards, losing Tagansky District to District 3 and gaining Tverskoy and Meshchansky districts from District 1.
2005–2009: Aeroport, Begovoy, Golovinsky, Khoroshyovsky, Koptevo, Savyolovsky, Shchukino, Sokol, Timiryazevsky, Voykovsky The district was completely reconfigured as it was placed into Northern and North-Western Moscow, overlapping the then-eliminated State Duma Leningradsky constituency.
2009–2014: Aeroport, Begovoy, Golovinsky, Khoroshyovsky, Koptevo, Levoberezhny, Savyolovsky, Sokol, Timiryazevsky, Voykovsky The district was slightly reconfigured, losing Shchukino to District 17 and gaining Levoberezhny District from District 3.
2014–2024: Kurkino, Molzhaninovsky, Severnoye Tushino, Yuzhnoye Tushino The district was completely rearranged in the 2014 redistricting as it was moved to cover outer parts of North-Western and Northern Moscow.
2024–present: Kurkino, part of Mitino, Molzhaninovsky, part of Severnoye Tushino During the 2023–24 Moscow redistricting the district lost Yuzhnoye Tushino and southern half of Severnoye Tushino to District 3, in exchange gaining northern and western Mitino.

## Members elected

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1993 | Nikolay Moskovchenko | Choice of Russia |
| 1997 | Mikhail Moskvin-Tarkhanov | Democratic Choice of Russia |
| 2001 | Mikhail Moskvin-Tarkhanov | Union of Right Forces |
| 2005 | Igor Antonov | United Russia |
| 2009 | Igor Antonov | United Russia |
| 2014 | Olga Yaroslavskaya | Independent |
| 2019 | Dmitry Loktev | Communist Party |
| 2024 | Olga Zaitseva | United Russia |

## Election results
### 2001

Summary of the 16 December 2001 Moscow City Duma election in District 2 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Mikhail Moskvin-Tarkhanov (incumbent) | Union of Right Forces | 14,399 | 27.39% |
| | Yelena Karpukhina | Communist Party | 12.484 | 23.75% |
| | Anatoly Andryushchenko | Independent | 6,522 | 12.41% |
| | Irina Botsu | Independent | 5,365 | 10.21% |
| | Ksenia Nazarova | Independent | 2,823 | 5.37% |
| | Vadim Kazachenko | Liberal Democratic Party | 2,040 | 3.88% |
| | against all | against all | 7,396 | 14.07% |
| Total | Total | Total | 53,182 | 100% |
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### 2005

Summary of the 4 December 2005 Moscow City Duma election in District 2 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Igor Antonov (incumbent) | United Russia | 45,984 | 29.34% |
| | Irina Rukina (incumbent) | Russian Party of Life | 33,144 | 21.15% |
| | Vladimir Ulas | Communist Party | 32,107 | 20.49% |
| | Tatyana Filippova | Rodina | 20,529 | 13.10% |
| | Aleksey Anisimov | Liberal Democratic Party | 8,559 | 5.46% |
| | Marina Godovanets | Independent | 7,477 | 4.77% |
| Total | Total | Total | 156,730 | 100% |
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### 2009

Summary of the 11 October 2009 Moscow City Duma election in District 2 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Igor Antonov (incumbent) | United Russia | 90,880 | 58.12% |
| | Vladimir Ulas | Communist Party | 30,420 | 19.46% |
| | Vyacheslav Gumenyuk | A Just Russia | 10,866 | 6.95% |
| | Yelena Guseva | Independent | 10,256 | 6.56% |
| | Natalya Konshina | Liberal Democratic Party | 6,085 | 3.89% |
| | Rustam Rabadanov | Independent | 1,831 | 1.17% |
| Total | Total | Total | 156,355 | 100% |
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### 2014

Summary of the 14 September 2014 Moscow City Duma election in District 3 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Olga Yaroslavskaya | Independent | 13,061 | 38.63% |
| | Yelena Shmeleva | Communist Party | 7,604 | 22.49% |
| | Mikhail Peskov | Yabloko | 5,444 | 16.10% |
| | Sergey Tsapenko | A Just Russia | 3,399 | 10.05% |
| | Svetlana Zolotaryova | Independent | 1,851 | 5.47% |
| | Yegor Anisimov | Liberal Democratic Party | 1,266 | 3.74% |
| Total | Total | Total | 33,814 | 100% |
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### 2019

Summary of the 8 September 2019 Moscow City Duma election in District 2 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Dmitry Loktev | Communist Party | 15,091 | 39.80% |
| | Svetlana Volovets | Independent | 14,079 | 37.13% |
| | Andrey Petrov | Liberal Democratic Party | 3,456 | 9.12% |
| | Vladislav Zhukov | A Just Russia | 2,809 | 7.41% |
| | Pavel Rassudov | Independent | 1,046 | 2.76% |
| Total | Total | Total | 37,914 | 100% |
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### 2024

Summary of the 6–8 September 2024 Moscow City Duma election in District 2 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Olga Zaitseva | United Russia | 33,974 | 53.33% |
| | Stanislav Murashev | New People | 7,848 | 12.32% |
| | Vitaly Fedotov | Liberal Democratic Party | 6,152 | 9.66% |
| | Konstantin Loginov | Communist Party | 5,171 | 8.12% |
| | Ivan Melnikov | A Just Russia – For Truth | 4,311 | 6.77% |
| | Kirill Lukonin | The Greens | 3,181 | 4.99% |
| | Yevgeny Lagunov | Communists of Russia | 3,044 | 4.78% |
| Total | Total | Total | 63,710 | 100% |
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