# Altai constituency

The Altai constituency (No. 2) is a Russian legislative constituency covering the entirety of the Altai Republic.

## Members elected

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1993 | Mikhail Gnezdilov | Independent |
| | 1995 | Semyon Zubakin | Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats |
| | 1998 | Mikhail Lapshin | Independent |
| | 1999 | Mikhail Lapshin | Fatherland – All Russia |
| | 2002 | Sergey Pekpeyev | Independent |
| | 2003 | Sergey Pekpeyev | Agrarian Party |
| 2007 | 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| Proportional representation - no election by constituency ||
| | 2016 | Rodion Bukachakov | United Russia |
| | 2021 | Roman Ptitsyn | United Russia |

## Election results
### 1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Gorny Altai constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Mikhail Gnezdilov | Independent | 18,560 | 23.02% |
| | Faina Yakshimayeva | Independent | - | 19.24% |
| Total | Total | Total | 80,642 | 100% |
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### 1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Gorny Altai constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Semyon Zubakin | Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats | 21,013 | 21.71% |
| | Vladimir Kydyyev | Independent | 16,731 | 17.29% |
| | Mikhail Gnezdilov (incumbent) | Independent | 11,937 | 12.33% |
| | Nikolay Chekonov | Communist Party | 11,228 | 11.60% |
| | Natalya Kyrova | Independent | 9,755 | 10.08% |
| | Vladilen Volkov | Independent | 6,648 | 6.87% |
| | Faina Yakshimayeva | Independent | 4,957 | 5.12% |
| | Vitaly Gurov | Forward, Russia! | 1,697 | 1.75% |
| | Yevgeny Butov | Congress of Russian Communities | 1,199 | 1.24% |
| | Valery Sat | Independent | 1,188 | 1.23% |
| | Stanislav Kedik | Independent | 449 | 0.46% |
| | against all | against all | 7,791 | 8.05% |
| Total | Total | Total | 96,779 | 100% |
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### 1998

Summary of the 31 May 1998 by-election in the Gorny Altai constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Mikhail Lapshin | Independent | 29,389 | 42.22% |
| | Andrey Vavilov | Independent | 28,298 | 40.65% |
| | I. Chernov | Independent | 1,692 | 2.44% |
| | against all | against all | 4,741 | 6.81% |
| Total | Total | Total | - | 100% |
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### 1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Gorny Altai constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Mikhail Lapshin (incumbent) | Fatherland – All Russia | 30,774 | 32.11% |
| | Yury Antaradonov | Russian Socialist Party | 25,843 | 26.97% |
| | Viktor Romashkin | Communist Party | 14,358 | 14.98% |
| | Vladimir Slesarev | Unity | 6,730 | 7.02% |
| | Vladimir Petrov | Our Home – Russia | 6,078 | 6.34% |
| | Nadezhda Sukhoterina | Independent | 1,539 | 1.61% |
| | Anatoly Yevdokimov | Liberal Democratic Party | 1,182 | 1.23% |
| | Yury Chernichenko | Union of Right Forces | 1,087 | 1.13% |
| | Dalel Sakharyanov | Spiritual Heritage | 805 | 0.84% |
| | against all | against all | 5,468 | 5.71% |
| Total | Total | Total | 95,834 | 100% |
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### 2002

Summary of the 19 May 2002 by-election in the Gorny Altai constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Sergey Pekpeyev | Independent | 26,845 | 48.57% |
| | Sergey Ognev | Independent | 10,606 | 19.19% |
| | Vladimir Grishin | Independent | 6,237 | 11.28% |
| | Leonid Shchuchinov | Independent | 4,927 | 8.91% |
| | Aleksandr Shegay | Independent | 865 | 1.56% |
| | Sergey Kochetkov | Independent | 690 | 1.25% |
| | against all | against all | 3,462 | 6.26% |
| Total | Total | Total | 55,273 | 100% |
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### 2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Gorny Altai constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Sergey Pekpeyev (incumbent) | Agrarian Party | 32,730 | 39.62% |
| | Yury Streltsov | Independent | 18,653 | 22.58% |
| | Viktor Bezruchenkov | Union of Right Forces | 8,324 | 10.08% |
| | Nikolay Chekonov | Communist Party | 5,315 | 6.43% |
| | Igor Yeremin | Independent | 4,121 | 4.99% |
| | Nina Dumnova | Independent | 2,492 | 3.02% |
| | Mikhail Lazarev | Liberal Democratic Party | 1,701 | 2.06% |
| | Tatyana Zharova | The Greens | 1,323 | 1.60% |
| | Vladimir Grishin | Rodina | 1,272 | 1.54% |
| | Aleksey Kuchigashev | Independent | 500 | 0.61% |
| | Sergey Kochetkov | Independent | 332 | 0.40% |
| | against all | against all | 4,837 | 5.86% |
| Total | Total | Total | 82,614 | 100% |
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### 2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Altai constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Rodion Bukachakov | United Russia | 32,000 | 44.79% |
| | Viktor Romashkin | Communist Party | 14,571 | 20.39% |
| | Maria Demina | Rodina | 9,588 | 13.42% |
| | Timur Kazitov | Liberal Democratic Party | 6,103 | 8.54% |
| | Urmat Knyazev | People's Freedom Party | 3,523 | 4.93% |
| | Aleksandr Gruzdev | A Just Russia | 1,969 | 2.76% |
| | Dmitry Dumnov | Yabloko | 687 | 0.96% |
| | Irina Zveryako | Civilian Power | 595 | 0.83% |
| | Aleksandr Chervov | Communists of Russia | 366 | 0.51% |
| Total | Total | Total | 71,452 | 100% |
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### 2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Altai constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Roman Ptitsyn | United Russia | 23,545 | 31.99% |
| | Maria Demina | Communist Party | 21,967 | 29.84% |
| | Aleksey Tyukhtenev | A Just Russia — For Truth | 11,843 | 16.09% |
| | Dmitry Sofronov | Liberal Democratic Party | 3,824 | 5.20% |
| | Maria Ardimatova | New People | 2,753 | 3.74% |
| | Vasily Kudirmekov | Russian Party of Freedom and Justice | 2,490 | 3.38% |
| | Yelena Tudeneva | Communists of Russia | 1,944 | 2.64% |
| | Nikolay Tolkochokov | Party of Pensioners | 1,654 | 2.25% |
| | Lyudmila Shuvalova | The Greens | 1,378 | 1.87% |
| Total | Total | Total | 73,609 | 100% |
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