# Eastern constituency (Saint Petersburg)

The Eastern constituency (No.211) is a Russian legislative constituency in Saint Petersburg. The constituency was initially created in 1995 from parts of North East and South East constituencies and was based in eastern Saint Petersburg. The constituency was significantly altered in 2016 as nearly all of former Eastern constituency was placed into reestablished North Eastern constituency, while new Eastern constituency is based in Nevsky District, which has been taken from Southern constituency.

## Members elected

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1995 | Yury Nesterov | Yabloko |
| | 1999 | Irina Khakamada | Union of Right Forces |
| | 2003 | A by-election was scheduled after Against all line received the most votes | A by-election was scheduled after Against all line received the most votes |
| | 2004 | Aleksandr Morozov | Independent |
| 2007 | 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| Proportional representation - no election by constituency ||
| | 2016 | Igor Divinsky | United Russia |
| | 2021 | Mikhail Romanov | United Russia |

### 1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Eastern constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Yury Nesterov | Yabloko | 52,043 | 17.27% |
| | Konstantin Serov | Independent | 25,753 | 8.55% |
| | Pyotr Glushchenko | Communist Party | 23,969 | 7.96% |
| | Vladimir Serdyukov | Stanislav Govorukhin Bloc | 23,904 | 7.93% |
| | Dmitry Rozhdestvensky | Independent | 19,244 | 6.39% |
| | Yury Belyayev | Independent | 15,879 | 5.27% |
| | Sergey Vakulov | Communists and Working Russia - for the Soviet Union | 13,421 | 4.45% |
| | Sergey Vymenets | Independent | 13,009 | 4.32% |
| | Vladimir Luchkevich | Independent | 12,103 | 4.02% |
| | Mikhail Pirogov | Congress of Russian Communities | 11,798 | 3.92% |
| | Valery Andreyev | Forward, Russia! | 8,260 | 2.74% |
| | Anatoly Pshenichnikov | Party of Workers' Self-Government | 7,415 | 2.46% |
| | Mikhail Ivanov | Liberal Democratic Party | 6,873 | 2.28% |
| | Aleksandr Trafimov | Agrarian Party | 5,272 | 1.75% |
| | Aleksey Chernetsov | Independent | 4,586 | 1.52% |
| | Nikolay Golubev | Independent | 3,935 | 1.31% |
| | Vitaly Rystov | Independent | 3,464 | 1.15% |
| | Shukhrat Sayfullayev | Independent | 2,829 | 0.94% |
| | Aleksey Motorin | Independent | 2,345 | 0.78% |
| | Aleksey Zelenkov | Independent | 2,071 | 0.69% |
| | against all | against all | 34,928 | 11.59% |
| Total | Total | Total | 301,302 | 100% |
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### 1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Eastern constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Irina Khakamada | Union of Right Forces | 64,132 | 23.49% |
| | Aleksandr Morozov | Party of Pensioners | 46,109 | 16.89% |
| | Stepan Shabanov | Communist Party | 33,073 | 12.11% |
| | Yury Nesterov (incumbent) | Yabloko | 25,692 | 9.41% |
| | Vladimir Serdyukov | Independent | 17,041 | 6.24% |
| | Igor Vysotsky | Independent | 10,338 | 3.79% |
| | Yevgeny Kozlov | Independent | 7,843 | 2.87% |
| | Lyudmila Smirnova | Liberal Democratic Party | 7,596 | 2.78% |
| | Sergey Kovalev | Russian Socialist Party | 5,713 | 2.09% |
| | Valentin Kovalevsky | Independent | 4,909 | 1.80% |
| | Ilya Konstantinov | Spiritual Heritage | 2,604 | 0.95% |
| | Oleg Yerokhov | Independent | 1,325 | 0.49% |
| | against all | against all | 42,826 | 15.69% |
| Total | Total | Total | 273,000 | 100% |
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### 2003

A by-election was scheduled after Against all line received the most votes.
Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Eastern constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Irina Rodnina | United Russia | 42,568 | 21.84% |
| | Grigory Tomchin | Union of Right Forces | 32,946 | 16.90% |
| | Yury Gatchin | Communist Party | 16,945 | 8.69% |
| | Andrey Ananov | Independent | 16,077 | 8.25% |
| | Valentin Nikolsky | Independent | 13,985 | 7.17% |
| | Aleksandr Koltsov | Liberal Democratic Party | 7,615 | 3.95% |
| | Nadezhda Shumeyko | Great Russia – Eurasian Union | 6,123 | 3.14% |
| | Nikolay Bondarik | Independent | 4,391 | 2.25% |
| | Aleksandr Yegorov | People's Party | 4,010 | 2.06% |
| | against all | against all | 46,646 | 23.93% |
| Total | Total | Total | 195,176 | 100% |
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### 2004

Summary of the 14 March 2004 by-election in the Eastern constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Aleksandr Morozov | Independent | 58,380 | 23.56% |
| | Anna Markova | Independent | 45,244 | 18.26% |
| | Sergey Andreyev | Independent | 36,297 | 14.65% |
| | Grigory Tomchin | Independent | 27,039 | 10.91% |
| | Yury Gatchin | Communist Party | 6,001 | 2.42% |
| | Inna Safronova | Independent | 4,532 | 1.82% |
| | Andrey Yelchaninov | Independent | 3,756 | 1.51% |
| | Gennady Turetsky | Russian Communist Workers Party-Russian Party of Communists | 3,537 | 1.42% |
| | Sergey Tikhomirov | Liberal Democratic Party | 3,485 | 1.40% |
| | Oleg Prosypkin | Rodina | 2,926 | 1.18% |
| | Elvira Sharova | Independent | 1,525 | 0.61% |
| | against all | against all | 50,584 | 20.41% |
| Total | Total | Total | 247,724 | 100% |
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### 2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Eastern constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Igor Divinsky | United Russia | 47,703 | 35.67% |
| | Vladislav Bakulin | Party of Growth | 15,274 | 11.42% |
| | Viktor Lozhechko | A Just Russia | 11,931 | 8.92% |
| | Mikhail Stupakov | Yabloko | 11,921 | 8.91% |
| | Sergey Kozhanchi | Liberal Democratic Party | 11,639 | 8.70% |
| | Olga Khodunova | Communist Party | 11,210 | 8.38% |
| | Irina Melnikova | People's Freedom Party | 7,112 | 5.32% |
| | Yury Savin | Communists of Russia | 4,900 | 3.66% |
| | Andrey Ivanov | Rodina | 4,752 | 3.55% |
| | Konstantin Lavrinyuk | Patriots of Russia | 1,380 | 1.03% |
| | Mikhail Koyfman | Civic Platform | 964 | 0.72% |
| Total | Total | Total | 133,736 | 100% |
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### 2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Eastern constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Mikhail Romanov | United Russia | 63,856 | 37.61% |
| | Olga Khodunova | Communist Party | 31,637 | 18.63% |
| | Viktor Lozhechko | A Just Russia — For Truth | 16,746 | 9.86% |
| | Ksenia Goryacheva | New People | 11,063 | 6.52% |
| | Vladislav Bakulin | Party of Growth | 10,727 | 6.32% |
| | Maksim Gogolin | Party of Pensioners | 6,981 | 4.11% |
| | Maksim Stetsura | Liberal Democratic Party | 6,279 | 3.70% |
| | Nikita Sorokin | Yabloko | 6,128 | 3.61% |
| | Asya Borzova | The Greens | 4,841 | 2.85% |
| | Nina Abrosova | Rodina | 3,203 | 1.89% |
| | Ilona Khanina | Civic Platform | 1,323 | 0.78% |
| Total | Total | Total | 169,795 | 100% |
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