Southern constituency (Rostov Oblast) Russian legislative constituency
Southern single-member constituency Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy Federal subject Rostov Oblast Districts Aksaysky (Aksay , Bolshelogskoye, Grushevskoye, Mishkinskoye, Rassvetovskoye, Shchepkinskoye, Starocherkasskoye), Novocherkassk , Rostov-on-Don (Pervomaysky, Voroshilovsky)Other territory Estonia (Tallinn -3)Voters 483,842 (2024)[ 1]
The Southern constituency (No.152[ a] is a Russian legislative constituency in Rostov Oblast . The constituency covers eastern Rostov-on-Don , major industrial city Novocherkassk as well as suburbs and exurbs between them.
The constituency has been represented since the 2024 by-election by United Russia deputy Viktoria Abramchenko , Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma and former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia , who won the seat left vacant by the resignation of one-term United Russia deputy Vitaly Kushnarev in May 2024.
Boundaries
1993–1995 Rostov-Pervomaysky constituency : Rostov-on-Don (Kirovsky, Leninsky, Pervomaysky, Proletarsky, Voroshilovsky, Zheleznodorozhny)[ 2] Rostov-on-Don , including the city centre.
1995–2007 Proletarsky constituency : Aksaysky District , Bataysk , Rostov-on-Don (Pervomaysky, Proletarsky, Voroshilovsky)[ 3] [ 4] Rostov Oblast gained the seventh constituency, so all other districts were redrawn. The constituency was renamed as "Proletarsky constituency" and retained only eastern Rostov-on-Don , losing the rest of the city to Rostov constituency . This seat instead gained suburban Aksaysky District to its east from Taganrog constituency as well satellite city Bataysk to the south from Rostov-Sovetsky constituency .
2016–2026 : Aksaysky District (Aksay , Bolshelogskoye, Grushevskoye, Mishkinskoye, Rassvetovskoye, Shchepkinskoye, Starocherkasskoye), Novocherkassk , Rostov-on-Don (Pervomaysky, Voroshilovsky)[ 5] 2016 election under the name "Southern constituency" and retained most of its territory, losing Proletarsky City District and southern Aksaysky District to Rostov constituency , and Bataysk – to new Nizhnedonskoy constituency . This seat instead gained industrial city Novocherkassk from the former Belaya Kalitva constituency .
Since 2026 Novocherkassk constituency : Aksaysky District , Bagayevsky District , Novocherkassk , Rostov-on-Don (Pervomaysky, Voroshilovsky)[ 6] Rostov Oblast lost one of its seven constituencies, so all the remaining seats saw major changes. The constituency took the name "Novocherkassk constituency" and retained all of its former territory, gaining the rest of Aksaysky District and Bagayevsky District from Rostov constituency .
Election results
1993
Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Rostov-Pervomaysky constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alla Amelina Independent 61,168 22.79%
Aleksandr Mayboroda
Yavlinsky–Boldyrev–Lukin 25,413
9.47%
Vitaly Linnik Independent 22,361
8.33%
Aleksandr Chernenko
Independent 17,329
6.46%
Igor Rozhkov Independent 17,308
6.45%
Vladimir Vukolev
Independent 16,891
6.29%
Sergey Zbrailov
Independent 15,162
5.65%
Viktor Povalyayev
Communist Party 14,927
5.56%
Natalya Serdyukova
Future of Russia–New Names 8,178
3.05%
Boris Sturov
Independent 3,855
1.44%
against all
46,586
17.35%
Total
268,451
100%
Source:
[ 7] [ 8]
1995
Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Proletarsky constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Sergey Shakhray Party of Russian Unity and Accord 87,036 27.91%
Nikolay Kolomeytsev Communist Party 61,305
19.67%
Alla Amelina (incumbent)Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats 28,656
9.19%
Viktor Petrov
Congress of Russian Communities 13,807
4.43%
Vladimir Titarenko
Derzhava 10,679
3.43%
Valentin Khmelevsky
Communists and Working Russia - for the Soviet Union 10,387
3.33%
Valentin Gerbach
Independent 9,684
3.11%
Anatoly Ryzhakov
Party of Workers' Self-Government 8,879
2.85%
Viktor Gorbatko Power to the People 8,806
2.83%
Aleksandr Grinberg
Liberal Democratic Party 8,513
2.73%
Anatoly Smirnov
Independent 7,591
2.44%
Vladimir Vukolov
Independent 5,325
1.71%
Aleksandr Nikolayev
Independent 3,778
1.21%
Boris Sturov
Russian Party 2,083
0.67%
Raisa Grishechkina
Democratic Alternative
1,832
0.59%
Sergey Gorshkov
Independent 1,423
0.46%
Gennady Eskin
Frontier Generation
880
0.28%
against all
31,816
10.21%
Total
311,666
100%
Source:
[ 7]
1997
Summary of the 1 June 1997 by-election in the Proletarsky constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Nikolay Kolomeytsev Independent 60,457 39.50%
Gennady Melikyan Independent 28,695
18.75%
Anatoly Stankov
Independent 11,679
7.63%
Boris Grinberg
Independent 6,258
4.09%
Sergey Sleptsov
Independent 4,441
2.90%
Erlen Yemelyanov
Independent 2,412
1.58%
Igor Lyubitsky
Independent 2,365
1.55%
Albert Taranenko
Independent 2,248
1.47%
Vladimir Dek
Independent 2,199
1.44%
Aleksandr Ivanov Independent 1,952
1.28%
Sergey Apatenko Independent 1,824
1.19%
Aleksandr Kasyanov
Independent 1,632
1.07%
Gennady Shupikov
Independent 1,555
1.02%
Igor Rozhkov Independent 1,520
0.99%
against all
16,518
10.79%
Total
153,070
100%
Source:
[ 9]
2016
Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Southern constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Mikhail Chernyshyov United Russia 103,751 48.59%
Vladimir Bessonov Communist Party 39,750
18.62%
Yegor Kolesnikov
Liberal Democratic Party 21,172
9.92%
Gennady Zubov
Rodina 11,230
5.26%
Aleksey Lyashchenko
A Just Russia 10,373
4.86%
Andrey Kutyrev
Independent 5,007
2.35%
Vakhtang Kozayev
Communists of Russia 3,858
1.81%
Vladimir Ignatkin
Yabloko 3,690
1.73%
Vladimir Bazarov
Patriots of Russia 3,093
1.45%
Tatyana Cherepanova
Civic Platform 3,006
1.41%
Stanislav Avramenko
People's Freedom Party 2,931
1.37%
Total
213,507
100%
Source:
[ 12]
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