title: Kamchatka constituency
text: # Kamchatka constituency
  
  The Kamchatka constituency (No.45) is a Russian legislative constituency covering the entirety of Kamchatka Krai. The constituency previously occupied the whole territory of Kamchatka Oblast but after Kamchatka Oblast was merged with Koryak Autonomous Okrug in 2007 Kamchatka constituency absorbed the entirety of Koryak constituency.
  
  ## Members elected
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1993 | Aivars Lezdiņš | Independent |
  | | 1995 | Mikhail Zadornov | Yabloko |
  | | 1998 | Aleksandr Zaveryukha | Independent |
  | | 1999 | 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 |
  | | 2000 | Valery Dorogin | Independent |
  | | 2003 | Viktor Zavarzin | Independent |
  | 2007 | 2007 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
  | Proportional representation - no election by constituency ||
  | | 2016 | Konstantin Slyshchenko | United Russia |
  | | 2021 | Irina Yarovaya | United Russia |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 1993
  
  Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Kamchatka constituency :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Aivars Lezdiņš | Independent | 34,222 | 27.58% |
  | | Sergey Sharov | Independent | - | 17.30% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 124,064 | 100% |
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  ### 1995
  
  Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Kamchatka constituency :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Mikhail Zadornov | Yabloko | 36,892 | 22.28% |
  | | Boris Oleynikov | Independent | 23,955 | 14.47% |
  | | Nina Solodyakova | Independent | 20,261 | 12.24% |
  | | Yekaterina Temchura | Independent | 19,486 | 11.77% |
  | | Lyudmila Grigoryeva | Independent | 13,146 | 7.94% |
  | | Vladimir Korneyev | Liberal Democratic Party | 8,165 | 4.93% |
  | | Igor Belozertsev | Independent | 8,020 | 4.84% |
  | | Viktor Yershov | Independent | 7,474 | 4.51% |
  | | Sergey Grishin | Independent | 6,119 | 3.70% |
  | | Yury Eytigon | Forward, Russia! | 2,635 | 1.59% |
  | | Valery Garnovsky | Independent | 1,741 | 1.05% |
  | | against all | against all | 15,262 | 9.22% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 165,578 | 100% |
  | Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | |
  
  ### 1998
  
  Summary of the 19 April 1998 by-election in the Kamchatka constituency :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Aleksandr Zaveryukha | Independent | 16,092 | 20.17% |
  | | Vladislav Shved | Independent | 14,213 | 17.81% |
  | | Yury Golenishchev | Independent | 10,803 | 13.54% |
  | | Vladimir Obukhov | Independent | 5,233 | 6.56% |
  | | Olga Sopova | Independent | 4,751 | 5.95% |
  | | Kantemir Karamzin | Independent | 3,468 | 4.35% |
  | | Vadim Maksimov | Independent | 3,024 | 3.79% |
  | | Vyacheslav Lazarchuk | Independent | 2,131 | 2.67% |
  | | Pyotr Ivanov | Independent | 1,567 | 1.96% |
  | | against all | against all | 16,054 | 20.12% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 57,958 | 100% |
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  ### 1999
  
  A by-election was scheduled after Against all line received the most votes.
  
  Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Kamchatka constituency :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Yury Golenishchev | Communist Party | 22,022 | 14.41% |
  | | Vladimir Boltenko | Independent | 21,958 | 14.37% |
  | | Valery Dorogin | Fatherland – All Russia | 19,451 | 12.73% |
  | | Irina Yarovaya | Yabloko | 16,695 | 10.93% |
  | | Valery Kim | Independent | 6,360 | 4.16% |
  | | Viktor Yershov | Independent | 5,978 | 3.91% |
  | | Olga Chirkova | Independent | 5,224 | 3.42% |
  | | Sergey Pavlov | Independent | 5,153 | 3.37% |
  | | Aleksandr Pukalo | Independent | 4,870 | 3.19% |
  | | Kantemir Karamzin | Independent | 4,538 | 2.97% |
  | | Vladislav Shved | Independent | 3,703 | 2.42% |
  | | Vladimir Semchev | Independent | 3,563 | 2.33% |
  | | Ivan Dankulinets | Independent | 3,230 | 2.11% |
  | | Aleksey Gurkin | Independent | 1,782 | 1.17% |
  | | Aleksandr Bikbulatov | Independent | 1,493 | 0.98% |
  | | Valery Zimnukhov | Spiritual Heritage | 311 | 0.20% |
  | | Pavel Mukhortov | Independent | 214 | 0.14% |
  | | against all | against all | 24,163 | 15.81% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 152,805 | 100% |
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  ### 2000
  
  Summary of the 26 March 2000 by-election in the Kamchatka constituency :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Valery Dorogin | Independent | 45,693 | 27.60% |
  | | Yury Golenishchev | Independent | 33,215 | 20.06% |
  | | Vladimir Boltenko | Independent | 32,367 | 19.55% |
  | | Irina Yarovaya | Independent | 15,987 | 9.66% |
  | | Aleksey Kazantsev | Independent | 5,925 | 3.58% |
  | | Nikolay Pegin | Independent | 4,539 | 2.74% |
  | | Vyacheslav Koroteyev | Independent | 1,737 | 1.05% |
  | | Anatoly Ababko | Independent | 743 | 0.45% |
  | | against all | against all | 23,028 | 13.91% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 165,543 | 100% |
  | Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | |
  
  ### 2003
  
  Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Kamchatka constituency :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Viktor Zavarzin | Independent | 33,713 | 24.88% |
  | | Valery Dorogin (incumbent) | Great Russia–Eurasian Union | 31,841 | 23.50% |
  | | Irina Yarovaya | Yabloko | 27,548 | 20.33% |
  | | Viktor Kravchenko | Independent | 7,395 | 5.46% |
  | | Svyatoslav Chayka | Independent | 5,190 | 3.83% |
  | | Mikhail Yekimov | Liberal Democratic Party | 4,383 | 3.23% |
  | | Dmitry Bobrovskikh | United Russian Party Rus' | 2,933 | 2.16% |
  | | Aleksandr Nikitin | Agrarian Party | 2,270 | 1.68% |
  | | Vladimir Chayka | Independent | 2,181 | 1.61% |
  | | Nadezhda Balyulina | Conceptual Party "Unity" | 1,797 | 1.33% |
  | | Vladimir Shumanin | Independent | 1,633 | 1.21% |
  | | against all | against all | 13,572 | 10.02% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 135,639 | 100% |
  | Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | |
  
  ### 2016
  
  Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Kamchatka constituency :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Konstantin Slyshchenko | United Russia | 35,322 | 38.35% |
  | | Valery Kalashnikov | Liberal Democratic Party | 19,929 | 21.64% |
  | | Mikhail Smagin | Communist Party | 10,028 | 10.89% |
  | | Mikhail Mashkovtsev | Communists of Russia | 9,747 | 10.58% |
  | | Mikhail Puchkovsky | A Just Russia | 7,219 | 7.84% |
  | | Vladimir Elchaparov | Yabloko | 3,000 | 3.26% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 92,094 | 100% |
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  ### 2021
  
  Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Kamchatka constituency :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Irina Yarovaya | United Russia | 37,070 | 40.43% |
  | | Roman Litvinov | Communist Party | 17,470 | 19.05% |
  | | Valery Kalashnikov | Liberal Democratic Party | 10,589 | 11.55% |
  | | Yekaterina Zaytseva | New People | 9,728 | 10.61% |
  | | Dmitry Bobrovskikh | A Just Russia — For Truth | 8,584 | 9.36% |
  | | Viktor Khomyakov | Party of Pensioners | 3,878 | 4.23% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 91,692 | 100% |
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