The Karelia constituency (No.17) is a Russian legislative constituency in the Republic of Karelia. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Karelia.
The constituency has been represented since 1999 (except for 2007–2016) by United Russia deputy Valentina Pivnenko, a six-term State Duma member and former union leader.
Boundaries 1993–2007, 2016–present: Belomorsky District, Kalevalsky District, Kemsky District, Kondopozhsky District, Kostomuksha, Lakhdenpokhsky District, Loukhsky District, Medvezhyegorsky District, Muyezersky District, Olonetsky District, Petrozavodsk, Pitkyarantsky District, Prionezhsky District, Pudozhsky District, Pryazhinsky District, Segezhsky District, Sortavala, Suoyarvsky District The constituency has been covering the entirety of the Karelia since its initial creation in 1993.
Members elected ElectionMemberParty1993Ivan ChukhinChoice of Russia1995Larisa ZlobinaIndependent1999Valentina PivnenkoIndependent2003United Russia2007Proportional representation - no election by constituency20112016Valentina PivnenkoUnited Russia2021
Election results 1993 Declared candidates Anatoly Anikeyev (Independent), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993), former First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian SFSR (1990–1991), militsiya lieutenant general Ivan Chukhin (Choice of Russia), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993), militsiya podpolkovnik Alfred Sieppi (YaBL), physics lecturer
Results
! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% |- |style="background-color: " | |align=left|Ivan Chukhin |align=left|Choice of Russia |112,803 |36.98% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Anatoly Anikeyev |align=left|Independent |– |21.20% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Alfred Sieppi |align=left|Yavlinsky–Boldyrev–Lukin |– |– |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 305,015 | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source: |Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1993
1995 Declared candidates Anatoly Artemyev (Independent), Minister of Health of Karelia Ivan Chukhin (DVR–OD), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present) Natalya Kotsyuba (NDR), Director of the Federal Department on Insolvency Regional Office (1995–present) Nikolay Levin (For the Motherland!), legal counsel Mikhail Maksimov (LDPR), coordinator of the party regional office, mechanic Sergey Romanenko (Independent), unemployed Aleksandr Titov (Independent), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (1994–present), former Chairman of the Olonetsky District Executive Committee (1989–1990) Boris Tyukov (CPRF), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (1994–present) Larisa Zlobina (Independent), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (1994–present), journalist
Results
! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Larisa Zlobina |align=left|Independent |101,894 |28.12% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Natalya Kotsyuba |align=left|Our Home – Russia |64,462 |17.79% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Boris Tyukov |align=left|Communist Party |48,173 |13.29% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Ivan Chukhin (incumbent) |align=left|Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats |34,992 |9.66% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Mikhail Maksimov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party |23,321 |6.44% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Anatoly Artemyev |align=left|Independent |21,749 |6.00% |- |style="background-color:#C28314"| |align=left|Nikolay Levin |align=left|For the Motherland! |13,644 |3.76% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksandr Titov |align=left|Independent |7,095 |1.96% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Sergey Romanenko |align=left|Independent |2,875 |0.79% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all |36,970 |10.20% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 362,391 | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source: |Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1995
1999 Declared candidates Aleksandr Chazhengin (Yabloko), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (1994–present), 1998 head candidate Mikhail Maksimov (LDPR), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (1998–present), 1995 candidate for this seat Mikhail Mrykhin (KRO-Boldyrev), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (1994–present) Artur Myaki (SPS), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (1998–present) Valentina Pivnenko (Independent), Chairwoman of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia House of Representatives (1994–present) Boris Tyukov (CPRF), former Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (1994–1998), 1995 candidate for this seat Larisa Zlobina (RSP), incumbent Member of State Duma (1996–present), 1998 head candidate
Withdrawn candidates Lyudmila Kryshtaleva (Nikolayev–Fyodorov Bloc)
Failed to qualify Boris Payevshchikov (Independent)
Did not file Boris Anushin (Independent), electrician Vladimir Lapshin (Independent) Yury Linnik (Independent), writer, cosmist Aleksandr Starikov (Independent)
Results
! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Valentina Pivnenko |align=left|Independent |106,371 |30.46% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksandr Chazhengin |align=left|Yabloko |47,045 |13.47% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Artur Myaki |align=left|Union of Right Forces |45,818 |13.12% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Boris Tyukov |align=left|Communist Party |42,489 |12.17% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Larisa Zlobina (incumbent) |align=left|Russian Socialist Party |27,767 |7.95% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Mikhail Maksimov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party |21,580 |6.18% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Mikhail Mrykhin |align=left|Congress of Russian Communities-Yury Boldyrev Movement |6,661 |1.91% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all |44,582 |12.77% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 349,224 | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source:
2003 Declared candidates Aleksey Belyaninov (Independent), Member of Petrozavodsk City Council, nonprofit director Vladimir Liminchuk (PVR-RPZh), chairman of the regional consumers union Artur Myaki (SPS), Member of State Duma (2000–present), 1999 candidate for this seat, 2002 head candidate Irina Petelyayeva (Yabloko), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (1998–present), newspaper publisher Valentina Pivnenko (United Russia), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present), Chairwoman of the Duma Committee on Problems of the North and the Far East (2000–present) Viktor Potiyevsky (), writer, journalist Vladimir Shilik (VR–ES), Member of Petrozavodsk City Council, auto businessman Boris Tyukov (CPRF), former Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (1994–1998), 1995 and 1999 candidate for this seat, 2002 head candidate
Failed to qualify Andrey Stepanov (LDPR), aide to State Duma member
Did not file Viktor Alekseyenko (), Member of Segezha City Council, locksmith Boris Anushin (KPE), power engineer, 1999 candidate for this seat Aleksandr Gelakhov (RPP-PSS), palace of culture commercial director Yury Samokhin (PME), pensioner Sergey Yaskunov (ROPP), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (1998–present)
Results
! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Valentina Pivnenko (incumbent) |align=left|United Russia |150,521 |50.44% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Irina Petelyayeva |align=left|Yabloko |52,198 |17.49% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Artur Myaki |align=left|Union of Right Forces |30,589 |10.25% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Boris Tyukov |align=left|Communist Party |17,911 |6.00% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksey Belyaninov |align=left|Independent |8,399 |2.81% |- |style="background-color:#164C8C"| |align=left|Viktor Potiyevsky |align=left|United Russian Party Rus' |2,312 |0.77% |- |style="background-color:#7C73CC"| |align=left|Vladimir Shilik |align=left|Great Russia – Eurasian Union |1,972 |0.66% |- |style="background-color:#00A1FF"| |align=left|Vladimir Liminchuk |align=left|Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life |1,947 |0.65% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all |28,723 |9.62% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 298,683 | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source:
2016 Declared candidates Mikhail Bynkov (The Greens), nonprofit executive Yelena Gnyotova (Party of Growth), Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights in Karelia (2013–present) Boris Kashin (CPRF), Member of State Duma (2007–present) Natalia Kiselene (Yabloko), agriculture executive Aleksey Malevanny (GP), former Member of Petrozavodsk City Council (2004–2011), businessman Irina Petelyayeva (A Just Russia), Member of State Duma (2016–present), 2003 Yabloko candidate for this seat Valentina Pivnenko (United Russia), Member of State Duma (2000–present) Igor Prokhorov (Patriots of Russia), former Minister of Internal Affairs of Karelia (1990–1994), Russian Police major general Nikolay Tarakanov (Rodina), former Member of Petrozavodsk City Council (2004–2007), businessman Timur Zornyakov (LDPR), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (2011–present), retired FSB podpolkovnik
Withdrawn candidates Vladimir Kertsev (CPCR), perennial candidate
Did not file Vladimir Lapshin (Independent), pensioner, 1999 candidate for this seat
Declined Grigory Fandeyev (United Russia), former Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (2006–2011) (lost the primary) Yevgenia Medvedeva (United Russia), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (2011–present), 2006 Olympic Champion cross-country skier (lost the primary, ran on the party list) Elissan Shandalovich (United Russia), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (2011–present), chief doctor of the republican hospital (lost the primary, ran on the party list) Larisa Zhdanova (United Russia), Member of Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (2006–present) (lost the primary)
Results