The Yevpatoria constituency (No.21) is a Russian legislative constituency in the Republic of Crimea. The constituency covers northern and western Crimea.
The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Leonid Babashov, former State Council of the Republic of Crimea member and entrepreneur, who won the open seat as an Independent, succeeding one-term United Russia incumbent Svetlana Savchenko.
Boundaries 2016–2026: Armyansk, Chernomorsky District, Dzhankoy, Dzhankoysky District, Krasnoperekopsk, Krasnoperekopsky District, Pervomaysky District, Razdolnensky District, Saki, Saksky District, Simferopol (Zheleznodorozhny), Simferopolsky (Mirnovskoye, Nikolayevskoye, Rodnikovskoye, Shkolnenskoye, Skvortsovskoye, Ukromnovskoye, Zhuravlevskoye), Yevpatoria The constituency was created for the first time for the 2016 election. This seat covered northern and western Crimea, including the towns of Armyansk, Dzhankoy, Krasnoperekopsk, Saki and Yevpatoria, as well as northern Simferopol.
Since 2026: Armyansk, Chernomorsky District Dzhankoy, Dzhankoysky District, Krasnogvardeysky District, Krasnoperekopsk, Krasnoperekopsky District, Nizhnegorsky District, Pervomaysky District, Razdolnensky District, Saki, Saksky District, Sovetsky District, Yevpatoria After 2025 redistricting the constituency was significantly altered, as it gained mostly rural central Crimea from Kerch constituency. Consequently, the constituency lost its part of Simferopol and its suburbs to Simferopol constituency.
Members elected ElectionMemberParty2016Svetlana SavchenkoUnited Russia2021Leonid BabashovIndependent
Election results 2016 Declared candidates Oleg Bekker (A Just Russia), consumers' union chairman Vladimir Boushev (Rodina), Member of Tagansky District Council of Deputies (2012–present), marketing businessman Natalya Lebedeva (Party of Growth), law firm director Svetlana Savchenko (United Russia), Member of State Council of the Republic of Crimea (2014–present) Igor Siliverstov (The Greens), music producer, showman Pavel Shperov (LDPR), Member of State Council of the Republic of Crimea (2014–present) Dmitry Shuba (CPCR), perennial candidate Oleg Solomakhin (CPRF), former Member of Simferopol City Council (2010–2014), aide to State Duma member Nikolay Kolomeitsev Valery Tarasov (Patriots of Russia), rector of Crimean Institute of Business
Failed to qualify Marina Voronova (), nonprofit chairwoman
Declined Alexey Chernyak (United Russia), Member of State Council of the Republic of Crimea (2014–present)Любарев, А.В. Как выбирала Россия – 2016. Мониторинг избирательного процесса / А.В.Любарев, А.Ю.Кынев, А.Е.Максимов. – Москва: [б.и.], 2017. – 352 с. (lost the primary)
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|Svetlana Savchenko |align=left|United Russia |189,624 |72.10% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Pavel Shperov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party |19,453 |7.40% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Oleg Solomakhin |align=left|Communist Party |15,341 |5.83% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Oleg Bekker |align=left|A Just Russia |6,948 |2.64% |- |style="background:;"| |align=left|Natalya Lebedeva |align=left|Party of Growth |6,853 |2.61% |- |style="background:;"| |align=left|Dmitry Shuba |align=left|Communists of Russia |5,554 |2.11% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Boushev |align=left|Rodina |3,976 |1.51% |- |style="background:"| |align=left|Valery Tarasov |align=left|Patriots of Russia |2,572 |1.18% |- |style="background:"| |align=left|Igor Siliverstov |align=left|The Greens |3,265 |1.24% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 262,999 | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source: |Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 2016
2021 Declared candidates Sergey Alekseyev (CPCR), water dispenser Leonid Babashov (Independent), Member of State Council of the Republic of Crimea (2014–present) Viktoria Bilan (SR–ZP), former Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Republic of Crimea (2020) Igor Pilipenko (RPPSS), chairman of the party regional office Maria Simikchi (New People), economist, Bulgarian activist Sergey Shuvaynikov (Rodina), former Member of State Council of the Republic of Crimea (2014–2019) Yury Stavitsky (The Greens), retired Russian Air Force podpolkovnik, Hero of Russia (1996) Oksana Taranina (CPRF), Member of Yevpatoria City Council (2019–present), party secretary Sergey Yerkhan (LDPR), Member of State Council of the Republic of Crimea (2019–present)
Failed to qualify Nikolay Yefremov (Independent), self-employed
Did not file Aleksandr Gorodetsky (Independent), sanatorium chief custodian Yevgeny Kabanov (United Russia), Deputy Premier of the Republic of Crimea (2018–present)
Declined Svetlana Savchenko (United Russia), incumbent Member of State Duma (2016–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|Leonid Babashov |align=left|Independent |144,080 |58.17% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Viktoria Bilan |align=left|A Just Russia — For Truth |23,678 |9.56% |- |style="background:;"| |align=left|Sergey Alekseyev |align=left|Communists of Russia |17,046 |6.88% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Oksana Taranina |align=left|Communist Party |13,753 |5.55% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Sergey Yerkhan |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party |11,246 |4.54% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Igor Pilipenko |align=left|Party of Pensioners |9,079 |3.67% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Maria Simikchi |align=left|New People |8,648 |3.49% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Sergey Shuvaynikov |align=left|Rodina |4,988 |2.01% |- |style="background:"| |align=left|Yury Stavitsky |align=left|The Greens |4,523 |1.83% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 247,693 | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source: |Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 2021
2026 Declared candidates Leonid Babashov (United Russia), incumbent Member of State Duma (2021–present) Andrey Borovskikh (New People), Member of Molochnoye Council (2024–present), farmer Aleksandr Buyanov (The Greens), labor safety specialist Pyotr Danilin (CPCR), pawnshop owner Nikolay Popov (LDPR), Member of Yevpatoria City Council (2019–present), property management executive Pyotr Vakulenko (CPRF), agriculture businessman Roman Yukhnenko (A Just Russia), Member of Yevpatoria City Council (2019–present), entrepreneur
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|Leonid Babashov (incumbent) |align=left|United Russia
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Andrey Borovskikh |align=left|New People
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksandr Buyanov |align=left|The Greens
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Pyotr Danilin |align=left|Communists of Russia
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Nikolay Popov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Pyotr Vakulenko |align=left|Communist Party
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Roman Yukhnenko |align=left|A Just Russia
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source:
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