The Kalmykia constituency (No.15) is a Russian legislative constituency in Kalmykia. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Kalmykia.
The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Badma Bashankayev, a coloproctologist and physician, who won the open seat after defeating three-term United Russia incumbent Marina Mukabenova in the primary. Bashankayev chaired the Duma Committee on Health from June 2023 to November 2024.
Boundaries 1993–2007, 2016–present: Chernozemelsky District, Elista, Gorodovikovsky District, Iki-Burulsky District, Ketchenerovsky District, Lagansky District, Maloderbetovsky District, Oktyabrsky District, Priyutnensky District, Sarpinsky District, Tselinny District, Yashaltinsky District, Yashkulsky District, Yustinsky District The constituency has been covering the entirety of the Kalmykia since its initial creation in 1993.
Members elected ElectionMemberParty1993Bembya KhulkhachiyevIndependent1995Gennady KulikAgrarian Party1999Aleksandra BuratayevaUnity2003Gennady KulikUnited Russia2007Proportional representation - no election by constituency20112016Marina MukabenovaUnited Russia2021Badma BashankayevUnited Russia
Election results 1993 Declared candidates Ivan Alzheyev (Independent), Kalmyk State University faculty of history and law dean Valery Badmayev (Independent), sovkhoz director Vladimir Dordzhiyev (APR), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993) Bembya Khulkhachiyev (Independent), Chairman of the Elista City Court (1985–present) Vladimir Kolesnik (Independent), history associate professor Gennady Mechitov (YaBL), former lecturer Nikolay Sandzhiyev (Independent), Minister of Culture of Kalmykia (1993–present) Nikolay Sekenov (Independent), Deputy Chairman of the Kalmykia State Committee on State Property Management
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|Bembya Khulkhachiyev |align=left|Independent | |37.61% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Ivan Alzheyev |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Valery Badmayev |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Dordzhiyev |align=left|Agrarian Party |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Kolesnik |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Gennady Mechitov |align=left|Yavlinsky–Boldyrev–Lukin |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Nikolay Sandzhiyev |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Nikolay Sekenov |align=left|Independent |– |– |- | 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:
1995 Declared candidates Raisa Donogruppova (), attorney Nikolay Dzhaldzhireyev (KTR–zSS), middle school principal Aleksandr Golovatov (NDR), Member of Federation Council (1994–present), First Deputy Premier of Kalmykia – Chairman of the State Committee on State Property Management (1995–present) Aleksandr Karulin (KPR), consultant Anatoly Kazimirov (Independent), aide to State Duma member Klavdia Kekelyayeva (PGL), postal worker Vladimir Kolesnik (Independent), Kalmyk State University department of world history head, 1993 candidate for this seat Gennady Kulik (APR), Member of State Duma (1994–present) Gennady Namsinov (People's Union), Presidential Administration of Kalmykia official Lev Pyurbeyev (), chairman of the Party of the Political Repression Victims Olga Sivochalova (KRO), reproductive health scientist Yelena Ubushayeva (Yabloko), aide to State Duma member
Declined Bembya Khulkhachiyev (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present), 1995 presidential candidate
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|Gennady Kulik |align=left|Agrarian Party | |47.68% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksandr Golovatov |align=left|Our Home – Russia | |16.64% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Kolesnik |align=left|Independent | |9.24% |- |style="background-color:#D50000"| |align=left|Nikolay Dzhaldzhireyev |align=left|Communists and Working Russia - for the Soviet Union | |7.38% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Anatoly Kazimirov |align=left|Independent | |5.45% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yelena Ubushayeva |align=left|Yabloko | |2.94% |- |style="background-color:#265BAB"| |align=left|Raisa Donogruppova |align=left|Russian Lawyers' Association | |1.94% |- |style="background-color:#2C299A"| |align=left|Olga Sivochalova |align=left|Congress of Russian Communities | |0.88% |- |style="background-color:#FE4801"| |align=left|Klavdia Kekelyayeva |align=left|Pamfilova–Gurov–Lysenko | |0.73% |- |style="background-color:#0D0900"| |align=left|Gennady Namsinov |align=left|People's Union | |0.61% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Lev Pyurbeyev |align=left|Faith, Work, Conscience | |0.51% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksandr Karulin |align=left|Conservative Party | |0.31% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |3.91% |- | 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: |Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1995
1999 Declared candidates Yury Badmayev (Independent), factory trustee Yelena Baturina (Independent), construction businesswoman, wife of Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov Aleksandra Buratayeva (Unity), ORT news anchor Dmitry Burninov (Independent), Aeroflot representative in Munich Radiy Burulov (NDR), First Deputy Mayor of Elista (1997–present) Vitaly Daginov (OVR), businessman Vladimir Kolesnik (Yabloko), history associate professor, 1993 and 1995 candidate for this seat Aleksey Kucherenko (Independent), Presidential Agency for Development and Cooperation director
Failed to qualify Nikolay Dzhaldzhireyev (K–TR–zSS), middle school principal, 1995 candidate for this seat Andrey Mgar (Independent) Yuly Oglayev (Independent), history associate professor Basan Zakharov (Nikolayev–Fyodorov Bloc), journalist, community activist
Did not file Aleksey Garyayev (Independent) Igor Geyko (LDPR) Yelena Gorodovikova (Independent) Mergen Stepkin (Independent)
Declined Gennady Kulik (OVR), former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (1998–1999), former Member of State Duma (1994–1998) (ran on the party list)
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|Aleksandra Buratayeva |align=left|Unity | |24.13% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Kolesnik |align=left|Yabloko | |17.28% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksey Kucherenko |align=left|Independent | |12.25% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yelena Baturina |align=left|Independent | |12.04% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Radiy Burulov |align=left|Our Home – Russia | |8.41% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vitaly Daginov |align=left|Fatherland – All Russia | |6.95% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Badmayev |align=left|Independent | |4.71% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Dmitry Burninov |align=left|Independent | |4.54% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |7.05% |- | 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:
2003 Declared candidates Nikolay Daykhes (CPRF), Member of State Duma (2000–present) Yury Erdneyev (Independent), agriculture executive Vladimir Karuyev (Independent), folk singer, storyteller Vladimir Kolesnik (Yabloko), history associate professor, 1993, 1995 and 1999 candidate for this seat Gennady Kulik (United Russia), Member of State Duma (1994–1998, 2000–present), Chairman of the Duma Committee on Agriculture (2002–present) Lidia Lebedeva (RPP-PSS), former Minister of Social Protection of Kalmykia (1988–1993) Konstantin Maksimov (Independent), Member of People's Khural of Kalmykia (1993–present), former Chairman of the People's Khural (1993–1999) Valery Ochirov (Independent), former People's Deputy of the Soviet Union (1989–1991), retired Soviet Air Force lieutenant general, Hero of the Soviet Union (1985), 1993 presidential candidate Igor Pyshkin (Independent), banker Yury Sengleyev (Independent), Government of Russia staffer Vladimir Veremennikov (), construction engineer
Withdrawn candidates David Kugultinov (PVR-RPZh), former People's Deputy of the Soviet Union (1989–1991), poet
Declined Aleksandra Buratayeva (United Russia), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present) (ran on the party list)
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|Gennady Kulik |align=left|United Russia | |41.10% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Valery Ochirov |align=left|Independent | |31.44% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Nikolay Daykhes |align=left|Communist Party | |6.36% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Sengleyev |align=left|Independent | |5.48% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Kolesnik |align=left|Yabloko | |2.69% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Igor Pyshkin |align=left|Independent | |1.53% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Erdneyev |align=left|Independent | |1.33% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Karuyev |align=left|Independent | |1.03% |- |style="background-color:#C21022"| |align=left|Lidia Lebedeva |align=left|Russian Pensioners' Party-Party of Social Justice | |0.77% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Konstantin Maksimov |align=left|Independent | |0.71% |- |style="background-color:#164C8C"| |align=left|Vladimir Veremennikov |align=left|United Russian Party Rus' | |0.32% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |3.44% |- | 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:
2016 Declared candidates Semyon Ateyev (Yabloko), human rights activist Lyudmila Balakleyets (CPRF), Member of People's Khural of Kalmykia (2003–present) Andrey Bessarabov (LDPR), Member of Priyutnoye Assembly of Deputies (2010–present), cossack ataman Igor Boldyrev (Rodina), chairman of the party regional office Sergey Gabunshchin (The Greens), chairman of the party regional office Vladimir Karuyev (Patriots of Russia), folk singer, storyteller, 2003 candidate for this seat