The Kanash constituency (No.37) is a Russian legislative constituency in Chuvashia. The constituency covers eastern half of Chuvashia, including Novocheboksarsk and eastern Cheboksary.
The constituency has been represented since 2016 by A Just Russia deputy Anatoly Aksakov, a six-term State Duma member, who represented Cheboksary constituency in 2000–2007. Aksakov has been serving as Chairman of the Duma Committee on Financial Markets since October 2016.
Boundaries 1993–2007: Alatyr, Alatyrsky District, Alikovsky District, Batyrevsky District, Ibresinsky District, Kanash, Kanashsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Krasnochetaysky District, Morgaushsky District, Poretsky District, Shemurshinsky District, Shumerlya, Shumerlinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Vurnarsky District, Yadrinsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District The constituency covered most of Chuvashia to the south of Cheboksary metro area, including the towns of Alatyr, Kanash and Sarapul.
2016–2026: Batyrevsky District, Cheboksarsky District (Abashevo, Akulevskoye, Atlashevskoye, Kugesi, Shinerposinskoye, Sinyalskoye, Sirmaposinskoye), Cheboksary (Kalininsky), Kanash, Kanashsky District, Kozlovsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Mariinsko-Posadsky District, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election. This seat retained only eastern Chuvashia, swapping the rest with Cheboksary constituency for part of Cheboksary itself, Novocheboksarsk and north-eastern part of the region.
Since 2026: Batyrevsky District, Cheboksarsky District (Alatyrkasy, Alymkasy, Atlashevo, Koderkasy, Lipovo, Nizhny Magaz, Tolikovo, Tomakasy, Urayevo-Magaz, Verkhny Magaz, Yerdovo), Cheboksary (Kalininsky), Kanashsky District, Kozlovsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Mariinsko-Posadsky District, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District After the 2025 redistricting the constituency was slightly altered, losing most of its share of Cheboksarsky District to Cheboksary constituency.
Members elected ElectionMemberParty1993Valentin AgafonovIndependent19951999Valentin ShurchanovCommunist Party2003Pavel SemyonovUnited Russia2007Proportional representation - no election by constituency20112016Anatoly AksakovA Just Russia — For Truth2021
Election results 1993 Declared candidates Valentin Agafonov (Independent), former Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia (1993), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993) Yevgeny Dmitriyev (PRES), Deputy Head of the State Antimonopoly Committee Regional Office (1991–present) Nikolay Maksimov (DPR), computer science lecturer Mikhail Tikhonov (Independent), journalist Vyacheslav Tikhonov (Independent), Minister of Security of Chuvashia (1981–present), major general Gennady Volkov (Independent), businessman Mikhail Yukhma (Independent), writer, 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|Valentin Agafonov |align=left|Independent | |41.01% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vyacheslav Tikhonov |align=left|Independent |– |10.30% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yevgeny Dmitriyev |align=left|Party of Russian Unity and Accord |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Nikolay Maksimov |align=left|Democratic Party |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Mikhail Tikhonov |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Gennady Volkov |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Mikhail Yukhma |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: |Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1993
1995 Declared candidates Valentin Agafonov (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present) Vladimir Barsukov (KRO), manufacturers' union director Lev Kurakov (Independent), Member of Federation Council (1994–present), rector of Chuvash State University (1990–present), 1993–94 presidential candidate Gennady Kuzmin (LDPR), electric loader plant foreman Svetlana Lyapidovskaya (Common Cause), rector of University of Volga Peoples (1994–present) Lyudmila Rulkova (NDR), Deputy Minister of Social Protection of Chuvashia (1992–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|Valentin Agafonov (incumbent) |align=left|Independent | |40.19% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Lev Kurakov |align=left|Independent | |31.76% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Gennady Kuzmin |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party | |5.90% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Lyudmila Rulkova |align=left|Our Home – Russia | |5.23% |- |style="background-color:#F7C451"| |align=left|Svetlana Lyapidovskaya |align=left|Common Cause | |4.12% |- |style="background-color:#2C299A"| |align=left|Vladimir Barsukov |align=left|Congress of Russian Communities | |1.82% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |6.41% |- | 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 Valentin Agafonov (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present) Pyotr Ivantayev (Independent), First Deputy Premier of Chuvashia (1998–present) Vladimir Mayorov (Independent), brick factory director Vladimir Mukin (Yabloko), director of the Chuvash State University, Batyrevo branch (1994–present) Valentin Shurchanov (CPRF), Chairman of the State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1994–present), 1997 presidential candidate Anatoly Zhuromsky (For Civil Dignity), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1998–present), railroad car repair factory director
Failed to qualify Dmitry Balakin (Independent) Andrey Bronitsyn (LDPR), aide to State Duma member Valery Timofeyev (SPS), Chuvash State University distance faculty of law dean
Did not file Nikolay Grigoryev (Independent) Nikolay Mikhaylov (Independent), gas distribution executive Arkady Mineykin (Independent), entrepreneur Aleksey Platonov (Independent), surgeon, urologist Nikolay Ruzavin (Independent) Vladislav Sadyrga (NDR), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1998–present), gas distribution executive Vladimir Vladimirov (Independent), Yantikovsky District Administration staffer
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|Valentin Shurchanov |align=left|Communist Party | |40.26% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Pyotr Ivantayev |align=left|Independent | |35.57% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Mayorov |align=left|Independent | |6.96% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Mukin |align=left|Yabloko | |3.62% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Valentin Agafonov (incumbent) |align=left|Independent | |2.60% |- |style="background-color:#E2CA66"| |align=left|Anatoly Zhuromsky |align=left|For Civil Dignity | |2.49% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |4.65% |- | 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 Robert Churkin (), attorney Konstantin Ilyin (VR–ES), chairman of the Russian Party of Labor regional office, union activist Vladimir Izhederov (Independent), former Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1998–2002), 1997 presidential candidate Pavel Semyonov (United Russia), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2002–present), oil businessman Valentin Shurchanov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present), 1997 and 2001 presidential candidate Nikolay Vladimirov (Yabloko), paralegal
Withdrawn candidates Yevgeny Slepov (PVR-RPZh), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2002–present), businessman
Did not file Arina Ryzhova (), auditor (ran in the Cheboksary constituency)
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|Pavel Semyonov |align=left|United Russia | |70.55% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Valentin Shurchanov (incumbent) |align=left|Communist Party | |19.91% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Izhederov |align=left|Independent | |1.06% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Nikolay Vladimirov |align=left|Yabloko | |0.99% |- |style="background-color:#7C73CC"| |align=left|Konstantin Ilyin |align=left|Great Russia – Eurasian Union | |0.67% |- |style="background-color:#164C8C"| |align=left|Robert Churkin |align=left|United Russian Party Rus' | |0.54% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |3.39% |- | 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 Anatoly Aksakov (A Just Russia), Member of State Duma (2000–present), Chairman of the Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Innovations, and Entrepreneurship (2015–present) Grigory Danilov (CPRF), former Member of Cheboksary City Assembly of Deputies (2005–2015), consumers' rights advocate Aleksandr Kapitonov (Party of Growth), agriculture businessman Vladimir Mikhaylov (Rodina), corporate executive Valery Pavlov (Patriots of Russia), former Member of Cheboksary City Assembly of Deputies (2005–2015), construction businessman Anton Saprykin (Yabloko), unemployed Dmitry Semyonov (PARNAS), journalist Dmitry Sorokin (GP), Sberbank regional executive Konstantin Stepanov (LDPR), Member of Cheboksary City Assembly of Deputies (2015–present), aide to State Duma member Vasily Zhurko Anton Trefilov (CPCR), businessman, perennial candidate
Withdrawn candidates Aleksandr Aksakov (The Greens), driver
Failed to qualify Anatoly Aksakov (Independent), unemployed Aleksey Lapshin (Independent), construction businessman Ksenia Prokopyeva (Independent), cosmetology businesswoman
Did not file Aleksandr Aksakov (Independent), gymnastics coach
Declined