The Vologda constituency (No.85) is a Russian legislative constituency in Vologda Oblast. The constituency covers central and eastern Vologda Oblast, including its capital — Vologda.
The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Valentina Artamonova, former Deputy Governor of Vologda Oblast and head of the regional Department of Finance, who won the open seat after defeating one-term United Russia incumbent Yevgeny Shulepov in the primary.
Boundaries 1993–2007, 2016–present: Babushkinsky District, Gryazovetsky District, Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District, Mezhdurechensky District, Nikolsky District, Nyuksensky District, Sokolsky District, Syamzhensky District, Tarnogsky District, Totemsky District, Velikoustyugsky District, Verkhovazhsky District, Vologda, Vologodsky District The constituency has been covering eastern Vologda Oblast, including the oblast capital Vologda as well as the towns of Veliky Ustyug and Sokol, since its initial creation in 1993.
Members elected ElectionMemberParty1993Tamara LetaAgrarian Party1995Vladimir LopatinIndependent1999Valentin ChaykaIndependent2003People's Party2007Proportional representation - no election by constituency20112016Yevgeny ShulepovUnited Russia2021Valentina ArtamonovaUnited Russia
Election results 1993
! 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|Tamara Leta |align=left|Agrarian Party | |25.08% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Sergey Churkin |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party |– |13.40% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Anatoly Dorogovtsev |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladilen Ivshin |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Stanislav Osminin |align=left|Communist Party |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Shiryayev |align=left|Party of Russian Unity and Accord |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Sergey Smirnov |align=left|Choice of Russia |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vasily Zhidkov |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
! 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|Vladimir Lopatin |align=left|Independent | |18.77% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Mikhail Surov |align=left|Party of Tax Cuts' Supporters | |12.26% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Tamara Leta (incumbent) |align=left|Agrarian Party | |11.60% |- |style="background-color:#D50000"| |align=left|Nikolay Vodomerov |align=left|Communists and Working Russia - for the Soviet Union | |10.25% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Sergey Churkin |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party | |8.40% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Leonid Shonurov |align=left|Independent | |6.74% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Sivkov |align=left|Our Home – Russia | |5.56% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Smirnov |align=left|Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats | |4.83% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Lyudmila Kotesova |align=left|Independent | |4.83% |- |style="background-color:#DD137B"| |align=left|Aleksandr Lukichev |align=left|Social Democrats | |2.28% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Nikolay Klyuyev |align=left|Independent | |1.96% |- |style="background-color:#192082"| |align=left|Konstantin Shishin |align=left|Frontier Generation | |1.02% |- |style="background-color:#3C3E42"| |align=left|Mikhail Gusev |align=left|Duma-96 | |0.61% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Rachek |align=left|Independent | |0.52% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |8.38% |- | 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
! 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 Chayka |align=left|Independent | |30.10% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksandr Leshukov |align=left|Fatherland – All Russia | |22.10% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Lyudmila Kotesova |align=left|Union of Right Forces | |9.93% |- |style="background:"| |align=left|Vladimir Shepel |align=left|Yabloko | |5.93% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Viktor Akulov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party | |3.31% |- |style="background-color:#FF4400"| |align=left|Nina Belyayeva |align=left|Andrey Nikolayev and Svyatoslav Fyodorov Bloc | |3.21% |- |style="background-color:#FCCA19"| |align=left|Vyacheslav Goglev |align=left|Congress of Russian Communities-Yury Boldyrev Movement | |1.63% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Kirillov |align=left|Independent | |1.42% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksandr Voronin |align=left|Russian Socialist Party | |1.29% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Viktor Nikulshin |align=left|Independent | |0.98% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Bronislav Omelichev |align=left|Spiritual Heritage | |0.79% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |16.16% |- | 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
! 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 Chayka (incumbent) |align=left|People's Party | |50.52% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Mikhail Surov |align=left|Independent | |16.82% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Bulanov |align=left|Agrarian Party | |12.66% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Viktor Anufriyev |align=left|Party of Russia's Rebirth-Russian Party of Life | |3.99% |- |style="background-color:#164C8C"| |align=left|Viktor Nefedov |align=left|United Russian Party Rus' | |0.82% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |13.40% |- | 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
! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:leftt;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% |- | style="background-color: " | |align=left|Yevgeny Shulepov |align=left|United Russia | |32.33% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Anton Grimov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party | |16.54% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksandr Teltevskoy |align=left|A Just Russia | |14.07% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Mikhail Selin |align=left|Communist Party | |12.65% |- |style="background:"| |align=left|Yevgeny Domozhirov |align=left|People's Freedom Party | |5.76% |- |style="background:"| |align=left|Kirill Panko |align=left|Communists of Russia | |5.08% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Olga Milyukova |align=left|The Greens | |3.79% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksey Nekrasov |align=left|Yabloko | |3.28% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksey Mikhaylov |align=left|Party of Growth | |2.42% |- | 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, 2016
2021
! 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 Artamonova |align=left|United Russia | |34.81% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Oleg Yershov |align=left|Communist Party | |22.46% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Viktor Leukhin |align=left|A Just Russia — For Truth | |10.32% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Anton Grimov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party | |9.57% |- |style="background-color: "| |align=left|Aleksandr Bolotov |align=left|Party of Pensioners | |7.74% |- |style="background-color: "| |align=left|Andrey Pautov |align=left|New People | |5.84% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Olga Domozhirova |align=left|Yabloko | |3.55% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Ilya Anferyev |align=left|Rodina | |1.99% |- | 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, 2021
2026
! 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|Aleksandr Borisov |align=left|New People
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Anton Grimov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Mikhail Kryukov |align=left|Communists of Russia
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Dmitry Mosyagin |align=left|Rodina
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Sergey Selyanin |align=left|United Russia
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksey Shatalov |align=left|The Greens
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Nikolay Yegorov |align=left|Yabloko
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Oleg Yershov |align=left|Communist Party
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Sergey Zuyev |align=left|Party of Pensioners
|style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladislav Zvorykin |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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