Vyazma constituency

The Vyazma constituency (No.168) was a Russian legislative constituency in Smolensk Oblast in 1993–2007. It was based in rural central and eastern Smolensk Oblast. The seat was last occupied by United Russia deputy Viktor Derenkovsky, a businessman, who won the open-seat race in the 2003 election.

The constituency was dissolved in 2007 when State Duma adopted full proportional representation for the next two electoral cycles. Vyazma constituency was not re-established for the 2016 election, currently its former territory is split between Smolensk constituency (northern part) and Roslavl constituency (southern part).

Boundaries 1993–1995: Desnogorsk, Dorogobuzhsky District, Dukhovshchinsky District, Gagarin, Gagarinsky District, Glinkovsky District, Kholm-Zhirkovsky District, Novoduginsky District, Roslavl, Roslavlsky District, Safonovo, Safonovsky District, Sychyovsky District, Tyomkinsky District, Ugransky District, Vyazemsky District, Vyazma, Yartsevo, Yartsevsky District, Yelninsky District The constituency covered rural eastern and central Smolensk Oblast, including the towns of Desnogorsk, Gagarin, Roslavl, Safonovo, Vyazma and Yartsevo.

1995–2007: Desnogorsk, Dorogobuzhsky District, Dukhovshchinsky District, Gagarin, Gagarinsky District, Glinkovsky District, Kholm-Zhirkovsky District, Novoduginsky District, Roslavl, Roslavlsky District, Safonovo, Safonovsky District, Sychyovsky District, Tyomkinsky District, Ugransky District, Vyazemsky District, Vyazma, Yartsevo, Yartsevsky District, Yelninsky District, Yershichsky District After 1995 redistricting the constituency retained all of its former territory and gained rural Yershichsky District at the southern tip of Smolensk Oblast from Smolensk constituency.

Members elected ElectionMemberParty1993Vyacheslav BalalayevAgrarian Party1995Dmitry AbramenkovCommunist Party19992003Viktor DerenkovskyUnited Russia

Election results 1993 Declared candidates Vyacheslav Balalayev (APR), agriculture executive Sergey Semkin (Civic Union), chief engineer of the Moscow Railway Smolensk division Vladimir Vladimirov (DPR), union organizer Vladimir Yermolenko (Kedr), economist Vladimir Zharikhin (BR–NI), public relations department head at People's Party "Free Russia" executive committee

Results

1995 Declared candidates Dmitry Abramenkov (CPRF), expert technician at Roslavl railway vocational college Natalya Argonova (Forward, Russia!), teaching methodologist Vyacheslav Balalayev (APR), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present) Inna Demidova (Independent), Chairwoman of the Vyazemsky District Committee on Youth (previously ran as NDR candidate) Aleksandr Grinkevich (BIR), former First Secretary of the CPSU Gagarin City Committee (1989–1991) Vladimir Koloskov (Independent), motel worker Aleksandr Kozyrev (LDPR), Member of State Duma (1994–present) Valery Latyshev (NRPR), party secretary in Vyazma Vladimir Novikov (DVR–OD), Smolensk State Pedagogical Institute associate professor Ivan Popkov (), Bible Society in Russia regional manager Andrey Serdyukov (Independent), senior state forestry inspector Anatoly Sokol (Independent), chief doctor of the diamond factory polyclinic Sergey Stepanov (SK), first secretary of the Union of Communists central committee (1993–present) Aleksandr Zhidkov (Independent), beekeeper

Results

1999 Declared candidates Dmitry Abramenkov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (1996–present) Andrey Antipov (Independent), consultant to the State Duma Committee on Defense Viktor Derenkovsky (Independent), agriculture businessman Viktor Goryainov (DN), journalist Boris Khaytovich (Independent), businessman Mikhail Khvostantsev (SPS), Deputy Governor of Smolensk Oblast (1998–1999) Vladimir Kishenin (Independent), IT businessman Vladimir Komarov (Independent), Rosenergoatom executive, former chief engineer of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (1986–1989) Leonid Kravchenko (Independent), former Chairman of the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Soviet Union (1990–1991) Nikolay Pavlov (ROS), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993) Aleksey Ryabchenko (LDPR), chief sanitary doctor of Dukhovshchinsky District Aleksandr Stepanov (Independent), businessman

Failed to qualify Yury Korytko (Independent) Nikolay Molokanov (Independent), dentist

Did not file Mikhail Loginov (NDR), First Deputy Head of Administration of Ugransky District Nikolay Petrov (Independent) Igor Polupanov (Nikolayev–Fyodorov Bloc), retired Air Defense Forces lieutenant general Nikolay Rudchenko (Independent) Sergey Stepanov (Independent), first secretary of the Union of Communists central committee (1993–present), 1995 candidate for this seat Anatoly Sukharev (Independent)

Results

2003 Declared candidates Viktor Akimov (NPRF), chairman of the regional consumers union Vladimir Beryozov (CPRF), former Senator from Smolensk Oblast (2002) Viktor Dedkov (Yabloko), agriculture businessman Viktor Derenkovsky (United Russia), agriculture businessman, 1999 candidate for this seat Vladimir Kishenin (RPP-PSS), chairman of the Party of Social Justice (2003–present), IT businessman, 1999 candidate for this seat Oleg Kosmachev (), security guard Aleksey Ryabchenko (LDPR), chief sanitary doctor of Dukhovshchinsky District, 1999 candidate for this seat Sergey Stepanov (Independent), first secretary of the Union of Communists central committee (1993–present), 1995 and 1999 candidate for this seat

Failed to qualify Aleksandr Belkin (PME), lawyer

Did not file Vladimir Mikheyev (Independent), unemployed Viktor Vlasov (SPS), Deputy Head of Administration of Dorogobuzhsky District

Declined Dmitry Abramenkov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (1996–present)

Results

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