The Southern constituency (No.12) is a Russian legislative constituency in Republic of Dagestan. The constituency covers western and south-western Dagestan, mostly populated by Avars, Dargins and Lezgins. The present day Southern constituency was created in 2015 from most parts of former Buynaksk constituency and mountainous south-west of former Derbent constituency.
The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Dzhamaladin Gasanov, former State Duma member elected as LDPR candidate in 2007 and A Just Russia candidate 2011, who won the open seat, defeating one-term United Russia incumbent Abdulmazhid Magramov in the primary.
Boundaries 1993–2003 Buynaksk constituency: Achisu, Agulsky District, Akhtynsky District, Akhvakhsky District, Akushinsky District, Botlikhsky District, Buynaksk, Buynaksky District, Charodinsky District, Dagestanskiye Ogni, Dakhadayevsky District, Derbent, Derbentsky District, Dokuzparinsky District, Gergebilsky District, Gumbetovsky District, Gunibsky District, Izerbash, Kayakentsky District, Kaytagsky District, Khivsky District, Khunzakhsky District, Kulinsky District, Kurakhsky District, Laksky District, Levashinsky District, Magaramkentsky District, Rutulsky District, Sergokalinsky District, Shamilsky District, Suleyman-Stalsky District, Tabasaransky District, Tlyaratinsky District, Tsumadinsky District, Tsuntinsky District, Untsukulsky District The constituency covered southern half of Dagestan including the and towns of Buynaksk, Dagestanskiye Ogni and Derbent.
2003–2007 Buynaksk constituency: Akhvakhsky District, Botlikhsky District, Buynaksk, Buynaksky District, Charodinsky District, Gergebilsky District, Gumbetovsky District, Gunibsky District, Kazbekovsky District, Khasavyurt, Khasavyurtovsky District, Khunzakhsky District, Kumtorkalinsky District, Levashinsky District, Novolaksky District, Shamilsky District, Tlyaratinsky District, Tsumadinsky District, Tsuntinsky District, Untsukulsky District The constituency was significantly altered after the 2003 redistricting, as Dagestan gained a third seat – Derbent constituency, which was formed from the Buynaksk constituency's Caspian Sea coast and south-western mountainous Dagestan. The constituency retained Avar-heavy western Dagestan and gained Khasavyurt, Kazbekovsky, Khasavyurtovsky, Kumtorkalinsky and Novolaksky districts from Makhachkala constituency.
2016–2026: Agulsky District, Akhvakhsky District, Akushinsky District, Botlikhsky District, Buynaksk, Buynaksky District, Charodinsky District, Dakhadayevsky District, Dokuzparinsky District, Gergebilsky District, Gumbetovsky District, Gunibsky District, Kazbekovsky District, Khasavyurt, Khunzakhsky District, Kulinsky District, Kurakhsky District, Laksky District, Levashinsky District, Novolaksky District, Rutulsky District, Shamilsky District, Tlyaratinsky District, Tsumadinsky District, Tsuntinsky District, Untsukulsky District The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and received a new name "Southern constituency". This seat retained almost all of its former territory, losing its northern parts to Northern constituency. The constituency gained mountainous south-western Dagestan from the former Derbent constituency.
Since 2026 Buynaksk constituency: Akhvakhsky District, Botlikhsky District, Buynaksk, Buynaksky District, Charodinsky District, Gergebilsky District, Gumbetovsky District, Gunibsky District, Kazbekovsky District, Khasavyurt, Khasavyurtovsky District, Khunzakhsky District, Levashinsky District, Novolaksky District, Shamilsky District, Tlyaratinsky District, Tsumadinsky District, Tsuntinsky District, Untsukulsky District After the 2025 redistricting the constituency took its old name "Buynaksk constituency" and regained Khasavyurtovsky District from the former Northern constituency. The constituency lost most of south-western Dagestan to Derbent constituency, nearly receiving its 2003–2007 borders.
Members elected ElectionMemberParty1993Gamid GamidovIndependent1995Ramazan AbdulatipovIndependent1998Magomedfazil AzizovIndependent1999Gadzhimurad OmarovIndependent2003Magomed GadzhiyevIndependent2007Proportional representation - no election by constituency20112016Abdulmazhid MagramovUnited Russia2021Dzhamaladin GasanovUnited Russia
Election results 1993 Declared candidates Magomed Chartayev (APR), former Member of the CPSU Central Control Commission (1990–1991), kolkhoz chairman, economist Gamid Gamidov (Independent), Member of Supreme Council of Dagestan (1992–present), chairman of the Sberbank regional office Sheyikh Ismailov (Civic Union), rector of Dagestan State Pedagogical University (1987–present) Omar Kurbanov (Independent), banker Gamidulakh Magomedov (Independent), director of the Dagestan Scientific Institute of Education Magomat Saidov (Independent), First Deputy Minister of Industry and Communications of Dagestan Bayram Salayev (PRES), entrepreneur
Withdrawn candidates Gapiz Musayev (Independent), associate professor of theoretical physics Agalar Pulatov (Independent), militsiya colonel Gamid Shikhakhmedov (YaBL), First Deputy Chairman of the Dagestan State Committee on Economy
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|Gamid Gamidov |align=left|Independent | |43.86% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Gamidulakh Magomedov |align=left|Independent | |20.32% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Magomat Saidov |align=left|Independent | |12.23% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Omar Kurbanov |align=left|Independent | |7.62% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Magomed Chartayev |align=left|Agrarian Party | |6.07% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Sheyikh Ismailov |align=left|Civic Union | |3.59% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Bayram Salayev |align=left|Party of Russian Unity and Accord | |1.08% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |2.10% |- | 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 Ramazan Abdulatipov (Independent), Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council (1994–present), former Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of Russia (1990–1993), 1991 vice presidential candidate Sufiyan Ismailov (PST), banker Marat Mekhtikhanov (CPRF), journalist Asadula Nasrulayev (LDPR), corporate executive Magomed Radzhabov (Independent), banker Shekhsefi Sefikhanov (Independent), Chairman of the Dagestan State Committee on Land Resources and Land Management
Withdrawn candidates Nizami Abdulgamidov (Independent), lecturer in political economy Amir Amirov (PGL), businessman Ruslan Gadzhibekov (Independent), Chairman of the Kaspiysk City Assembly (1994–present), businessman Nasir Gaydarov (Independent), Member of People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan (1995–present), brewery director Magoma Saidov (Independent), First Deputy Minister of Industry, Transport, and Communications Azim Yarakhmedov (Independent), advisor to Embassy of Russia to Azerbaijan (1993–present)
Declined Gamid Gamidov (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present) (ran in the Makhachkala 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|Ramazan Abdulatipov |align=left|Independent | |45.87% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Marat Mekhtikhanov |align=left|Communist Party | |18.02% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Shikhsefi Sefikhanov |align=left|Independent | |9.53% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Magomed Radzhabov |align=left|Independent | |7.37% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Sufiyan Ismailov |align=left|Party of Workers' Self-Government | |2.10% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Asadula Nasrulayev |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party | |0.70% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |0.00% |- | 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
1998
Declared candidates Magomed Aliyev (Independent), chairman of the Republican Party of Dagestan Magomedfazil Azizov (Independent), Deputy Minister of Finance of Dagestan (1996–present) Dzhavad Gadzhiakhmedov (Independent) Arkady Ganiyev (Independent), chairman of the Party of Independence and Rebirth of Dagestan Murad Idrisov (Independent)
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|Magomedfazil Azizov |align=left|Independent | |53.99% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Magomed Aliyev |align=left|Independent | |36.04% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Murad Idrisov |align=left|Independent | |4.01% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Arkady Ganiyev |align=left|Independent | |2.19% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Dzhavad Gadzhiakhmedov |align=left|Independent | |0.92% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |0.37% |- | 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 дополнительных выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1998
1999 Declared candidates Makhach Aliyev (Independent), State Taxation Inspection officer, brother of People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan speaker Mukhu Aliyev Gamid Askerkhanov (NDR), Member of State Duma (1996–present) Magomed Chaguchiyev (DPA), prorector of International Accounting University Magomed Gadzhiyev (Independent), Deputy Head of the State Taxation Inspection in Dagestan (1998–present) Kumsiyat Kazanatova (Independent), Ministry of Russia for the Commonwealth of Independent States staffer Khizri Kilyaskhanov (Yabloko), militsiya officer Grigory Kuyevda (Independent), Member of State Duma (1996–present) Kubasay Kubasayev (Nikolayev–Fyodorov Bloc), Deputy Head of the State Committee on Antimonopoly Policy Regional Office Ruslan Magomedragimov (Independent), political activist Gadzhimurad Omarov (Independent), nonprofit president, businessman Magoma Saidov (Independent), Member of People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan (1995–present), Head of the Dagestan Department of Transport (1996–present), 1995 candidate for this seat Shamil Taygibov (Independent), Member of People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan (1995–present), light industry executive Magomed Tolboyev (OVR), former Member of State Duma (1994–1995)
Withdrawn candidates Gapiz Gapizov (Independent), businessman
Failed to qualify Kurbanmagomed Magomedov (Independent), former Mayor of Shamilkala (1993–1998)