The Blagoveshchensk constituency (No.4) is a Russian legislative constituency in Bashkortostan. The constituency covers parts of Ufa as well as northern and north-eastern Bashkiria. The present day Blagoveshchensk constituency was created in 2015 from parts of former Ordzhonikidzevsky, Kalininsky and Sovetsky constituencies.
The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Rafael Mardanshin, a three-term State Duma member and businessman, who won the open seat, succeeding one-term United Russia incumbent Ildar Bikbayev.
Boundaries 1993–2003 Birsk constituency: Agidel, Askinsky District, Baltachevsky District, Belokataysky District, Birsk, Birsky District, Buzdyaksky District, Burayevsky District, Duvansky District, Dyurtyuli, Dyurtyulinsky District, Kaltasinsky District, Karaidelsky District, Kiginsky District, Krasnokamsky District, Mechetlinsky District, Mishkinsky District, Neftekamsk, Nurimanovsky District, Salavatsky District, Tatyshlinsky District, Yanaul, Yanaulsky District The constituency covered the entirety of northern Bashkiria and north-central parts of the republic, including the towns of Agidel, Birsk, Neftekamsk, Yanaul and oil-rich areas in the northwest.
2003–2007 Ordzhonikidzevsky constituency: Agidel, Neftekamsk, Bakalinsky District, Birsk, Birsky District, Blagoveshchensk, Blagoveshchensky District, Dyurtyuli, Dyurtyulinsky District, Ilishevsky District, Kaltasinsky District, Krasnokamsky District, Sharansky District, Ufa (Ordzhonikizdevsky) The constituency was significantly altered after the 2003 redistricting, losing the entirety of rural northern and north-eastern Bashkiria to Klaininsky constituency. The constituency instead stretched southwards along the Syun river (formerly Tuymazy constituency) as well as to the south-east to Ufa, gaining Ordzhinikidzevsky District of the city and Blagoveshchensk from Oktyabrsky constituency.
2016–present: Askinsky District, Baltachevsky District, Belokataysky District, Birsky District, Blagoveshchensky District, Burayevsky District, Duvansky District, Karaidelsky District, Kiginsky District, Kushnarenkovsky District, Mechetlinsky District, Mishkinsky District, Nurimanovsky District, Salavatsky District, Tatyshlinsky District, Ufa (Leninsky, Ordzhonikidzevsky), Ufimsky (Alexeyevka, Cherkassy, Dmitriyevka, Karmasan, Krasny Yar, Mikhaylovka, Milovka, Nikolayevka, Oktyabrsky) The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and received a new name "Blagoveshchensk constituency". This seat retained Ordzhonikidzevsky District of Ufa and suburban and exurban areas to the north of the city, including Blagoveshchensk. The constituency regained most of northern and north-eastern Bashkortostan from the dissolved Kalininsky constituency.
Members elected ElectionMemberParty1993Ramil MirsayevIndependent1995Alzam SaifullinAgrarian Party1998Vladimir ProtopopovOur Home – Russia1999Ragib GimayevFatherland – All Russia2003Aleksandr FurmanUnited Russia2007Proportional representation - no election by constituency20112016Ildar BikbayevUnited Russia2021Rafael MardanshinUnited Russia
Election results 1993 Declared candidates Robert Akhiyarov (Independent), businessman Alim Akhmadeyev (Independent), Birsk State Pedagogical Institute professor Vladimir Gofman (Independent), geologist Marat Malikov (Independent), Bashkir State University department of constitutional law head Ramil Mirsayev (Independent), Member of Supreme Council of Bashkortostan (1990–present), Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Bashkortostan (1991–present) Yury Sharipov (Civic Union), former People's Deputy of the Soviet Union (1989–1991), telecommunications executive Boris Tsynyshev (Independent), kolkhoz chairman
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|Ramil Mirsayev |align=left|Independent | |37.53% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Robert Akhiyarov |align=left|Independent |– |11.53% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Alim Akhmadeyev |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Gofman |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Marat Malikov |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Sharipov |align=left|Civic Union |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Boris Tsynyshev |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 Eduard Khusnutdinov (Independent), journalist Alzam Saifullin (APR), First Deputy Mayor of Dyurtyuli and Dyurtyulinsky District – Head of the Department of Agriculture Nur Salikhov (Independent), kolkhoz chairman Viktor Vishnyakov (LDPR), Member of State Duma (1994–present)
Declined Ramil Mirsayev (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–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|Alzam Saifullin |align=left|Agrarian Party | |47.12% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Nur Salikhov |align=left|Independent | |27.87% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Eduard Khusnutdinov |align=left|Independent | |12.33% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Viktor Vishnyakov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party | |5.88% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |5.01% |- | 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 Rafis Kadyrov (Independent), billionaire banker, 1993 presidential candidate Fargat Khabibullin (Independent), union leader Flyus Khabibullin (Independent), businessman Rim Niyazgulov (Independent), museum director, Muslim activist Yury Ostanin (Independent) Vladimir Protopopov (NDR), Member of State Assembly of the Republic of Bashkortostan (1995–present), Neftekamsk Automotive Plant director general Yury Sadykov (Independent), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993) Firat Valeyev (Uzille) (Independent), journalist Anver Yumagulov (Independent), human rights activist, 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|Vladimir Protopopov |align=left|Our Home – Russia | |44.76% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Fargat Khabibullin |align=left|Independent | |22.86% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Rafis Kadyrov |align=left|Independent | |7.83% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Sadykov |align=left|Independent | |6.32% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Flyus Khabibullin |align=left|Independent | |2.40% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Firat Valeyev (Uzille) |align=left|Independent | |2.01% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Ostanin |align=left|Independent | |2.01% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Rim Niyazgulov |align=left|Independent | |1.58% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Anver Yumagulov |align=left|Independent | |1.34% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |4.55% |- | 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 Ural Fatikhov (Independent), attorney Ragib Gimayev (OVR), former Member of Supreme Council of Bashkortostan (1980–1995), rector of Bashkir State University (1981–present) Pyotr Iltimirov (Independent), insurance executive Irek Ishbuldin (Independent), college lecturer Vera Seksyayeva (CPRF), math teacher Firat Valeyev (Uzille) (Yabloko), journalist, 1998 candidate for this seat
Withdrawn candidates Eduard Khusnutdinov (Independent), journalist, 1995 candidate for this seat
Did not file Svetlana Demyanova (Women of Russia), community activist Nina Nasibullina (KTR–zSS), gymnasium deputy principal Sergey Shuvalov (LDPR)
Declined Vladimir Protopopov (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1998–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:#3B9EDF"| |align=left|Ragib Gimayev |align=left|Fatherland – All Russia | |51.33% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vera Seksyayeva |align=left|Communist Party | |19.62% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Firat Valeyev (Uzille) |align=left|Yabloko | |6.99% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Pyotr Iltimirov |align=left|Independent | |4.95% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Ural Fatikhov |align=left|Independent | |4.10% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Irek Ishbuldin |align=left|Independent | |3.55% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |7.49% |- | 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 Darya Bogdanova (), political strategist Pavel Dikov (Rodina), attorney Rafail Dzhalilov (Independent), billionaire businessman Aleksandr Furman (United Russia), TNK executive Mikhail Generalov (Independent), unemployed Irek Ishbuldin (Independent), individual entrepreneur, 1999 candidate for this seat Eduard Khusnutdinov (Yabloko), journalist, human rights activist, 1995 and 1999 candidate for this seat Vyacheslav Kvyat (Independent), Member of State Assembly of the Republic of Bashkortostan (2003–present), businessman, father of Daniil Kvyat Guzalia Nigmatullina (Independent), middle school principal Vera Seksyayeva (CPRF), chairwoman of the People's Patriotic Union of Russia regional office, 1999 candidate for this seat Rafis Zarifyanov (LDPR), party coordinator in Neftekamsk
Did not file Vadim Abdrashitov (Independent), filmmaker Radik Knyazev (Independent), individual entrepreneur Aleksandr Kulagin (Independent), garden cooperative chairman Nina Nasibullina (Independent), Russian and literature teacher, 1999 candidate for this seat Rinat Nizamov (Independent), economist Alina Rakayeva (Independent), college administrator Alik Timerkayev (APR), kolkhoz chairman Rima Vodenko (Independent), Trade Representative of Bashkortostan in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Declined Ragib Gimayev (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present) (ran in the Kirovsky constituency)
Results