Moscow City Duma District 23 Explained

Moscow City Duma District 23
Member-Type:Deputy
Member:Yelena Nikolayeva
Member-Party:Independent
Administrative-Okrug:South-Eastern
Districts:Kuzminki, parts of Lyublino, parts of Ryazansky
Voters: (2019)[1]

Moscow City Duma District 23 is one of 45 constituencies in Moscow City Duma. Currently the district covers parts of South-Eastern Moscow.

The district has been represented since 2019 by My Moscow faction leader Yelena Nikolayeva, a former State Duma member (2011–2016), who succeeded retiring Moscow City Duma Speaker Vladimir Platonov (United Russia), who had been leading the Duma since 1994.

Boundaries

1993–1997: Biryulyovo Vostochnoye, Biryulyovo Zapadnoye, Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye
The district covered outer parts of Southern Moscow.

1997–2005: Biryulyovo Vostochnoye, Biryulyovo Zapadnoye, Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye, TEOS Tsaritsyno Park
The district was unchanged with Tsaritsyno Park being elevated to a separate administrative division status.

2005–2014: constituency abolished
Prior to the 2005 election the number of constituencies was reduced to 15, so the district was eliminated.

2014–2024: Kuzminki, parts of Lyublino, parts of Ryazansky[2]
The district was created prior to the 2014 election, after Moscow City Duma had been expanded from 35 to 45 seats. It covers parts of South-Eastern Moscow.

2024–present: Lefortovo, Nizhegorodsky, Ryazansky[3]
During the 2023–24 Moscow redistricting the district retained only Ryazansky District, while Kuzminki and part of Lyublino became separate District 22. In its new configuration the district covers the half of former District 24 (Lefortovo and Nizhegorodsky District) as well as taking part of Ryazansky District from District 21.

Members elected

ElectionMemberParty
1993Anatoly StankovIndependent
1997Viktor DvurechenskikhIndependent
2001Yury PopovIndependent
2005Constituency eliminated
2009
2014Vladimir PlatonovUnited Russia
2019Yelena NikolayevaIndependent

Election results

2001

|-! 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|Yury Popov|align=left|Independent||32.27%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Oleg Sotnikov|align=left|Independent||17.51%|-|style="background-color:#DD137B"||align=left|Vladimir Belyayev|align=left|Social Democratic Party||9.99%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Nikolay Taranev|align=left|Independent||9.64%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Aleksandr Kapustin|align=left|Independent||5.27%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Natalya Obletsova|align=left|Independent||5.01%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Sergey Novikov|align=left|Independent||4.35%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Artur Savelov|align=left|Independent||1.96%|-|style="background-color:#000000"||colspan=2 |against all||11.33%|-| 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:|[4] |}

2014

|-! 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 Platonov|align=left|United Russia||48.62%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Yelena Gulicheva|align=left|Communist Party||20.32%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Sergey Shishkin|align=left|A Just Russia||12.53%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Yury Novikov|align=left|Liberal Democratic Party||8.55%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Yevgeny Prochik|align=left|Yabloko||6.27%|-| 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:|[5] |}

2019

|-! 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|Yelena Nikolayeva|align=left|Independent||40.64%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Yelena Gulicheva|align=left|Communist Party||36.16%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Georgy Pomerantsev|align=left|Liberal Democratic Party||9.03%|-|style="background-color:"||align=left|Anton Bulatov|align=left|Communists of Russia||7.32%|-| 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:|[1] |}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 2019. moscow-city.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-01-19.
  2. Web site: Закон города Москвы от 30 апреля 2014 года №22 "О схеме одномандатных избирательных округов по выборам депутатов Московской городской Думы". docs.cntd.ru. 2024-01-19.
  3. Web site: Закон города Москвы от 27 декабря 2023 года №39 "О схеме одномандатных избирательных округов по выборам депутатов Московской городской Думы". docs.cntd.ru. 2024-01-19.
  4. Web site: Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 2001. panorama.ru. 2024-01-19.
  5. Web site: Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 2014. moscow-city.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2024-01-19.