Russian legislative constituency
Petrovsky single-member constituency Constituency boundaries from 1993 to 2007
Deputy None Federal subject Stavropol Krai Districts Andropovsky , Apanasenkovsky , Arzgirsky , Blagodarnensky , Grachyovsky , Izobilnensky , Ipatovsky , Krasnogvardeysky , Novoalexandrovsky , Petrovsky , Trunovsky , Turkmensky Voters 460,608 (2003)[ 1]
The Petrovsky constituency (No.56[ a] ) was a Russian legislative constituency in Stavropol Krai in 1993–2007. It covered predominantly rural districts in central Stavropol Krai. The seat was last occupied by United Russia faction member Pavel Voronin , a businessman, who narrowly defeated first-term United Russia incumbent State Duma member and former Minister of Internal Affairs Anatoly Kulikov in the 2003 election.
The constituency was dissolved in 2007 when State Duma adopted full proportional representation for the next two electoral cycles. Petrovsky constituency was not re-established for the 2016 election, currently its territory is partitioned between Stavropol , Nevinnomyssk and Georgiyevsk constituencies.
1993–2007 : Andropovsky District , Apanasenkovsky District , Arzgirsky District , Blagodarnensky District , Grachyovsky District , Izobilnensky District , Ipatovsky District , Krasnogvardeysky District , Novoalexandrovsky District , Petrovsky District , Trunovsky District , Turkmensky District [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
The constituency covered mostly rural northern Stavropol Krai.
Summary of the 20 April 1997 by-election in the Petrovsky constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Vasily Khmyrov
Independent
61,810
34.56%
Vasily Moroz
Independent
30,428
17.01%
Yury Petrov
Independent
23,566
13.17%
Vasily Krasulya
Independent
22,125
12.37%
Nikolay Chachua
Independent
10,666
5.96%
Vladimir Teplyakov
Independent
5,824
3.25%
Pyotr Peresetsky
Independent
5,001
2.79%
Against all
13,988
7.82%
Invalid ballots
5,429
3.04%
Total
178,837
100%
Registered voters/turnout
415,037
43.09%
Source:
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Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Petrovsky constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Anatoly Kulikov
Independent
95,160
33.97%
Vasily Khmyrov (incumbent)
Communist Party
56,832
20.29%
Viktor Boroday
Unity
23,885
8.53%
Dmitry Atroshchenkov
Independent
20,140
7.19%
Aleksandr Kapustyansky
Independent
17,888
6.39%
Nikolay Dushka
Independent
13,447
4.80%
Aleksandr Pegishev
Independent
13,334
4.76%
Vasily Moroz
Independent
6,658
2.38%
Mikhail Khlynov
Spiritual Heritage
5,393
1.93%
Valery Kolesnikov
Peace, Labour, May
1,785
0.64%
German Barbashov
Congress of Russian Communities -Yury Boldyrev Movement
1,745
0.62%
Vladimir Martynenko
Russian Socialist Party
1,525
0.54%
against all
16,506
5.89%
Total
280,113
100%
Source:
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