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Kanash single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Constituency boundaries from 2016 to 2026
Deputy	Anatoly Aksakov A Just Russia
Federal subject	Chuvash Republic
Districts	Batyrevsky, Cheboksarsky (Abashevskoye, Akulevskoye, Atlashevskoye, Kugesi, Shinerposinskoye, Sinyalskoye, Sirmaposinskoye), Cheboksary (Kalininsky), Kanash, Kanashsky, Kozlovsky, Komsomolsky, Krasnoarmeysky, Mariinsko-Posadsky, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky, Tsivilsky, Urmarsky, Yalchiksky, Yantikovsky
Voters	463,226 (2021)^[1]

The Kanash constituency (No.37^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Chuvashia. The constituency covers eastern half of Chuvashia, including Novocheboksarsk and eastern Cheboksary.

The constituency has been represented since 2016 by A Just Russia deputy Anatoly Aksakov, a six-term State Duma member, who represented Cheboksary constituency in 2000–2007. Aksakov has been serving as Chairman of the Duma Committee on Financial Markets since October 2016.

Boundaries

1993–2007: Alatyr, Alatyrsky District, Alikovsky District, Batyrevsky District, Ibresinsky District, Kanash, Kanashsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Krasnochetaysky District, Morgaushsky District, Poretsky District, Shemurshinsky District, Shumerlya, Shumerlinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Vurnarsky District, Yadrinsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District^[2]^[3]^[4]
The constituency covered most of Chuvashia to the south of Cheboksary metro area, including the towns of Alatyr, Kanash and Sarapul.

2016–2026: Batyrevsky District, Cheboksarsky District (Abashevo, Akulevskoye, Atlashevskoye, Kugesi, Shinerposinskoye, Sinyalskoye, Sirmaposinskoye), Cheboksary (Kalininsky), Kanash, Kanashsky District, Kozlovsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Mariinsko-Posadsky District, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District^[5]
The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election. This seat retained only eastern Chuvashia, swapping the rest with Cheboksary constituency for part of Cheboksary itself, Novocheboksarsk and north-eastern part of the region.

Since 2026: Batyrevsky District, Cheboksarsky District (Alatyrkasy, Alymkasy, Atlashevo, Koderkasy, Lipovo, Nizhny Magaz, Tolikovo, Tomakasy, Urayevo-Magaz, Verkhny Magaz, Yerdovo), Cheboksary (Kalininsky), Kanashsky District, Kozlovsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Mariinsko-Posadsky District, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District^[6]
After the 2025 redistricting the constituency was slightly altered, losing most of its share of Cheboksarsky District to Cheboksary constituency.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Valentin Agafonov	Independent
	1995	Valentin Agafonov	Independent
	1999	Valentin Shurchanov	Communist Party
	2003	Pavel Semyonov	United Russia
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	2016	Anatoly Aksakov	A Just Russia — For Truth
	2021	Anatoly Aksakov	A Just Russia — For Truth

Election results

1993

Declared candidates

Valentin Agafonov (Independent), former Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia (1993), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993)
Yevgeny Dmitriyev (PRES), Deputy Head of the State Antimonopoly Commitee Regional Office (1991–present)
Nikolay Maksimov (DPR), computer science lecturer
Mikhail Tikhonov (Independent), journalist
Vyacheslav Tikhonov (Independent), Minister of Security of Chuvashia (1981–present), major general
Gennady Volkov (Independent), businessman
Mikhail Yukhma (Independent), writer, journalist

Results

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Kanash constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valentin Agafonov	Independent	130,041	41.01%
	Vyacheslav Tikhonov	Independent	–	10.30%
	Yevgeny Dmitriyev	Party of Russian Unity and Accord	–	–
	Nikolay Maksimov	Democratic Party	–	–
	Mikhail Tikhonov	Independent	–	–
	Gennady Volkov	Independent	–	–
	Mikhail Yukhma	Independent	–	–

Total			317,085	100%

Source:				^[7]^[8]

1995

Declared candidates

Valentin Agafonov (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present)
Vladimir Barsukov (KRO), manufacturers' union director
Lev Kurakov (Independent), Member of Federation Council (1994–present), rector of Chuvash State University (1990–present), 1993–94 presidential candidate
Gennady Kuzmin (LDPR), electric loader plant foreman
Svetlana Lyapidovskaya (Common Cause), rector of University of Volga Peoples (1994–present)
Lyudmila Rulkova (NDR), Deputy Minister of Social Protection of Chuvashia (1992–present)

Results

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Kanash constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valentin Agafonov (incumbent)	Independent	122,179	40.19%
	Lev Kurakov	Independent	96,554	31.76%
	Gennady Kuzmin	Liberal Democratic Party	17,933	5.90%
	Lyudmila Rulkova	Our Home – Russia	15,911	5.23%
	Svetlana Lyapidovskaya	Common Cause	12,529	4.12%
	Vladimir Barsukov	Congress of Russian Communities	5,518	1.82%
	against all		19,491	6.41%

Total			303,977	100%

Source:				^[9]

1999

Declared candidates

Valentin Agafonov (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present)
Pyotr Ivantayev (Independent), First Deputy Premier of Chuvashia (1998–present)
Vladimir Mayorov (Independent), brick factory director
Vladimir Mukin (Yabloko), director of the Chuvash State University, Batyrevo branch (1994–present)
Valentin Shurchanov (CPRF), Chairman of the State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1994–present), 1997 presidential candidate
Anatoly Zhuromsky (For Civil Dignity), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1998–present), railroad car repair factory director

Failed to qualify

Dmitry Balakin (Independent)
Andrey Bronitsyn (LDPR), aide to State Duma member
Valery Timofeyev (SPS), Chuvash State University distance faculty of law dean

Did not file

Nikolay Grigoryev (Independent)
Nikolay Mikhaylov (Independent), gas distribution executive
Arkady Mineykin (Independent), entrepreneur
Aleksey Platonov (Independent), surgeon, urologist
Nikolay Ruzavin (Independent)
Vladislav Sadyrga (NDR), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1998–present), gas distribution executive
Vladimir Vladimirov (Independent), Yantikovsky District Administration staffer

Results

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Kanash constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Valentin Shurchanov	Communist Party	114,738	40.26%
	Pyotr Ivantayev	Independent	101,366	35.57%
	Vladimir Mayorov	Independent	19,839	6.96%
	Vladimir Mukin	Yabloko	10,314	3.62%
	Valentin Agafonov (incumbent)	Independent	7,406	2.60%
	Anatoly Zhuromsky	For Civil Dignity	7,096	2.49%
	against all		13,246	4.65%

Total			285,008	100%

Source:				^[10]

2003

Declared candidates

Robert Churkin (ORP Rus'), attorney
Konstantin Ilyin (VR–ES), chairman of the Russian Party of Labor regional office, union activist
Vladimir Izhederov (Independent), former Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1998–2002), 1997 presidential candidate
Pavel Semyonov (United Russia), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2002–present), oil businessman
Valentin Shurchanov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present), 1997 and 2001 presidential candidate
Nikolay Vladimirov (Yabloko), paralegal

Withdrawn candidates

Yevgeny Slepov (PVR-RPZh), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2002–present), businessman

Did not file

Arina Ryzhova (ORP Rus'), auditor (ran in the Cheboksary constituency)

Results

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Kanash constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Pavel Semyonov	United Russia	200,810	70.55%
	Valentin Shurchanov (incumbent)	Communist Party	56,681	19.91%
	Vladimir Izhederov	Independent	3,026	1.06%
	Nikolay Vladimirov	Yabloko	2,831	0.99%
	Konstantin Ilyin	Great Russia – Eurasian Union	1,917	0.67%
	Robert Churkin	United Russian Party Rus'	1,533	0.54%
	against all		9,649	3.39%

Total			284,682	100%

Source:				^[11]

2016

Declared candidates

Anatoly Aksakov (A Just Russia), Member of State Duma (2000–present), Chairman of the Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Innovations, and Entrepreneurship (2015–present)
Grigory Danilov (CPRF), former Member of Cheboksary City Assembly of Deputies (2005–2015), consumers' rights advocate
Aleksandr Kapitonov (Party of Growth), agriculture businessman
Vladimir Mikhaylov (Rodina), corporate executive
Valery Pavlov (Patriots of Russia), former Member of Cheboksary City Assembly of Deputies (2005–2015), construction businessman
Anton Saprykin (Yabloko), unemployed
Dmitry Semyonov (PARNAS), journalist
Dmitry Sorokin (GP), Sberbank regional executive
Konstantin Stepanov (LDPR), Member of Cheboksary City Assembly of Deputies (2015–present), aide to State Duma member Vasily Zhurko
Anton Trefilov (CPCR), businessman, perennial candidate

Withdrawn candidates

Aleksandr Aksakov (The Greens), driver

Failed to qualify

Anatoly Aksakov (Independent), unemployed
Aleksey Lapshin (Independent), construction businessman
Ksenia Prokopyeva (Independent), cosmetology businesswoman

Did not file

Aleksandr Aksakov (Independent), gymnastics coach

Declined

Nikolay Malov (United Russia), Deputy Chairman of the State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2015–present), Member of the State Council (2005–present)^[12] (lost the primary, ran on the party list)
Alla Samoylova (United Russia), Minister of Health of Chuvashia (2012–present)^[12] (lost the primary)

Results

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Kanash constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Anatoly Aksakov	A Just Russia	84,920	29.99%
	Aleksandr Kapitonov	Party of Growth	60,580	21.39%
	Grigory Danilov	Communist Party	38,603	13.63%
	Konstantin Stepanov	Liberal Democratic Party	24,527	8.66%
	Vladimir Mikhaylov	Rodina	12,049	4.26%
	Valery Pavlov	Patriots of Russia	11,095	3.92%
	Dmitry Semyonov	People's Freedom Party	9,974	3.52%
	Anton Trefilov	Communists of Russia	9,672	3.42%
	Dmitry Sorokin	Civic Platform	5,634	1.99%
	Anton Saprykin	Yabloko	4,099	1.45%

Total			283,161	100%

Source:				^[13]

2021

Declared candidates

Anatoly Aksakov (SR–ZP), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present), Chairman of the Duma Committee on Financial Market (2016–present)
Aleksandr Andreyev (CPRF), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2016–present), 2020 head candidate
Elza Kuzmina (New People), individual entrepreneur
Leonid Pronin (United Russia), Member of Shumerlya Assembly of Deputies (2015–present), community activist
Eduard Romanov (Rodina), marketing manager
Vyacheclav Solovyov (LDPR), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2016–present), lawyer
Nikolay Stepanov (RPPSS), Member of Cheboksary City Assembly of Deputies (2005–2010, 2020–present), former Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (1998–2002)
Aleksandr Vorobyov (The Greens), former acting Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Chuvashia (2020–2021)

Failed to qualify

Vladimir Anisimov (Yabloko), pensioner
Aleksandr Golitsyn (GP), manager at VEB.RF

Results

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Kanash constituency
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Anatoly Aksakov (incumbent)	A Just Russia — For Truth	111,123	41.64%
	Aleksandr Andreyev	Communist Party	53,390	20.01%
	Leonid Pronin	United Russia	37,571	14.08%
	Elza Kuzmina	New People	17,241	6.46%
	Nikolay Stepanov	Party of Pensioners	16,216	6.08%
	Vyacheslav Solovyov	Liberal Democratic Party	10,569	3.69%
	Aleksandr Vorobyov	The Greens	5,415	2.03%
	Eduard Romanov	Rodina	3,527	1.32%

Total			266,855	100%

Source:				^[14]

2026

Potential candidates

Anatoly Aksakov (A Just Russia), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present), Chairman of the Duma Committee on Financial Market (2016–present)
Aleksandr Andreyev (CPRF), Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2016–present), 2020 head candidate, 2021 candidate for this seat^[15]
Radimir Yegorov (United Russia), businessman^[16]

Notes

No.33 in 1993-1995 and 2003-2007, No.32 in 1995-2003

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