Kanash constituency

The Kanash constituency 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 – For Truth 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

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, Cheboksary, Kanash, Kanashsky District, Kozlovsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Mariinsko-Posadsky District, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District

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, Cheboksary, Kanashsky District, Kozlovsky District, Komsomolsky District, Krasnoarmeysky District, Mariinsko-Posadsky District, Novocheboksarsk, Shemurshinsky District, Tsivilsky District, Urmarsky District, Yalchiksky District, Yantikovsky District

After the 2025 redistricting the constituency was slightly altered, losing most of its share of Cheboksarsky District to Cheboksary constituency.

Election results

1993

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