Kineshma constituency


The Kineshma constituency is a Russian legislative constituency in Ivanovo Oblast. The constituency covers eastern half of Ivanovo and northern Ivanovo Oblast. After 2025 redistricting Ivanovo Oblast is slated to lose one of its two constituencies, so Kineshma constituency is going to be dissolved and merged with Ivanovo constituency.
The constituency has been represented since 2021 [Russian legislative election|2021] by United Russia deputy Mikhail Kizeyev, former Member of Ivanovo Oblast Duma and ophthalmologist, who won the open seat, succeeding one-term United Russia incumbent Yury Smirnov.

Boundaries

1993–1995: Furmanov, Kineshemsky District, Kineshma, Lezhnevsky District, Lukhsky District, Palekhsky District, Pestyakovsky District, Privolzhsky [District, Ivanovo Oblast|Privolzhsky District], Puchezhsky District, Rodnikovsky District, Savinsky District, Shuya, Shuysky District, Sokolsky District, [Nizhny Novgorod Oblast|Sokolsky District], Verkhnelandekhovsky District, Vichuga, Vichugsky District, Yuryevetsky District, Yuzhsky District, Zavolzhsky District

The constituency covered rural central and eastern Ivanovo Oblast, including the cities of Furmanov, Kineshma, Shuya and Vichuga.
1995–2007: Furmanov, Kineshemsky District, Kineshma, Lezhnevsky District, Lukhsky District, Palekhsky District, Pestyakovsky District, Privolzhsky District, Puchezhsky District, Rodnikovsky District, Savinsky District, Shuya, Shuysky District, Verkhnelandekhovsky District, Vichuga, Vichugsky District, Yuryevetsky District, Yuzhsky District, Zavolzhsky District

The constituency lost Sokolsky District in its far east, which was transferred from Ivanovo Oblast to Nizhny [Novgorod Oblast] in 1994.
2016–2026: Furmanovsky, Ivanovo, Ivanovsky, Kineshemsky, Kineshma, Privolzhsky, Rodnikovsky, Vichuga, Vichugsky, Yuryevetsky, Zavolzhsky

The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election and retained its northern half, losing the rest to Ivanovo constituency. This seat instead stretched westwards, gaining eastern Ivanovo and its suburbs from Ivanovo constituency.

Election results

1993

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1995

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1999

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2001

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2003

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2016

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2021

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