Legislative constituencies are used in Russia to elect half of the seats (225) in the State Duma. Each Federal Subject gets a certain amount of constituencies, proportional to their population, with every Federal Subject getting at least one. Every constituency is a single-mandate one, meaning each constituency sends one representative (also known as a Deputy) to the State Duma.
Constituencies are created and their boundaries drawn by the Central Election Commission. According to Federal Law, the layout of constituencies are to be used for 10 years. Using these current constituencies, elections were held to the State Duma in 2016 and 2021.
List
Below is the list of Constituencies of Russia, organised by federal subject.
Adygea
Adygea constituency (No. 1)
Altai Republic
Altai constituency (No. 2)
Bashkortostan
Ufa constituency (No. 3) Blagoveshchensk constituency (No. 4) Beloretsk constituency (No. 5) Neftekamsk constituency (No. 6) Salavat constituency (No. 7) Sterlitamak constituency (No. 8)
Buryatia
Buryat constituency (No. 9)
Dagestan
Northern constituency (No. 10) Central constituency (No. 11) Southern constituency (No. 12)
Donetsk People's Republic
Makiivka constituency Donetsk constituency Horlivka constituency
Ingushetia
Ingush constituency (No. 13)
Kabardino-Balkaria
Kabardino-Balkarian constituency (No. 14)
Kalmykia
Kalmyk constituency (No. 15)
Karachay-Cherkessia
Karachevo-Cherkess constituency (No. 16)
Republic of Karelia
Karelian constituency (No. 17)
Komi Republic
Syktyvkar constituency (No. 18)
Republic of Crimea
Simferopol constituency (No. 19) Kerch constituency (No. 20) Yevpatoria constituency (No. 21)
Mari El
Mari El constituency (No. 22)
Mordovia
Mordovia constituency (No. 23)
Yakutia
Yakutia constituency (No. 24)
North Ossetia
North Ossetia constituency (No. 25)
Tatarstan
Privolzhsky constituency (No. 26) Moskovsky constituency (No. 27) Nizhnekamsk constituency (No. 28) Naberezhnye Chelny constituency (No. 29) Almetyevsk constituency (No. 30) Central constituency (No. 31)
Tuva
Tuva constituency (No. 32)
Udmurt Republic
Udmurtia constituency (No. 33) Izhevsk constituency (No. 34)
Khakassia
Khakassian constituency (No. 35)
Chechnya
Chechnya constituency (No. 36)
Chuvashia
Kanash constituency (No. 37) Cheboksary constituency (No. 38)
Altai Krai
Barnaul constituency (No. 39) Rubtsovsk constituency (No. 40) Biysk constituency (No. 41) Slavgorod constituency (No. 42)
Zabaikalsky Krai
Chita constituency (No. 43) Dauria constituency (No. 44)
Kamchatka Krai
Kamchatka constituency (No. 45)
Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar constituency (No. 46) Krasnoarmeysky constituency (No. 47) Slavyansk-na-Kubani constituency (No. 48) Tuapse constituency (No. 49) Sochi constituency (No. 50) Tikhoretsk constituency (No. 51) Armavir constituency (No. 52) Kanevskaya constituency (No. 53)
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk constituency (No. 54) Central constituency (No. 55) Divnogorsk constituency (No. 56) Yeniseysk constituency (No. 57)
Perm Krai
Perm constituency (No. 58) Chusovoy constituency (No. 59) Kungur constituency (No. 60) Kudymkar constituency (No. 61)
Primorsky Krai
Vladivostok constituency (No. 62) Artyom constituency (No. 63) Arsenyev constituency (No. 64)
Stavropol Krai
Stavropol constituency (No. 65) Nevinnomyssk constituency (No. 66) Mineralnye Vody constituency (No. 67) Georgiyevsk constituency (No. 68)
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk constituency (No. 69) Komsomolsk-na-Amure constituency (No. 70)
Amur Oblast
Amur constituency (No. 71)
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk constituency (No. 72) Kotlas constituency (No. 73)
Astrakhan Oblast
Astrakhan constituency (No. 74)
Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod constituency (No. 75) Stary Oskol constituency (No. 76)
Bryansk Oblast
Bryansk constituency (No. 77) Unecha constituency (No. 78)
Vladimir Oblast
Vladimir constituency (No. 79) Suzdal constituency (No. 80)
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd constituency (No. 81) Krasnoarmeysky constituency (No. 82) Mikhaylovka constituency (No. 83) Volzhsky constituency (No. 84)
Vologda Oblast
Vologda constituency (No. 85) Cherepovets constituency (No. 86)
Voronezh Oblast
Voronezh constituency (No. 87) Pravoberezhny constituency (No. 88) Anna constituency (No.89) Pavlovsky constituency (No. 90)
Ivanovo Oblast
Ivanovo constituency (No. 91) Kineshma constituency (No. 92)
Irkustsk Oblast
Irkutsk constituency (No. 93) Angarsk constituency (No. 94) Shelekhov constituency (No. 95) Bratsk constituency (No. 96)
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad constituency (No. 97) Central constituency (No. 98)
Kaluga Oblast
Kaluga constituency (No. 99) Obninsk constituency (No. 100)
Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo constituency (No. 101) Prokopyevsk constituency (No. 102) Zavodskoy constituency (No. 103) Novokuznetsk constituency (No. 104)
Kirov Oblast
Kirov constituency (No. 105) Kirovo-Chepetsk constituency (No. 106)
Kostroma Oblast
Kostroma constituency (No. 107)
Kurgan Oblast
Kurgan constituency (No. 108)
Kursk Oblast
Kursk constituency (No. 109) Seimsky constituency (No. 110)
Leningrad Oblast
Vsevolozhsk constituency (No. 111) Kingisepp constituency (No. 112) Volkhov constituency (No. 113)
Lipetsk Oblast
Lipetsk constituency (No. 114) Levoberezhny constituency (No. 115)
Magadan Oblast
Magadan constituency (No. 116)
Moscow Oblast
Balashikha constituency (No. 117) Dmitrov constituency (No. 118) Kolomna constituency (No. 119) Krasnogorsk constituency (No. 120) Lyubertsy constituency (No. 121) Odintsovo constituency (No. 122) Orekhovo-Zuyevo constituency (No. 123) Podolsk constituency (No. 124) Sergiyev Posad constituency (No. 125) Serpukhov constituency (No. 126) Shchyolkovo constituency (No. 127)
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk constituency (No. 128)
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod constituency (No. 129) Prioksky constituency (No. 130) Avtozavodsky constituency (No. 131) Kanavinsky constituency (No. 132) Bor constituency (No. 133)
Novgorod Oblast
Novgorod constituency (No. 134)
Novosibirsk Oblast
Novosibirsk constituency (No. 135) Central constituency (No. 136) Iskitim constituency (No. 137) Barabinsk constituency (No. 138)
Omsk Oblast
Omsk constituency (No. 139) Moskalenki constituency (No. 140) Lyubinsky constituency (No. 141)
Orenburg Oblast
Orenburg constituency (No. 142) Buguruslan constituency (No. 143) Orsk constituency (No. 144)
Oryol Oblast
Oryol constituency (No. 145)
Penza Oblast
Penza constituency (No. 146) Lermontovsky constituency (No. 147)
Pskov Oblast
Pskov constituency (No. 148)
Rostov Oblast
Rostov constituency (No. 149) Nizhnedonskoy constituency (No. 150) Taganrog constituency (No. 151) Southern constituency (No. 152) Belaya Kalitva constituency (No. 153) Shakhty constituency (No. 154) Volgodonsk constituency (No. 155)
Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan constituency (No. 156) Skopin constituency (No. 157)
Samara Oblast
Samara constituency (No. 158) Tolyatti constituency (No. 159) Krasnoglinsky constituency (No. 160) Zhigulyovsk constituency (No. 161) Promyshlenny constituency (No. 162)
Saratov Oblast
Saratov constituency (No. 163) Balakovo constituency (No. 164) Balashov constituency (No. 165) Engels constituency (No. 166)
Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin constituency (No. 167)
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk constituency (No. 168) Kamensk-Uralsky constituency (No. 169) Beryozovsky constituency (No. 170) Nizhny Tagil constituency (No. 171) Asbest constituency (No. 172) Pervouralsk constituency (No. 173) Serov constituency (No. 174)
Smolensk Oblast
Smolensk constituency (No. 175) Roslavl constituency (No. 176)
Tambov Oblast
Tambov constituency (No. 177) Rasskazovo constituency (No. 178)
Tver Oblast
Tver constituency (No. 179) Zavolzhsky constituency (No. 180)
Tomsk Oblast
Tomsk constituency (No. 181) Ob constituency (No. 182)
Tula Oblast
Tula constituency (No. 183) Novomoskovsk constituency (No. 184)
Tyumen Oblast
Tyumen constituency (No. 185) Zavodoukovsk constituency (No. 186)
Ulyanovsk Oblast
Ulyanovsk constituency (No. 187) Radishchevo constituency (No. 188)
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk constituency (No. 189) Metallurgichesky constituency (No. 190) Korkino constituency (No. 191) Magnitogorsk constituency (No. 192) Zlatoust constituency (No. 193)
Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl constituency (No. 194) Rostov constituency (No. 195)
Moscow Federal City
Babushkinsky constituency (No. 196) Kuntsevo constituency (No. 197) Leningradsky constituency (No. 198) Lyublino constituency (No. 199) Medvedkovo constituency (No. 200) Nagatinsky constituency (No. 201) New Moscow constituency (No. 202) Orekhovo–Borisovo constituency (No. 203) Perovo constituency (No. 204) Preobrazhensky constituency (No. 205) Tushino constituency (No. 206) Khovrino constituency (No. 207) Central constituency (No. 208) Cheryomushki constituency (No. 209) Chertanovo constituency (No. 210)
Saint Petersburg Federal City
Eastern constituency (No. 211) Western constituency (No. 212) Northern constituency (No. 213) North East constituency (No. 214) North West constituency (No. 215) Central constituency (No. 216) South East constituency (No. 217) Southern constituency (No. 218)
Sevastopol Federal City
Sevastopol constituency (No. 219)
Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Jewish constituency (No. 220)
Nenets AO
Nenets constituency (No. 221)
Khanty-Mansi AO
Khanty-Mansiysk constituency (No. 222) Nizhnevartovsk constituency (No. 223)
Chukotka AO
Chukotka constituency (No. 224)
Yamalo-Nenets AO
Yamalo-Nenets constituency (No. 225)
Russian gerrymandering Gerrymandering is the process of drawing the boundaries of electoral districts to favor a certain political force. In Russia, this comes through the "Lepestkovy" (Russian: лепестковый) drawing of constituencies. These "Lepestkovy" drawing usually involves major cities and/or regional capitals being split up between multiple constituencies. This is done to split up urban voters (who tend to be more liberal) and pair them up with a bigger rural population. This is present in many of Russia's constituencies.
Redistricting Constituencies are created and their boundaries drawn by the Central Election Commission. According to Federal Law, the layout of constituencies are to be used for 10 years.
The 2015-2025 layout was created on the basis that there are 109,902,583 voters in all of Russia.
The number of constituencies a Federal Subject is entitled to is determined using the Hare Quota. By dividing the total number of voters in Russia (109,902,583) by 225 (the total amount of Deputies, elected through single-mandate constituencies), you get 488,455.924, the desired average number of voters in a constituency, also known as the "Government Norm" (GN). The next step is to divide the number of voters in a Federal Subject by the GN, and then rounding down to the lowest whole number. If the remainder is sizeable, then the Federal Subject receives an additional constituency. Table with examples below. +Formula for determining the number of constituencies a Federal Subject receives.Federal SubjectNumber of voters in the Federal SubjectNumber of voters in a Federal Subject ÷ GNProvisional number of constituenciesRemainderAdditional number of constituenciesFinal number of constituenciesKarelia540,4361.10610.10601Tomsk Oblast767,8471.57210.57212Dagestan1,626,8293.33130.33103Altai Krai1,899,2253.88830.88814Chelyabinsk Oblast2,715,2045.55950.55905Moscow7,318,01914.982140.982115
Former Constituencies
Bashkortostan
Kalininsky constituency (No. 3) Sovetsky constituency (No. 7)
Primorsky Krai
Ussuriysk constituency (No. 53)
Stavropol Krai
Petrovsky constituency (No. 56)
Vladimir Oblast
Kovrov constituency (No. 69)
Kursk Oblast
Lgov constituency (No. 98)