The Michurinsk constituency (No.170) was a Russian legislative constituency in Tambov Oblast from 1993 to 2007. It covered mostly rural northern, western and southern Tambov Oblast. The seat was last occupied by United Russia faction member Vladimir Dubovik, a breeding plant director, who defeated three-term Communist incumbent Aleksey Ponomaryov in the 2003 election.

The constituency was dissolved in 2007 when State Duma adopted full proportional representation for the next two electoral cycles. Michurinsk constituency was not re-established for the 2016 election, currently most of former Michurinsk constituency is part of Tambov constituency.

Boundaries 1993–2007: Michurinsk, Michurinsky District, Mordovsky District, Morshansk, Morshansky District, Nikiforovsky District, Pervomaysky District, Petrovsky District, Pichayevsky District, Rzhaksinsky District, Sampursky District, Sosnovsky District, Staroyuryevsky District, Tokaryovsky District, Uvarovo, Uvarovsky District, Zherdevsky District, Znamensky District The constituency covered northern, western and southern Tambov Oblast, including the towns of Michurinsk, Morshansk and Uvarovo.

Members elected ElectionMemberParty1993Aleksey PonomaryovCommunist Party199519992003Vladimir DubovikIndependent

Election results 1993 Declared candidates Yevgeny Aleksandrov (Independent), first deputy chief of the South Eastern Railway Michurinsk division Viktor Gusev (Independent), Head of Administration of Morshansky District (1992–present) Vyacheslav Kalinin (BR–NI), Tambov Institute of Chemical Engineering department head Nikolay Kalinov (Independent), Head of the Tambov Department of Consumer Market Regulation (1993–present) Nina Krivelskaya (LDPR), Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs senior researcher Yury Muromtsev (Choice of Russia), Tambov Institute of Chemical Engineering department of radio electronics and microprocessors head Aleksey Ponomaryov (CPRF), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993) Anatoly Zavrazhnov (Independent), rector of Michurinsk Horticultural Institute (1985–present)

Results

! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksey Ponomaryov |align=left|Communist Party | |23.81% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Anatoly Zavrazhnov |align=left|Independent |– |16.20% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yevgeny Aleksandrov |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Viktor Gusev |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:#B4C1C7"| |align=left|Vyacheslav Kalinin |align=left|Future of Russia–New Names |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Nikolay Kalinov |align=left|Independent |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Nina Krivelskaya |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party |– |– |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Muromtsev |align=left|Choice of Russia |– |– |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source: |Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1993

1995 Declared candidates Aleksandr Babayev (Independent), Deputy Head of Administration of Tambov Oblast – Head of the Department of Agriculture (1992–present) Nina Krivelskaya (LDPR), Member of State Duma (1994–present), 1993 candidate for this seat Yury Kobzev (Independent), attorney Aleksey Ponomaryov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present) Anatoly Zavrazhnov (Independent), rector of Michurinsk Horticultural Institute (1985–present), 1993 candidate for this seat

Results

! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksey Ponomaryov (incumbent) |align=left|Communist Party | |46.38% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Anatoly Zavrazhnov |align=left|Independent | |18.10% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Nina Krivelskaya |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party | |8.76% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksandr Babayev |align=left|Independent | |7.82% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Kobzev |align=left|Independent | |5.88% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |10.49% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source: |Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1995

1999 Declared candidates Vadim Balak (Independent), chemical executive Oleg Barov (Independent), Member of Morshansk City Council of Deputies (1996–present), brewery board chairman Vladimir Dubovitsky (Independent), Mayor of Michurinsk (1998–present) Sergey Filimonov (Independent), former Member of Tambov Oblast Duma (1994–1997), breeding plant director Vladimir Filonov (Nikolayev–Fyodorov Bloc), Chairman of the Tambov Oblast Property Fund Aleksandr Ivanov (Independent), Head of the Morshansk Department of Education (1997–present) Yury Kobzev (Independent), attorney, 1995 candidate for this seat Nikolay Kochetov (RPP), Deputy Head of Administration of Morshansky District (1998–present) Kirill Kolonchin (Independent), avionics plant board chairman Lyudmila Kudinova (SPS), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993) Aleksey Ponomaryov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present) Vladimir Ryabykh (For Civil Dignity), Tambov State University economics lecturer Yury Safonov (NDR), vocational college director Aleksandr Shubin (Independent), poultry plant director

Did not file Gennady Firsanov (LDPR) Vladimir Goncharov (Independent) Valery Ledovskikh (PME), radio plant foreman Tamara Potekhina (KRO-Boldyrev), accountant

Results

! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksey Ponomaryov (incumbent) |align=left|Communist Party | |21.47% |- |style="background-color:#C21022"| |align=left|Nikolay Kochetov |align=left|Party of Pensioners | |10.26% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Dubovitsky |align=left|Independent | |10.20% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Lyudmila Kudinova |align=left|Union of Right Forces | |8.38% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksandr Shubin |align=left|Independent | |7.59% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksandr Ivanov |align=left|Independent | |5.58% |- |style="background-color:#E2CA66"| |align=left|Vladimir Ryabykh |align=left|For Civil Dignity | |5.57% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Oleg Barov |align=left|Independent | |3.68% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Kirill Kolonchin |align=left|Independent | |3.14% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Sergey Filimonov |align=left|Independent | |2.96% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Safonov |align=left|Our Home – Russia | |2.21% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Kobzev |align=left|Independent | |1.65% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vadim Balak |align=left|Independent | |0.89% |- |style="background-color:#FF4400"| |align=left|Vladimir Filonov |align=left|Andrey Nikolayev and Svyatoslav Fyodorov Bloc | |0.76% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |12.51% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source: |Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 1999

2003 Declared candidates Vladimir Dubovik (Independent), breeding plant director Nikolay Kochetov (RPP-PSS), former Deputy Head of Administration of Morshansky District (1998–2000), 1999 candidate for this seat Aleksey Ponomaryov (CPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–present) Vyacheslav Sechnev (), disabled rights nonprofit chairman Yevgeny Skriptsov (Independent), businessman

Did not file Andrey Getmanov (VR–ES), political consultant Anatoly Plutalov (Independent), Member of Tambov Oblast Duma (1997–present), road construction executive Aleksandr Sheptalin (Independent), electrician Andrey Tolkachev (Yabloko), correctional primary school principal

Results

! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Dubovik |align=left|Independent | |41.79% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksey Ponomaryov (incumbent) |align=left|Communist Party | |19.29% |- |style="background-color:#C21022"| |align=left|Nikolay Kochetov |align=left|Russian Pensioners' Party-Party of Social Justice | |16.35% |- |style="background-color:#7C73CC"| |align=left|Andrey Getmanov |align=left|Great Russia – Eurasian Union | |4.99% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yevgeny Skriptsov |align=left|Independent | |1.07% |- |style="background-color:#164C8C"| |align=left|Vyacheslav Sechnev |align=left|United Russian Party Rus' | |1.05% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |12.14% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | | 100% |- | colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" |Source: |Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 2003

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