The Chita constituency (No.43) is a Russian legislative constituency in Zabaykalsky Krai. The constituency covers eastern half of Chita and northern Zabaykalsky Krai.
The constituency has been represented since 2021 by United Russia deputy Aleksandr Skachkov, former Transbaikal Railway chief, who won the open seat after defeating two-term United Russia incumbent Nikolay Govorin in the primary.
Boundaries 1993–2007: Akshinsky District, Chita, Chitinsky District, Gorny, Kalarsky District, Khiloksky District, Krasnochikoysky District, Kyrinsky District, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District, Tungiro-Olyokminsky District, Tungokochensky District, Uletovsky District The constituency covered northern and western Chita Oblast, including the oblast capital Chita and the town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky.
2016–2026: Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District, Baleysky District, Chernyshevsky District, Chita (Ingodinsky, Central), Chitinsky District (Atamanovka, Makkaveyevskoye, Novokruchininsky, Novotroitskoye, Shishkinskoye, Smolenskoye, Verkh-Chitinskoye), Gazimuro-Zavodsky District, Kalarsky District, Kalgansky District, Karymsky District, Mogochinsky District, Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District, Nerchinsky District, Priargunsky District, Shelopuginsky District, Shilkinsky District, Sretensky District, Tungiro-Olyokminsky District, Tungokochensky District The constituency was re-created for the 2016 election in Zabaykalsky Krai which was created by the merger of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug in 2008. The constituency retained part of Chita and northern Zabaykalsky Krai, losing its western portion to Dauria constituency. The constituency gained eastern part of Zabaykalsky Krai from the former Borzya constituency.
Since 2026 Zabaykalye constituency: Aginskoye, Aginsky District, Akshinsky District, Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District, Baleysky District, Borzinsky District, Chernyshevsky District, Chita, Chitinsky District, Duldurginsky District, Gazimuro-Zavodsky District, Gorny, Kalarsky District, Kalgansky District, Karymsky District, Khiloksky District, Krasnochikoysky District, Krasnokamensky District, Kyrinsky District, Mogochinsky District, Mogoytuysky District, Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District, Nerchinsky District, Olovyanninsky District, Ononsky District, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District, Priargunsky District, Shelopuginsky District, Shilkinsky District, Sretensky District, Tungiro-Olyokminsky District, Tungokochensky District, Ulyotovsky District, Zabaykalsky District After the 2025 redistricting Zabaykalsky Krai lost one of its two constituencies, so both Chita and Dauria constituencies were merged into a single "Zabaykalye constituency", covering the entirety of Zabaykalsky Krai.
Members elected ElectionMemberParty1993Sergey MarkidonovIndependent1995Viktor KurochkinIndependent1999Viktor VoytenkoIndependent2003People's Party2007Proportional representation - no election by constituency20112016Nikolay GovorinUnited Russia2021Aleksandr SkachkovUnited Russia
Election results 1993 Declared candidates Vladimir Afanasyev (Independent), businessman Vladimir Bogatov (LDPR), agriculture businessman Ivan Bolshakov (Independent), tekhnikum director Irina Goncharova (RDDR), expert for the Presidential Envoy to Chita Oblast Sergey Markidonov (Independent), Chairman of the Chita Oblast Property Fund (1991–present) Namzhil Tsybikov (Independent), Chita State Academy of Medicine department of pathophysiology head
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|Sergey Markidonov |align=left|Independent | |20.36% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Namzhil Tsybikov |align=left|Independent | |14.88% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Ivan Bolshakov |align=left|Independent | |13.32% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Afanasyev |align=left|Independent | |11.16% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Irina Goncharova |align=left|Russian Democratic Reform Movement | |8.61% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Bogatov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party | |8.22% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |15.24% |- | 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 Vladimir Bogatov (LDPR), agriculture businessman, 1993 candidate for this seat Erast Galumov (Independent), pension fund president, retired Soviet Army colonel Viktor Kanin (Independent), attorney Vladimir Khomyakov (Derzhava), energy businessman Mikhail Kostromin (KRO), Chita State Technical University department head Viktor Kurochkin (Independent), Member of Federation Council (1994–present) Oleg Ladygin (Independent), Chief of Transbaikal Railway Division Olga Michudo (Independent), Member of Chita Oblast Duma (1994–present), Chita city polyclinic chief doctor Pyotr Suturin (PPR–ST), former People's Deputy of Russia (1990–1993), union leader Namzhil Tsybikov (NDR), Chita State Academy of Medicine department of pathophysiology head, 1993 candidate for this seat
Withdrawn candidates Sergey Markidonov (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1994–1995) (murdered on November 26, 1995)
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|Viktor Kurochkin |align=left|Independent | |21.90% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Pyotr Suturin |align=left|Trade Unions and Industrialists – Union of Labour | |14.46% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Bogatov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party | |13.58% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Erast Galumov |align=left|Independent | |12.43% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Namzhil Tsybikov |align=left|Our Home – Russia | |8.28% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Olga Michudo |align=left|Independent | |7.63% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Oleg Ladygin |align=left|Independent | |5.91% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Viktor Kanin |align=left|Independent | |2.09% |- |style="background-color:#2C299A"| |align=left|Mikhail Kostromin |align=left|Congress of Russian Communities | |1.76% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Khomyakov |align=left|Derzhava | |1.52% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |8.54% |- | 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 Aleksandr Barinov (Nikolayev–Fyodorov Bloc), advisor to Governor of Chita Oblast Ravil Geniatulin Vladimir Bogatov (LDPR), Member of State Duma (1996–present), 1993 and 1995 candidate for this seat, 1996 gubernatorial candidate Igor Kolkutin (Independent), businessman Viktor Kurochkin (Independent), incumbent Member of State Duma (1996–present), 1996 gubernatorial candidate Olga Michudo (Independent), Member of Chita Oblast Duma (1994–present), Chita city polyclinic chief doctor, 1995 candidate for this seat Viktor Ostanin (Independent), Chief of FSB Regional Office (1993–present), FSB major general Valery Torgayev (Independent), businessman Vitaly Vishnyakov (Independent), Chairman of the Chita Oblast Duma (1994–present) Viktor Voytenko (Independent), Deputy Minister of Railways of Russia (1999–present), retired FSB colonel general Aleksandr Zhdanov (Independent), Member of Chita Oblast Duma (1996–present)
Did not file Aleksandr Andreyev (Independent) Vladimir Kosygin (DN) Denis Logunov (Independent) Vladimir Plotnikov (Independent) Vyacheslav Tolkalin (Yabloko), journalist, playwright Leonid Volchek (Independent)
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|Viktor Voytenko |align=left|Independent | |19.85% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vitaly Vishnyakov |align=left|Independent | |16.50% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Viktor Ostanin |align=left|Independent | |15.01% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Viktor Kurochkin (incumbent) |align=left|Independent | |13.81% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Bogatov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party | |11.74% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Valery Torgayev |align=left|Independent | |3.82% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Olga Michudo |align=left|Independent | |3.82% |- |style="background-color:#FF4400"| |align=left|Aleksandr Barinov |align=left|Andrey Nikolayev and Svyatoslav Fyodorov Bloc | |2.29% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Igor Kolkutin |align=left|Independent | |1.27% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Aleksandr Zhdanov |align=left|Independent | |1.07% |- |style="background-color:#000000"| |colspan=2 |against all | |9.05% |- | 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:
2003
Declared candidates Irina Glazyrina (Yabloko), Chita Institute of Natural Resources sector head Viktor Grigoryev (Independent), agriculture businessman Yury Nikonov (LDPR), aide to State Duma member Viktor Ostanin (Independent), First Deputy Chairman of the Chita Oblast Duma (2000–present), 1999 candidate for this seat Vladimir Plakin (KPE), pensioner Anatoly Romanov (United Russia), Member of Chita Oblast Duma (2000–present) Viktor Voytenko (NPRF), incumbent Member of State Duma (2000–present), 2000 gubernatorial candidate Andrey Zhidkov (Independent), Member of Chita City Duma (2001–present), pharmaceutical businessman
Did not file Nairi Marabiyan (DPR), construction engineer Sergey Rybakov (Independent), military base deputy chief of staff
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|Viktor Voytenko (incumbent) |align=left|People's Party | |25.32% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Anatoly Romanov |align=left|United Russia | |24.42% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Viktor Ostanin |align=left|Independent | |21.65% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Nikonov |align=left|Liberal Democratic Party | |5.55% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Irina Glazyrina |align=left|Yabloko | |3.91% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Andrey Zhidkov |align=left|Independent | |3.20% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Vladimir Palkin |align=left|Conceptual Party "Unity" | |1.52% |- |style="background-color:"| |align=left|Yury Grigoryev |align=left|Independent | |1.25% |-