Tuva constituency

Tuva single-member constituency
Constituency of the Russian State Duma
Deputy	vacant
Federal subject	Tyva Republic
Districts	Ak-Dovurak, Bay-Tayginsky, Barun-Khemchiksky, Chaa-Kholsky, Chedi-Kholsky, Dzun-Khemchiksky, Erzinsky, Kaa-Khemsky, Kyzyl, Kyzylsky, Mongun-Tayginsky, Ovyursky, Piy-Khemsky, Sut-Kholsky, Tandinsky, Tere-Kholsky, Tes-Khemsky, Todzhinsky, Ulug-Khemsky
Voters	197,099 (2021)[1]

The Tuva constituency (No.32^[a]) is a Russian legislative constituency in Tuva. The constituency encompasses the entire territory of Tuva.

The constituency has been vacant since December 30, 2025, following the resignation of one-term United Russia deputy Aidyn Saryglar, who was appointed Mayor of Kyzyl.

Boundaries

1993–2007, 2016–present: Ak-Dovurak, Bay-Tayginsky District, Barun-Khemchiksky District, Chaa-Kholsky District, Chedi-Kholsky District, Dzun-Khemchiksky District, Erzinsky District, Kaa-Khemsky District, Kyzyl, Kyzylsky District, Mongun-Tayginsky District, Ovyursky District, Piy-Khemsky District, Sut-Kholsky District, Tandinsky District, Tere-Kholsky District, Tes-Khemsky District, Todzhinsky District, Ulug-Khemsky District^{[2][3][4][5][6]}
The constituency has been covering the entirety of Tuva since its initial creation in 1993.

Members elected

Election		Member	Party
	1993	Kara-Kys Arakchaa	Independent
	1995	Galina Salchak	Our Home – Russia
	1999	Nikolay Loktionov[b]	Unity
	2001	Chylgychy Ondar	Independent
	2003
2007		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
2011
	2016	Mergen Oorzhak	United Russia
	2021	Aidyn Saryglar[c]	United Russia

Election results

1993

Summary of the 12 December 1993 Russian legislative election in the Tuva constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kara-Kys Arakchaa	Independent	30,554	28.37%
	Anatoly Damba-Khuurak	Independent	24,331	22.59%
	Vladimir Bagay-ool	Independent	23,510	21.83%
	Yury Komarov	Civic Union	14,861	13.80%
	against all		6,515	6.05%
Total			107,716	100%
Source:				[7][8]

1995

Summary of the 17 December 1995 Russian legislative election in the Tuva constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Galina Salchak	Our Home – Russia	44,853	40.95%
	Kara-Kys Arakchaa (incumbent)	Ivan Rybkin Bloc	25,350	23.14%
	Aleksandr Kashin	Liberal Democratic Party	7,225	6.60%
	Anatoly Seren	Communist Party	6,530	5.96%
	Tatyana Nikolayeva	Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats	5,074	4.63%
	Vladimir Serikov	Independent	3,683	3.36%
	Sonchukchu Mongush	Agrarian Party	2,673	2.44%
	Altai Piche-ool	Independent	2,386	2.18%
	Amur Khoyugban	Independent	1,530	1.40%
	Vyacheslav Salchak	Pamfilova–Gurov–Lysenko	1,445	1.32%
	against all		3,541	3.23%
Total			109,530	100%
Source:				[9]

1999

Summary of the 19 December 1999 Russian legislative election in the Tuva constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikolay Loktionov	Unity	55,823	50.06%
	Galina Salchak (incumbent)	Fatherland – All Russia	43,280	38.81%
	Ostap Damba-Khuurak	Liberal Democratic Party	2,724	2.44%
	Sergey Konviz	Independent	1,976	1.77%
	Natalia Tovuu	Independent	1,036	0.93%
	against all		3,673	3.29%
Total			111,515	100%
Source:				[10]

2001

Summary of the 14 October 2001 by-election in the Tuva constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chylgychy Ondar	Independent	27,206	39.46%
	Sergey Mongush	Independent	25,071	36.36%
	Viktor Norbu	Independent	8,954	12.99%
	Aleksandr Kashin	Independent	2,501	3.63%
	Vladimir Tavberidze	Independent	773	1.12%
	against all		2,275	3.30%
Total			68,945	100%
Source:				[11]

2003

Summary of the 7 December 2003 Russian legislative election in the Tuva constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chylgychy Ondar (incumbent)	Independent	53,899	61.24%
	Ivan Chuchev	Communist Party	22,550	25.62%
	Vyacheslav Ushkalov	Social Democratic Party	3,125	3.55%
	Eker-ool Manchyn	Great Russia–Eurasian Union	2,255	2.56%
	Ostap Damba-Khuurak	Liberal Democratic Party	1,149	1.31%
	against all		3,351	3.81%
Total			88,163	100%
Source:				[12]

2016

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Russian legislative election in the Tuva constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mergen Oorzhak	United Russia	108,896	77.39%
	Mergen Anai-Ool	Communist Party	8,949	6.36%
	Igor Frent	Liberal Democratic Party	5,721	4.07%
	Vladimir Seren-Khuurak	A Just Russia	4,587	3.26%
	Valery Salchak	Yabloko	4,189	2.98%
	Mongun-ool Mongush	People's Freedom Party	3,117	2.22%
	Aibek Maady	Communists of Russia	2,624	1.86%
Total			140,705	100%
Source:				[13]

2021

Summary of the 17-19 September 2021 Russian legislative election in the Tuva constituency

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Aidyn Saryglar	United Russia	121,936	74.43%
	Renat Oorzhak	A Just Russia — For Truth	14,717	8.98%
	Roman Tamoyev	Communist Party	6,898	4.21%
	Ayas Chudaan-ool	Rodina	6,625	4.04%
	Eres Kara-Sal	Liberal Democratic Party	5,420	3.20%
	Mikhail Sanchai	Party of Pensioners	2,983	1.82%
	Ayan Soyan	The Greens	1,960	1.20%
Total			163,836	100%
Source:				[14]

Notes

1. No.28 in 1993-1995 and 2003-2007, No.27 in 1995-2003
2. appointed Auditor of the Accounts Chamber of Russia in April 2001
3. appointed Mayor of Kyzyl in December 2025

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