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Maria Prusakova (politician)

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Maria Prusakova
Мария Прусакова
Prusakova in 2021
Member of the State Duma for Altai Krai
Assumed office
12 October 2021
Preceded byViktor Zobnev
ConstituencyRubtsovsk (No. 40)
Personal details
Born (1983-09-04) 4 September 1983 (age 41)
Barnaul, Russian SFSR, USSR
Political partyCommunist Party of the Russian Federation
EducationAltai State University
OccupationSocial Worker

Maria Nikolayevna Prusakova (Russian: Мария Николаевна Прусакова; born 4 September 1983) is a Russian politician, who serves as a member of the State Duma since 2021.

Biography

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A member of the Communist Party, she was elected to represent the Rubtsovsk constituency in the 2021 Russian legislative election, becoming one of the few people to have defeated a candidate of the ruling United Russia party in constituency seats.[1]

In her capacity as a member of parliament, she was placed on the sanctions list of the United Kingdom in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Prusakova has been considered as a possible candidate for her party in the 2024 Russian presidential election.[2]

Electoral history

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2021 Russian legislative election in the Rubtsovsk constituency
Candidate Party Votes %
Maria Prusakova Communist Party 51,177 27.12%
Sergey Struchenko United Russia 41,814 22.16%
Lyudmila Suslova A Just Russia — For Truth 16,689 8.84%
Yelena Kurnosova Communists of Russia 14,683 7.78%
Irina Shudra Liberal Democratic Party 14,593 7.73%
Vladislav Vakayev New People 14,565 7.72%
Viktor Dvornikov Party of Pensioners 9,580 5.08%
Yevgeny Astakhovsky Rodina 7,024 3.72%
Andrey Krylov Yabloko 5,921 3.13%
Pavel Chesnov Russian Party of Freedom and Justice 2,585 1.37%
Total 188,733 100%
Source: [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Красивая коммунистка обошла единоросса на выборах в Госдуму в Алтайском крае". 19rus.info (in Russian). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. ^ "В КПРФ началась борьба за право выступить против Путина". 22 November 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ^ Результаты выборов по одномандатному избирательному округу, 2021