Maria Prusakova (politician)

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

Biography
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.

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.

Electoral history
! 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;" |%
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 * align=left|Maria Prusakova
 * align=left|Communist Party
 * 51,177
 * 27.12%
 * style="background-color: " |
 * align=left|Sergey Struchenko
 * align=left|United Russia
 * 41,814
 * 22.16%
 * style="background-color: " |
 * align=left|Lyudmila Suslova
 * align=left|A Just Russia — For Truth
 * 16,689
 * 8.84%
 * style="background-color:"|
 * align=left|Yelena Kurnosova
 * align=left|Communists of Russia
 * 14,683
 * 7.78%
 * style="background-color:"|
 * align=left|Irina Shudra
 * align=left|Liberal Democratic Party
 * 14,593
 * 7.73%
 * style="background-color:"|
 * align=left|Vladislav Vakayev
 * align=left|New People
 * 14,565
 * 7.72%
 * style="background-color:"|
 * align=left|Viktor Dvornikov
 * align=left|Party of Pensioners
 * 9,580
 * 5.08%
 * style="background-color:"|
 * align=left|Yevgeny Astakhovsky
 * align=left|Rodina
 * 7,024
 * 3.72%
 * style="background:"|
 * align=left|Andrey Krylov
 * align=left|Yabloko
 * 5,921
 * 3.13%
 * style="background:"|
 * align=left|Pavel Chesnov
 * align=left|Russian Party of Freedom and Justice
 * 2,585
 * 1.37%
 * colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * - style="font-weight:bold"
 * colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total
 * 188,733
 * 100%
 * colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * - style="font-weight:bold"
 * colspan="4" |Source:
 * }
 * 1.37%
 * colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * - style="font-weight:bold"
 * colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total
 * 188,733
 * 100%
 * colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
 * - style="font-weight:bold"
 * colspan="4" |Source:
 * }
 * colspan="4" |Source:
 * }
 * }