2000 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections in 2000 took place in 41 regions of the Russian Federation. Four years after the campaign of 1996 nearly a half of 89 governors' seats were contested again.

2000 Russian gubernatorial elections

← 1999 26 March – 24 December 2000 2001 →

41 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

In January, the second rounds of the December 1999 elections took place in Moscow, Novosibirsk and Tver Oblasts. In seven regions, the elections were moved to the federal election day on 26 March 2000 due to cost reasons. In October 2000, the last parliamentary republic in the Russian Federation, Udmurtia, elected its first president.

Race summary

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Federal Subject[1] Date Incumbent First
elected
Losing candidates Governor-elect
Altai Krai 26 March Alexander Surikov 1996 Vladimir Rayfikesht, Sergey Sannikov Alexander Surikov
Kirov Oblast 26 March Vladimir Sergeyenkov 1996 Andrey Alpatov, Valentin Pervakov, Sergey Sharenkov Vladimir Sergeyenkov
Murmansk Oblast 26 March Yury Yevdokimov 1996 Yevgeny Komarov Yury Yevdokimov
Saratov Oblast 26 March Dmitry Ayatskov 1996 Igor Karaulov Dmitry Ayatskov
Jewish AO[2] 26 March Nikolay Volkov 1996 Boris Korsunsky/Nikolay Buryndin Nikolay Volkov/Gennady Antonov
Khanty-Mansi AO 26 March Alexander Filipenko 1996 Valery Abramov Alexander Filipenko
Yamalo-Nenets AO 26 March Yury Neyolov 1996 Gennady Tatarchuk, Gennady Todyrko Yury Neyolov
Saint Petersburg 14 May Vladimir Yakovlev 1996 Igor Artemyev (Yabloko), Yury Boldyrev, Artyom Tarasov Vladimir Yakovlev (OVR)
Samara Oblast 2 July Konstantin Titov 1996 Viktor Tarkhov, Gennady Zvyagin Konstantin Titov (SPS)
Udmurtia 15 October Alexander Volkov [a] Pavel Vershinin, Nikolay Ganza, Andrey Soluyanov Alexander Volkov
Sakhalin Oblast 22 October Igor Farkhutdinov 1996 Fyodor Sidorenko (supported by NPSR and SPS), Anatoly Chyorny, Nina Filippova Igor Farkhutdinov
Kursk Oblast 22 October,
5 November
Alexander Rutskoy 1996 Viktor Surzhikov, Sergey Maltsev, Vladimir Stekachyov, Nikolay Greshilov Alexander Mikhailov (CPRF/NPSR)
Chita Oblast[3] 29 October Ravil Geniatulin 1996 Viktor Voytenko, Nikolay Goncharov, Viktor Kurochkin (SPS) Ravil Geniatulin
Agin-Buryat AO 29 October Bair Zhamsuyev 1996 Babu-Dorzhi Bazarov, Yury Tsymzhenov Bair Zhamsuyev
Magadan Oblast 5 November Valentin Tsvetkov 1996 Vladimir Butkeyev, Vladimir Markov, Gennady Dorofeyev Valentin Tsvetkov
Kaliningrad Oblast[4] 5 & 19 November Leonid Gorbenko 1996 Leonid Gorbenko (Unity), Vladimir Nikitin (CPRF/NPSR), Yury Sinelnik Vladimir Yegorov
Kaluga Oblast[5] 12 November Valery Sudarenkov/Anatoly Artamonov 1996 Anatoly Demichev/Vladimir Andreyev, Valery Artyomov/Mikhail Glazunov, Valery Baranovich/Vladimir Zakharov Anatoly Artamonov/Yevgeny Moiseyev
Pskov Oblast[3] 12 November Yevgeny Mikhailov 1996 Viktor Bibikov, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Vladimir Nikitin (CPRF), Mikhail Bryachak, Vladimir Sidorenko (APR) Yevgeny Mikhailov (Unity)
Ust-Orda Buryat AO 19 November Valery Maleyev 1996 Kuzma Aldarov, Roman Dulbeyev, Igor Shpakov Valery Maleyev
Kurgan Oblast 26 November,
10 December
Oleg Bogomolov 1996 Nikolay Bagretsov, Lev Yefremov, Anatoly Koltashov Oleg Bogomolov (Unity)
Krasnodar Krai 3 December Nikolai Kondratenko 1996 Igor Kramarenko, Martiros Oganesyan Alexander Tkachov (CPRF~APR, supported by Unity)
Astrakhan Oblast 3 December Anatoly Guzhvin 1996 Alexander Mikhaylov, Viktor Likhobanin (LDPR) Anatoly Guzhvin
Perm Oblast 3 December Gennady Igumnov 1996 Gennady Igumnov, Pavel Anokhin (Unity) Yury Trutnev
Koryakia 3 December Valentina Bronevich 1996 Valentina Bronevich, Sergey Leushkin Vladimir Loginov
Mari El 3 & 17 December Vyacheslav Kislitsyn 1996 Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF), Ivan Teterin, Anatoly Ivanov, Dail Shagiakhmetov Leonid Markelov (LDPR)
Stavropol Krai 3 & 17 December Alexander Chernogorov 1996 Stanislav Ilyasov, Mikhail Kuzmin, Alexander Shiyanov, Yevgeny Pismenny, Andrey Razin Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF/NPSR)
Arkhangelsk Oblast 3 & 17 December Anatoly Yefremov 1996 Nikolay Malakov Anatoly Yefremov
Ivanovo Oblast 3 & 17 December Vladislav Tikhomirov 1996 Anatoly Golovkov (OVR), Pavel Pozhigailo Vladimir Tikhonov (CPRF/NPSR)
Kamchatka Oblast 3 & 17 December Vladimir Biryukov 1996 Boris Sinchenko, Georgy Greshnykh, Vladimir Dorogin Mikhail Mashkovtsev (CPRF/NPSR)
Ryazan Oblast 3 & 17 December Vyacheslav Lyubimov 1996 Valery Ryumin, Vladimir Markov, Nikolay Bulayev, Mikhail Malakhov Vyacheslav Lyubimov (CPRF/NPSR)
Komi-Permyakia 3 & 17 December Nikolay Poluyanov 1996 Nikolay Poluyanov (Unity), Valery Vankov (supported by NPSR), Anatoly Fedoseyev Gennady Savelyev
Khabarovsk Krai 10 December Viktor Ishayev 1996 Svetlana Zhukova Viktor Ishayev (Unity)
Bryansk Oblast 10 December Yury Lodkin 1993 Nikolay Denin (supported by Unity), Yury Dyomochkin, Viktor Malashenko, Yury D. Lodkin, Alexander Denin, Vladimir Barabanov Yury Lodkin (CPRF/NPSR)
Vladimir Oblast 10 December Nikolay Vinogradov 1996 Yury Vlasov (supported by SPS and Yabloko), Vitaly Kotov Nikolay Vinogradov (CPRF/NPSR, supported by Unity and OVR)
Kostroma Oblast 10 & 24 December Viktor Shershunov 1996 Boris Korobov (supported by Unity), Nikolay Romanov Viktor Shershunov (CPRF/NPSR)
Khakassia 24 December Aleksey Lebed 1996 Vasily Astanayev (APR) Aleksey Lebed (supported by OVR and NPSR)
Chelyabinsk Oblast 24 December Pyotr Sumin 1993 Mikhail Grishankov, Valery Gartung Pyotr Sumin ("For the Revival of Ural", supported by NPSR and Unity)
Ulyanovsk Oblast 24 December Yury Goryachev 1996 Yury Goryachev, Sergey Ryabukhin Vladimir Shamanov (supported by NPSR and Unity)
Volgograd Oblast 24 December Nikolay Maksyuta 1996 Oleg Savchenko, Yury Chekhov (supported by OVR), Anatoly Popov Nikolay Maksyuta (CPRF/NPSR)
Voronezh Oblast 24 December Ivan Shabanov 1996 Ivan Shabanov (CPRF/NPSR), Alexander Gusev, Oleg Davydov, Alexander Ognev, Sergey Starodubtsev Vladimir Kulakov
Chukotka 24 December Aleksandr Nazarov 1996 Vladimir Yetylin Roman Abramovich

Literature

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  • Ivanov, Vitaly (2020). Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов. Том I. История. Книга II [Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors. Volume I: History. Book II] (in Russian).

Notes

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  1. ^ Chairman of the State Council from 1995

References

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  1. ^ Gubernatorial Elections — 2000, politika.su
  2. ^ "История выборов и назначений губернатора Еврейской автономной области" [History of elections and appointments of the governor of Jewish Autonomous Oblast]. TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-11.
  3. ^ a b "Выборы-2000" [Elections-2000]. RFE/RL (in Russian). 2000-10-12.
  4. ^ "Калининградская область" [Kaliningrad Oblast]. Kommersant (in Russian). 2000-10-31.
  5. ^ "История выборов и назначений губернатора Калужской области" [History of elections and appointments of the governor of Kaluga Oblast]. TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-11.