1994 Russian gubernatorial elections

1994 Russian gubernatorial elections

←  1993 16 January – 30 June 1994 1995  →
6 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89
1994 Russian regional elections:   Gubernatorial   Legislative   Two legislative elections (including one of another subject)   Gubernatorial and legislative   Gubernatorial and legislative (both of another subject)

Gubernatorial elections in 1994 took place in six regions of the Russian Federation. Chairmen of the Supreme Soviets of the four autonomous republics were elected presidents that year continuing the process of disbanding of the Soviets system, which began with dispersal of the Supreme Soviet of Russia in October 1993.

Race summary

Federal Subject [1]	Date	Incumbent	Incumbent status	Candidates	Governor-elect
North Ossetia [2]	16 January	Akhsarbek Galazov	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet	Y Akhsarbek Galazov 64.04% Sergey Khetagurov 32.62%	Akhsarbek Galazov
Ingushetia [2]	27 February	Ruslan Aushev	Elected 1993	Y Ruslan Aushev 91.70% Bamatgirey Mankiyev 5.70%	Ruslan Aushev [3]
Irkutsk Oblast [2]	27 March	Yury Nozhikov	Appointed 1991	Y Yury Nozhikov 78.16% Boris Alekseyev 7.96%	Yury Nozhikov
Karelia [4]	17 April	Viktor Stepanov	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet	Y Viktor Stepanov 68.57% (ran unopposed)	Viktor Stepanov
Komi [4]	8 May	Yury Spiridonov	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet	Y Yury Spiridonov 49.23% Vyacheslav Khudyayev 32.00%	Yury Spiridonov
Buryatia [5]	16 June (first round)	Leonid Potapov	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet	Leonid Potapov 46.20% Aleksandr Ivanov 25.62% Valery Shapovalov 15.7%	Leonid Potapov
	30 June (runoff)			Y Leonid Potapov 71.71% Aleksandr Ivanov 24.90%

References

1. Gubernatorial elections — 1994, politika.su
2. Ivanov 2019, p. 320-321.
3. History of elections and appointments of the head of the Republic of Ingushetia, TASS (7 September 2013)
4. Ivanov 2019, p. 322-323.
5. Ivanov 2019, p. 322-323, 326.

Sources

• Ivanov, Vitaly (2019). Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов[Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors] (in Russian). ISBN   978-5-907250-14-7.