1998 Russian gubernatorial elections

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1998 Russian gubernatorial elections
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1998 Russian regional elections:
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Gubernatorial elections in 1998 took place in ten regions of the Russian Federation.

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Overview

1998 saw the re-election of the heads of administrations of the "first wave" elected in April 1993 in Lipetsk, Penza and Smolensk Oblasts and Krasnoyarsk Krai, as well as the presidents of Bashkortostan, Buryatia, Ingushetia and North Ossetia and the chairman of the government of Karelia. For the first time, direct elections were held in Mordovia. The transition to a presidential system was discussed in the last two parliamentary republics, Dagestan and Udmurtia. In Dagestan, on June 25, the Chairman of the State Council Magomedali Magomedov was re-elected for a new term by the Constitutional Assembly, same as in 1994. In Udmurtia, members of the State Council constantly rejected bills on direct elections introduction, proposed by the Council's speaker. [1]

Race summary

Federal Subject [1] DateIncumbentIncumbent
since		CandidatesResult
North Ossetia [2] 18 January Akhsarbek Galazov 1994
Incumbent lost re-election.
New president elected.
Mordovia 15 February Nikolay Merkushkin 1995Green check.svg Nikolay Merkushkin 90.78%Incumbent re-elected.
Ingushetia [3] [4] 1 March Ruslan Aushev 1993
Incumbent re-elected.
Lipetsk Oblast [5] 12 April Mikhail Narolin 1993
Incumbent lost re-election.
New governor elected.
Penza Oblast [6] 12 April Anatoly Kovlyagin 1993
Incumbent lost re-election.
New governor elected.
Karelia [7] 26 April
(first round)		 Viktor Stepanov 1994
Incumbent lost re-election.
New premier elected.
17 May
(runoff)
Krasnoyarsk Krai 26 April
(first round)		 Valery Zubov 1993
Incumbent lost re-election.
New governor elected.
17 May
(runoff)
Smolensk Oblast [8] [9] 26 April
(first round)		 Anatoly Glushenkov 1993
Incumbent lost re-election.
New governor elected.
17 May
(runoff)
Bashkortostan [10] 14 June Murtaza Rakhimov 1993
Incumbent re-elected.
Buryatia [11] 21 June Leonid Potapov 1994
  • Green check.svgY Leonid Potapov (CPRF) 63.25%
  • Vladimir Saganov 6.52%
  • Bato Ochirov 5.73%
  • Valery Shapovalov 5.51%
Incumbent re-elected.

References

  1. 1 2 Gubernatorial elections — 1998, politika.su
  2. ↑ "Северная Осетия (Алания). Выборы Президента 1998". electoralgeography.com (in Russian). Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Республика Ингушетия. Выборы президента Республики, 1998". electoralgeography.com (in Russian). Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Presidential elections 1 March 1998
  5. ↑ Biography of O.P. Korolyov, TASS' encyclopedia
  6. ↑ "Архив выборов и референдумов". Penza Oblast Election Commission (in Russian). Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Political life in Kostomuksha". Kostomuksha - the open gate to Russia. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008.
  8. ↑ "Смоленская область. Губернаторские выборы 1998". electoralgeography.com (in Russian). Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  9. ↑ Евдокимов М.Ю. "Смоленская область в октябре 1998 года" [Smolensk Oblast in October 1998]. igpi.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Башкирия. Выборы президента республики, 1998" [Bashkiria. Election for president of the republic, 1998]. electoralgeography.com (in Russian). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "Бурятия. Выборы президента республики 1998". electoralgeography.com (in Russian). Retrieved 6 January 2026.
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