2000 Russian gubernatorial elections

2000 Russian gubernatorial elections

←  1999 26 March – 24 December 2000 2001  →
41 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

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.

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

Federal Subject	Date	Incumbent	First elected	Candidates	Result
Altai Krai [1]	26 March	Alexander Surikov	1996	Y Alexander Surikov 77.22% Vladimir Rayfikesht 10.91% Sergey Sannikov 4.14%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kirov Oblast [2]	26 March	Vladimir Sergeyenkov	1996	Y Vladimir Sergeyenkov 58.03% Andrey Alpatov 15.03% Valentin Pervakov 11.42%	Incumbent re-elected.
Murmansk Oblast [3]	26 March	Yury Yevdokimov	1996	Y Yury Yevdokimov 86.71% Yevgeny Komarov 3.37%	Incumbent re-elected.
Saratov Oblast [4]	26 March	Dmitry Ayatskov	1996	Y Dmitry Ayatskov 67.26% Igor Karaulov 9.62%	Incumbent re-elected.
Jewish AO [5]	26 March	Nikolay Volkov	1996	Y Nikolay Volkov 56.76% Boris Korsunsky 25.71%	Incumbent re-elected.
Khanty-Mansi AO [6]	26 March	Alexander Filipenko	1996	Y Alexander Filipenko 90.82%	Incumbent re-elected.
Yamalo-Nenets AO [7]	26 March	Yury Neyolov	1996	Y Yury Neyolov 88.10%	Incumbent re-elected.
Saint Petersburg [8]	14 May	Vladimir Yakovlev	1996	Y Vladimir Yakovlev (endorsed by OVR, Unity, CPRF) 72.69% Igor Artemyev (Yabloko) 14.68% Yury Boldyrev 3.79% Artyom Tarasov 3.59%	Incumbent re-elected.
Samara Oblast [9]	2 July	Yury Logoydo	— [a]	Y Konstantin Titov (SPS) 53.25% Viktor Tarkhov 29.23% Gennady Zvyagin 9.08%	Former governor re-elected.
Udmurtia [10]	15 October	Alexander Volkov	— [b]	Y Alexander Volkov 37.84% Pavel Vershinin 23.93% Nikolay Ganza 12.28% Andrey Soluyanov 12.17%	New president elected to a vacant position.
Sakhalin Oblast [11]	22 October	Igor Farkhutdinov	1996	Y Igor Farkhutdinov 56.29% Fyodor Sidorenko (endorsed by NPSR, SPS) 21.36% Anatoly Chyorny 8.36%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kursk Oblast [12] [13]	22 October (first round)	Alexander Rutskoy	1996	Alexander Mikhailov (CPRF/NPSR) 39.52% Viktor Surzhikov 21.58% Sergey Maltsev 8.42% Vladimir Stekachev 7.28% Nikolay Greshilov 6.16%	Incumbent barred from re-election. New governor elected.
	5 November (runoff)			Y Alexander Mikhailov (CPRF/NPSR) 55.54% Viktor Surzhikov 37.93%
Chita Oblast [14] [15]	29 October	Ravil Geniatulin	1996	Y Ravil Geniatulin 57.02% Viktor Voytenko 16.25% Nikolay Goncharov 15.55%	Incumbent re-elected.
Agin-Buryat AO [16]	29 October	Bair Zhamsuyev	1996	Y Bair Zhamsuyev 89.34%	Incumbent re-elected.
Magadan Oblast [17]	5 November	Valentin Tsvetkov	1996	Y Valentin Tsvetkov 62.76% Vladimir Butkeyev 14.13% Vladimir Markov 8.69%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kaliningrad Oblast [18] [19]	5 November (first round)	Leonid Gorbenko	1996	Vladimir Yegorov 37.56% Leonid Gorbenko (Unity) 21.54% Vladimir Nikitin (CPRF/NPSR) 15.81% Yury Sinelnik 12.78%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
	19 November (runoff)			Y Vladimir Yegorov 56.47% Leonid Gorbenko (Unity) 33.71%
Kaluga Oblast [20] [21]	12 November	Valery Sudarenkov	1996	Y Anatoly Artamonov 56.72% Aleksey Demichev 15.85% Valery Artyomov 7.88%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
Pskov Oblast [22] [15]	12 November	Yevgeny Mikhailov	1996	Y Yevgeny Mikhailov (Unity) 28.01% Viktor Bibikov 15.12% Mikhail Kuznetsov 15.04% Vladimir Nikitin (CPRF) 14.53% Mikhail Bryachak 6.40% Vladimir Sidorenko (APR) 5.16%	Incumbent re-elected.
Ust-Orda Buryat AO [23]	19 November	Valery Maleyev	1996	Y Valery Maleyev 53.67% Kuzma Aldarov 32.00%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kurgan Oblast [24] [25]	26 November (first round)	Oleg Bogomolov	1996	Oleg Bogomolov (Unity) 43.23% Nikolay Bagretsov 22.05% Lev Yefremov 16.64% Anatoly Koltashov 5.49%	Incumbent re-elected.
	10 December (runoff)			Y Oleg Bogomolov (Unity) 50.38% Nikolay Bagretsov 42.47%
Krasnodar Krai [26]	3 December	Nikolai Kondratenko	1996	Y Alexander Tkachov (CPRF/APR, endorsed by Unity) 81.78% Igor Kramarenko 5.23% Martiros Oganesyan 4.09%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
Astrakhan Oblast [27]	3 December	Anatoly Guzhvin	1996	Y Anatoly Guzhvin 81.82% Aleksandr Mikhaylov 6.04% Viktor Likhobabin (LDPR) 3.96%	Incumbent re-elected.
Perm Oblast [28]	3 December	Gennady Igumnov	1996	Y Yury Trutnev 51.48% Gennady Igumnov 34.95% Pavel Anokhin (Unity) 5.62%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Koryakia [29]	3 December	Valentina Bronevich	1996	Y Vladimir Loginov 50.68% Valentina Bronevich 32.99% Sergey Leushkin 5.13%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Mari El [30] [31]	3 December (first round)	Vyacheslav Kislitsyn	1996	Leonid Markelov (LDPR) 29.21% Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF) 25.19% Ivan Teterin 18.82% Anatoly Ivanov 9.43%	Incumbent lost re-election. New president elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Leonid Markelov (LDPR) 58.23% Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF) 33.40%
Stavropol Krai [32] [33]	3 December (first round)	Alexander Chernogorov	1996	Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF/NPSR) 28.58% Stanislav Ilyasov 19.00% Mikhail Kuzmin 17.55% Aleksandr Shiyanov 13.36% Yevgeny Pismenny 4.33% Andrei Razin 3.82%	Incumbent re-elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF/NPSR) 56.57% Stanislav Ilyasov 36.33%
Arkhangelsk Oblast [34] [35]	3 December (first round)	Anatoly Yefremov	1996	Anatoly Yefremov 49.70% Nikolay Malakov 34.26% Viktor Chukhin 2.29%	Incumbent re-elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Anatoly Yefremov 58.50% Nikolay Malakov 31.59%
Ivanovo Oblast [36] [37]	3 December (first round)	Vladislav Tikhomirov	1996	Vladimir Tikhonov (CPRF/NPSR) 48.54% Anatoly Golovkov (OVR) 32.32% Pavel Pozhigailo 5.20%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Vladimir Tikhonov (CPRF/NPSR) 62.36% Anatoly Golovkov (OVR) 33.08%
Kamchatka Oblast [38] [39]	3 December (first round)	Vladimir Biryukov	1996	Boris Sinchenko 27.76% Mikhail Mashkovtsev (CPRF/NPSR) 20.00% Georgy Greshnykh 15.78% Valery Dorogin 14.75%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Mikhail Mashkovtsev (CPRF/NPSR) 45.83% Boris Sinchenko 42.49%
Ryazan Oblast [40] [41]	3 December (first round)	Vyacheslav Lyubimov	1996	Vyacheslav Lyubimov (CPRF/NPSR) 40.09% Valery Ryumin 12.36% Vladimir Markov 10.16% Nikolay Bulayev 9.22% Pyotr Zabaluyev 7.16%	Incumbent re-elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Vyacheslav Lyubimov (CPRF/NPSR) 65.14% Valery Ryumin 26.82%
Komi-Permyakia [42] [43]	3 December (first round)	Nikolay Poluyanov	1996	Gennady Savelyev 27.14% Nikolay Poluyanov (Unity) 24.23% Valery Vankov (endorsed by NPSR) 11.04% Anatoly Fedoseyev 10.00%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Gennady Savelyev 44.25% Nikolay Poluyanov (Unity) 40.09%
Khabarovsk Krai [44]	10 December	Viktor Ishayev	1996	Y Viktor Ishayev (Unity) 87.84% Svetlana Zhukova 6.32%	Incumbent re-elected.
Bryansk Oblast [45]	10 December	Yury Lodkin	1993	Y Yury Lodkin (CPRF/NPSR) 29.21% Nikolay Denin (endorsed by Unity) 21.15% Yury Demochkin 15.82% Viktor Malashenko 7.30% Yury D. Lodkin 6.45% Aleksandr Denin 5.40% Vladimir Barabanov 2.90%	Incumbent re-elected.
Vladimir Oblast [46]	10 December	Nikolay Vinogradov	1996	Y Nikolay Vinogradov (CPRF/NPSR, endorsed by Unity, OVR) 65.58% Yury Vlasov (endorsed by SPS, Yabloko) 15.98%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kostroma Oblast [47] [48]	10 December (first round)	Viktor Shershunov	1996	Viktor Shershunov 43.74% Boris Korobov (endorsed by Unity) 23.08% Nikolay Romanov 14.49%	Incumbent re-elected.
	24 December (runoff)			Y Viktor Shershunov 63.09% Boris Korobov (endorsed by Unity) 24.61%
Khakassia [49]	24 December	Aleksey Lebed	1996	Y Aleksey Lebed (endorsed by OVR, NPSR) 71.23% Vasily Astanayev (APR) 13.48%	Incumbent re-elected.
Chelyabinsk Oblast [50]	24 December	Pyotr Sumin	1996	Y Pyotr Sumin (endorsed by NPSR, Unity) 58.68% Mikhail Grishankov 17.15% Valery Gartung 14.26%	Incumbent re-elected.
Ulyanovsk Oblast [51]	24 December	Yury Goryachev	1996	Y Vladimir Shamanov (endorsed by NPSR, Unity) 56.26% Yury Goryachev 23.58% Sergey Ryabukhin 11.54%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Volgograd Oblast [52]	24 December	Nikolay Maksyuta	1996	Y Nikolay Maksyuta (CPRF/NPSR) 36.72% Oleg Savchenko 28.31% Yury Chekhov (endorsed by OVR) 11.12% Anatoly Popov 9.67%	Incumbent re-elected.
Voronezh Oblast [53]	24 December	Ivan Shabanov	1996	Y Vladimir Kulakov 59.99% Ivan Shabanov (CPRF/NPSR) 15.21% Aleksandr Gusev 12.16%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Chukotka [54]	24 December	Aleksandr Nazarov	1996	Y Roman Abramovich 90.61% Vladimir Yetylin 3.21%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.

Literature

• 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

1. Acting governor installed after resignation of Konstantin Titov in April 2000.
2. Chairman of the State Council from 1995. Presidency was introduced as a result of 26 March 2000 referendum.

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