2001 Russian gubernatorial elections

2001 Russian gubernatorial elections

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Gubernatorial elections in 2001 took place in 17 regions of the Russian Federation. 16 regular and one extraordinary campaigns took place that year. In two regions the second rounds were held in January 2002.

With some delay, elections were held for the governors of Nenets and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs, whose terms of office expired back in December 2000. Early elections were held in Primorsky Krai after resignation of Yevgeny Nazdratenko.

On 1 December 2001 Fatherland – All Russia party (OVR), founded and supported by a number of influential governors, officially merged with pro-Putin Unity into United Russia. For the some time after it was known as "Unity and Fatherland — United Russia". Previously that year members of these two center-right parties had occasionally met each other in different gubernatorial races.

Race summary

Federal Subject [1]	Date	Incumbent	First elected	Candidates	Result
Tyumen Oblast	14 January	Leonid Roketsky	1997	Y Sergey Sobyanin 52.78% Leonid Roketsky 28.90% Aleksandr Cherepanov (RKRP) 7.41% Sergey Atroshenko (RPP) 1.87%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Nenets AO	14 January	Vladimir Butov	1996	Y Vladimir Butov (Unity) 68.28% Aleksandr Shmakov 13.60%	Incumbent re-elected.
Taymyr AO	28 January	Gennady Nedelin	1996	Y Alexander Khloponin 61.97% Gennady Nedelin 33.97%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Tatarstan [2]	25 March	Mintimer Shaymiyev	1991	Y Mintimer Shaymiyev (OVR) 79.52% Ivan Grachev 5.47%	Incumbent re-elected.
Amur Oblast [3] [4]	25 March (first round)	Anatoly Belonogov	1997	Anatoly Belonogov (CPRF) 43.90% Leonid Korotkov 20.60% Yury Bobylyov 10.86% Pavel Stein 7.98%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
	8 April (runoff)			Y Leonid Korotkov 49.42% Anatoly Belonogov (CPRF) 42.86%
Tula Oblast	8 April (first round)	Vasily Starodubtsev	1997	Vasily Starodubtsev (CPRF~APR) 49.09% Andrey Samoshin 20.96% Viktor Sokolovsky 18.62%	Incumbent re-elected.
	22 April (runoff)			Y Vasily Starodubtsev (CPRF~APR) 71.44% Viktor Sokolovsky 17.16% Andrey Samoshin (withdrew from runoff)
Evenk AO	8 April	Aleksandr Bokovikov	1997	Y Boris Zolotaryov 51.08% Yevgeny Vasilyev 35.09%	Incumbent did not stand for re-election. New governor elected.
Kemerovo Oblast	22 April	Aman Tuleyev (resigned) Valentin Mazikin (acting)	1997	Y Aman Tuleyev 93.54% Sergey Neverov 0.71%	Former governor re-elected.
Primorsky Krai	27 May (first round)	Yevgeny Nazdratenko (resigned) Konstantin Tolstoshein (acting)	1995	Sergey Darkin 23.94% Viktor Cherepkov 20.02% Gennady Apanasenko 14.12% Vladimir Grishukov (CPRF) 9.81% Valentin Dubinin 7.87%	New governor elected to a vacant position.
	17 June (runoff)			Y Sergey Darkin 40.17% Gennady Apanasenko 24.28% Viktor Cherepkov (disqualified from runoff)
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	15 July (first round)	Ivan Sklyarov	1997	Gennady Khodyrev (CPRF) 23.94% Ivan Sklyarov (OVR) 20.82% Vadim Bulavinov 19.07% Dmitry Savelyev (SPS) 12.58% Andrey Klimentyev 10.54%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
	29 July (runoff)			Y Gennady Khodyrev (CPRF) 59.80% Ivan Sklyarov (OVR) 28.25%
Irkutsk Oblast	29 July (first round)	Boris Govorin	1997	Boris Govorin 45.05% Sergey Levchenko (CPRF) 23.93% Valentin Mezhevich 12.20%	Incumbent re-elected.
	19 August (runoff)			Y Boris Govorin 47.63% Sergey Levchenko (CPRF) 45.26%
Rostov Oblast	23 September	Vladimir Chub	1996	Y Vladimir Chub 78.23% Pyotr Voloshin 7.21%	Incumbent re-elected.
Oryol Oblast	28 October	Yegor Stroyev	1993	Y Yegor Stroyev 91.52%	Incumbent re-elected.
Altai Republic [5] [6]	16 December (first round)	Semyon Zubakin	1997	Mikhail Lapshin (APR) 22.96% Semyon Zubakin (SPS) 15.20% Vladimir Petrov 14.11% Sergey Krechetov 13.24% Viktor Romashkin (CPRF) 11.97% Alexander Berdnikov (United Russia) 9.67% Vladimir Amurgushev 5.97%	Incumbent lost re-election. New head elected.
	6 January 2002 (runoff)			Y Mikhail Lapshin (APR) 68.15% Semyon Zubakin (SPS) 22.96%
Komi	16 December	Yury Spiridonov	1994	Y Vladimir Torlopov 39.75% Yury Spiridonov 34.92% Leonid Musinov (CPRF) 6.23%	Incumbent lost re-election. New head elected.
Chuvashia	16 December	Nikolay Fyodorov	1993	Y Nikolay Fyodorov 40.73% Valentin Shurchanov (CPRF) 37.73%	Incumbent re-elected.
Yakutia [7] [8] [9] [10]	23 December (first round)	Mikhail Nikolayev	1991	Vyacheslav Shtyrov 45.54% Fedot Tumusov 17.00% Ruslan Shipkov 15.83% Vasily Filippov 8.00%	Incumbent term-limited. New president elected.
	13 January 2002 (runoff)			Y Vyacheslav Shtyrov 59.25% Fedot Tumusov 34.59%

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