2003 Russian gubernatorial elections

2003 Russian gubernatorial elections

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2003 Russian regional elections:   Gubernatorial   Legislative   Gubernatorial and legislative   Referendum   Referendum and gubernatorial

Gubernatorial elections in 2003 were held in 23 federal subjects of Russia. 16 incumbent governors re-elected.

Race summary

Federal Subject	Date	Incumbent	First elected	Candidates [1] [2]	Result
Taymyr AO [3]	26 January	Alexander Khloponin (resigned) [a] Sergey Nauman (acting)	2001	Y Oleg Budargin 68.89% Gennady Subbotkin 7.05% Sergey Uoday 3.81% Alexander Burdein 2.71%	New governor elected to a vacant position.
Magadan Oblast [4]	2 February (first round)	Valentin Tsvetkov (died in office) Nikolay Dudov (acting)	1996	Nikolay Karpenko 37.55% Nikolay Dudov 26.04% Andrey Zinchenko 10.20% Alexander Sechkin 8.97% Against all 5.78%	Acting governor elected to full term.
	16 February (runoff)			Y Nikolay Dudov 50.44% Nikolay Karpenko 42.33% Against all 6.21%
Mordovia [5]	16 February	Nikolay Merkushkin	1995 (indirect)	Y Nikolay Merkushkin 87.47% Anatoly Chubukov (CPRF) 6.95%	Incumbent re-elected.
Belgorod Oblast [6]	25 May	Yevgeny Savchenko	1995	Y Yevgeny Savchenko 61.15% Vasily Altukhov (CPRF) 21.93% Against all 9.99%	Incumbent re-elected.
Karachay-Cherkessia [7] [8]	17 August (first round)	Vladimir Semyonov	1999	Mustafa Batdyyev 41.52% Vladimir Semyonov 37.29% Islam Burlakov 12.80%	Incumbent lost re-election. New president elected.
	31 August (runoff)			Y Mustafa Batdyyev 47.97% Vladimir Semyonov 46.41%
Novgorod Oblast	7 September	Mikhail Prusak	1995	Y Mikhail Prusak 78.73% Vladimir Dugenets 4.39% Alexander Sevastyanov 4.34%	Incumbent re-elected.
Omsk Oblast [9]	7 September	Leonid Polezhayev	1995	Y Leonid Polezhayev 57.27% Leonid Mayevsky (CPRF) 28.59%	Incumbent re-elected.
Sverdlovsk Oblast [10]	7 September (first round)	Eduard Rossel	1995	Eduard Rossel (UR) 42.85% Anton Bakov 14.43% Andrey Vikharev 13.68%	Incumbent re-elected.
	21 September (runoff)			Y Eduard Rossel (UR) 55.53% Anton Bakov 29.97%
Leningrad Oblast	21 September	Valery Serdyukov	1999	Y Valery Serdyukov 56.85% Vadim Gustov 25.26% Against all 7.75%	Incumbent re-elected.
Tomsk Oblast	21 September	Viktor Kress	1995	Y Viktor Kress 70.10% Alexander Pomorov (CPRF) 12.75%	Incumbent re-elected.
Saint Petersburg	21 September (first round)	Vladimir Yakovlev (resigned) Alexander Beglov (acting)	1996	Valentina Matviyenko 48.73% Anna Markova 15.84% Sergey Belyayev 8.08% Mikhail Amosov (Yabloko) 7.05%	New governor elected to a vacant position.
	5 October (runoff)			Y Valentina Matviyenko 63.20% Anna Markova 24.14%
Chechnya [11]	5 October	Akhmad Kadyrov	— [b]	Y Akhmad Kadyrov 80.84% Abdulla Bugayev 5.77% Shamil Burayev 3.95%	New president elected to a vacant position.
Moscow [12] [13]	7 December	Yury Luzhkov	1996 [c]	Y Yury Luzhkov (UR) 74.83% Alexander Lebedev 12.78% German Sterligov 3.65%	Incumbent re-elected.
Vologda Oblast	7 December	Vyacheslav Pozgalyov	1996	Y Vyacheslav Pozgalyov 82.93% Vyacheslav Stepanov 5.00% Against all 8.81%	Incumbent re-elected.
Moscow Oblast	7 December	Boris Gromov	1999	Y Boris Gromov (UR) 83.04% Aleksey Mitrofanov (LDPR) 4.14% Against all 9.73%	Incumbent re-elected.
Novosibirsk Oblast	7 December	Viktor Tolokonsky	1999	Y Viktor Tolokonsky 57.67% Mikhail Titov (CPRF) 17.80% Ivan Starikov (SPS) 9.78% Yevgeny Loginov 5.35% Against all 5.40%	Incumbent re-elected.
Orenburg Oblast	7 December	Alexey Chernyshyov	1999	Y Alexey Chernyshyov (APR) 63.46% Oleg Naumov (SPS) 10.55%	Incumbent re-elected.
Tambov Oblast	7 December	Oleg Betin	1999	Y Oleg Betin 71.08% Alexander Zhalnin 8.96%	Incumbent re-elected.
Yaroslavl Oblast	7 December	Anatoly Lisitsyn	1995	Y Anatoly Lisitsyn 73.15% Sergey Zagidullin 10.50% Oleg Vinogradov 6.84% Against all 7.20%	Incumbent re-elected.
Bashkortostan	7 December (first round)	Murtaza Rakhimov	1993	Murtaza Rakhimov 42.59% Sergey Veremeenko 25.38% Ralif Safin 23.04%	Incumbent re-elected.
	21 December (runoff)			Y Murtaza Rakhimov 78.01% Sergey Veremeenko 15.84%
Kirov Oblast	7 December (first round)	Vladimir Sergeyenkov	1996	Nikolay Shaklein 33.82% Oleg Valenchuk (UR) 13.92% Vyacheslav Torsunov 10.25% Aleksandr Strelnikov 8.84% Vasily Kiselyov 5.62% Against all 10.23%	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected.
	21 December (runoff)			Y Nikolay Shaklein 62.77% Oleg Valenchuk (UR) 26.32% Against all 10.08%
Sakhalin Oblast	7 December (first round)	Igor Farkhutdinov [d]	1996	Ivan Malakhov 35.17% Fyodor Sidorenko 19.55% Anatoly Chyorny 8.56%	New governor elected to a vacant position.
	21 December (runoff)			Y Ivan Malakhov 53.01% Fyodor Sidorenko 34.26%
Tver Oblast	7 December (first round)	Vladimir Platov	1995	Dmitry Zelenin 42.49% Igor Zubov 14.59% Tatyana Astrakhankina (CPRF) 12.85% Vladimir Platov 12.45%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
	21 December (runoff)			Y Dmitry Zelenin 57.42% Igor Zubov 33.85% Against all 8.74%

Notes

1. Elected governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai in September 2002.
2. Head of the Chechen Republic Administration from 12 June 2000, appointed by federal president.
3. Elected as vice mayor for Gavriil Popov in 1991, succeeded him in 1992.
4. Died in a helicopter crash 20 August 2003.

References

1. "Губернаторские выборы - 2003" [Gubernatorial elections - 2003]. politika.su (in Russian).
2. 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). pp. 180–187.
3. "Олег Бударгин - новый губернатор Таймыра" [Oleg Budargin is the new governor of Taymyr]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 2003-01-27.
4. "Николай Дудов уже в понедельник начнет формировать свою новую команду" [Nikolay Dudov will start forming his new team on Monday]. newsru.com (in Russian). 2003-02-17. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22.
5. "На губернаторских выборах в Мордовии победил Николай Меркушкин" [Nikolay Merkushkin wins the gubernatorial elections in Mordovia]. newsru.com (in Russian). 2003-02-17. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21.
6. "Итоги выборов в субъектах Российской Федерации 25 мая 2003 года" [Results of elections in the subjects of the Russian Federation on 25 May 2003]. CEC (in Russian).
7. "Выборы в КЧР" [Elections in the KCR]. Kommersant (in Russian). 2003-09-01.
8. "Мустафа Батдыев — новый президент Карачаево-Черкесии" [Mustafa Batdyyev is the new president of Karachay-Cherkessia]. Channel One Russia (in Russian). 2003-09-01.
9. "Полежаев официально объявлен победителем выборов губернатора в Омской области" [Polezhaev officially declared winner of the gubernatorial election in Omsk Oblast]. newsru.com (in Russian). 2003-09-09. Archived from the original on 2004-11-20.
10. "Глава Свердловской области будет избран во втором туре" [The head of Sverdlovsk Oblast will be elected in the second round]. newsru.com (in Russian). 2003-09-08.
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