2003 Russian gubernatorial elections

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2003 Russian gubernatorial elections
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  2002 26 January – 21 December 2003 2004  

23 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

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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.

Contents

Race summary

Federal SubjectDateIncumbentFirst
elected
Candidates [1] [2]
Taymyr AO [3] 26 January Alexander Khloponin [lower-alpha 1] 2001
  • Green check.svgY Oleg Budargin 68.89%
  • Gennady Subbotkin 7.05%
  • Sergey Uoday 3.81%
  • Alexander Burdein 2.71%
Magadan Oblast [4] 2 & 16 February Valentin Tsvetkov [lower-alpha 2] 1996
  • Green check.svgY Nikolay Dudov 26.04% / 50.41%
  • Nikolay Karpenko 37.55% / 42.38%
  • Andrey Zinchenko 10.20%
  • Alexander Sechkin 8.97%
Mordovia [5] 16 February Nikolay Merkushkin 1995
Belgorod Oblast [6] 25 May Yevgeny Savchenko 1995
Karachay-Cherkessia [7] [8] 17 & 31 August Vladimir Semyonov 1999
Novgorod Oblast 7 September Mikhail Prusak 1995
  • Green check.svgY Mikhail Prusak 78.73%
  • Vladimir Dugenets 4.39%
  • Alexander Sevastyanov 4.34%
Omsk Oblast [9] 7 September Leonid Polezhayev 1995
Sverdlovsk Oblast [10] 7 September Eduard Rossel 1995
Leningrad Oblast 21 September Valery Serdyukov 1999
Tomsk Oblast 21 September Viktor Kress 1995
Saint Petersburg 21 September,
5 October
Vladimir Yakovlev [lower-alpha 3] 1996
Chechnya [11] 5 October Akhmad Kadyrov [lower-alpha 4]
Moscow [12] [13] 7 December Yury Luzhkov 1996 [lower-alpha 5]
Vologda Oblast 7 December Vyacheslav Pozgalyov 1996
Moscow Oblast 7 December Boris Gromov 1999
Novosibirsk Oblast 7 December Viktor Tolokonsky 1999
Orenburg Oblast 7 December Alexey Chernyshyov 1999
Tambov Oblast 7 December Oleg Betin 1999
Yaroslavl Oblast 7 December Anatoly Lisitsyn 1995
Bashkortostan 7 & 21 December Murtaza Rakhimov 1993
Kirov Oblast 7 & 21 December Vladimir Sergeyenkov [lower-alpha 6] 1996
Sakhalin Oblast 7 & 21 December Igor Farkhutdinov [lower-alpha 7] 1996
  • Green check.svgY Ivan Malakhov 35.17% / 53.01%
  • Fyodor Sidorenko 19.55% / 34.26%
  • Anatoly Chyorny 8.56%
Tver Oblast [14] [15] 7 & 21 December Vladimir Platov 1995

Notes

  1. Elected governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai in September 2002.
  2. Assassinated 18 October 2002.
  3. Resigned from office 16 June 2003.
  4. Head of the Chechen Republic Administration from 12 June 2000, appointed by federal president.
  5. Elected as vice mayor for Gavriil Popov in 1991, succeeded him in 1992.
  6. Term-limited.
  7. Died in a helicopter crash 20 August 2003.

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