2008 Russian elections

2008 Russian elections

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The 2008 Russian elections took place on 2 March and 12 October 2008 (both known as "single voting day"), including presidential election and 16 regional legislative elections.

Presidential election

Main article: 2008 Russian presidential election

Presidential election was held on 2 March 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was elected president for a four-year term with 70.3% of the vote. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin was term-limited.

Legislative elections

March

Legislature	Voting system	Party-list results					District seats	Majority
		UR	CPRF	LDPR	SR	Other [a]
Bashkortostan, State Assembly [1]	60 PR + 60 FPTP)	85.77% (55)	7.24% (5)	2.18%	3.53%	—	UR 55, Ind 4, CPRF 1	110 / 120
Ingushetia, People's Assembly [2]	27 PR [b]	74.09% (20)	7.34% (2)	11.06% (4)	7.39% (2)	—	none	20 / 27
Kalmykia, People's Khural [3]	27 PR	54.58% (17)	22.63% (7)	3.66%	4.97%	APR 7.69% (3)	none	17 / 27
Sakha (Yakutia), State Assembly [4] [5]	35 PR + 35 FPTP	51.80% (20)	15.97% (6)	6.40%	14.93% (6)	APR 8.53% (3)	UR 16, Ind 13, APR 3, CPRF 1, vacant 2	36 / 70
Altai Krai Legislative Assembly [6]	34 PR + 34 FPTP	53.44% (18)	19.60% (7)	16.45% (6)	7.72% (3)	—	UR 20, Ind 7, SR 6, APR 1	38 / 68
Amur Oblast, Legislative Assembly [7]	36 PR	62.43% (25)	17.54% (7)	11.01% (4)	5.48%	—	none	25 / 36
Ivanovo Oblast Duma [8]	24 PR + 24 FPTP	60.30% (15)	15.34% (4)	8.61% (2)	10.27% (3)	—	UR 16, Ind 6, CPRF 1	31 / 48
Rostov Oblast, Legislative Assembly [9]	25 PR + 25 FPTP	71.88% (20)	15.81% (5)	5.77%	5.06%	—	UR 25	45 / 50
Sverdlovsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly [10] [11]	14 PR [c] + 21 FPTP [d]	58.43% (10)	12.20% (2)	16.07% (2)	6.26%	—	UR 21	10 / 14 21 / 21
Ulyanovsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly [12]	15 PR + 15 FPTP	66.36% (10)	15.95% (3)	7.39% (1)	7.77% (1)	—	UR 14, SR 1	24 / 30
Yaroslavl Oblast, State Duma [13]	25 PR + 25 FPTP	50.02% (15)	14.60% (4)	12.58% (4)	did not stand	PoR 5.92% (2)	UR 16, Ind 9	31 / 50
Total (incl. district seats)	561 seats	408	55	23	22	53	—	408 / 561

October

Legislature	Voting system	Party-list results					District seats	Majority
		UR	CPRF	LDPR	SR	Other [a]
Chechnya, Parliament [14]	41 PR [e]	88.40% (37)	0.33%	0.18%	9.20% (4)	—	none	37 / 41
Zabaykalsky Krai, Legislative Assembly [15]	25 PR + 20 FPTP + 5 MNTV [f]	54.81% (14)	13.41% (4)	10.81% (3)	9.30% (2)	APR 6.90% (2)	UR 19, Ind 4, CPRF 1, APR 1	33 / 50
Irkutsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly [16]	25 PR + 21 FPTP + 4 MNTV [g]	49.45% (15)	13.25% (4)	15.07% (4)	8.11% (2)	—	UR 16, Ind 6, APR 2, SR 1	31 / 50
Kemerovo Oblast, Council of People's Deputies [17]	18 PR + 18 FPTP [h]	84.79% (17)	3.47%	4.66%	5.51% (1)	—	UR 18	35 / 36
Sakhalin Oblast Duma [18]	14 PR + 14 FPTP	55.27% (9)	23.11% (3)	9.85% (1)	8.46% (1)	—	UR 12, CPRF 1, SR 1	21 / 28
Total (incl. district seats)	205 seats	157	13	8	12	15	—	157 / 205

Mayoral elections

Elections for mayor were held in 18 capital cities of federal subjects of Russia.

City	Date	Incumbent	Incumbent since	Candidates	Result
Abakan, Khakassia [19]	2 March	Nikolay Bulakin	1995	YNikolay Bulakin (Ind) 82.65% Valery Starostin (LDPR) 7.31%	Incumbent re-elected.
Barnaul, Altai Krai [20]		Vladimir Kolganov	2003	YVladimir Kolganov (UR) 61.91% Sergey Mamayev (Ind) 19.58% Pavel Chesnov (Ind) 6.47% Vasily Vyalykh (Ind) 5.54%	Incumbent re-elected.
Gorno-Altaysk, Altai Republic [21]		Viktor Oblogin	1992	YViktor Oblogin (Ind) 68.95% Oleg Pyankov (Ind) 22.50%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kemerovo, Kemerovo Oblast [22]		Vladimir Mikhailov	1991	YVladimir Mikhailov (UR) 85.34% Vladimir Poleshchuk (Ind) 13.17%	Incumbent re-elected.
Khanty-Mansiysk, Khanty-Mansi AO [23]		Valery Sudeykin (resigned)	2001	YAndrey Bukarinov (UR) 82.53% Aleksandr Pulinovich (Ind) 9.08%	New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai [24]		Pyotr Pimashkov	1996	Y Pyotr Pimashkov (UR) 70.43% Valery Sergiyenko (CPRF) 14.94% Yevgeny Malchikov (Ind) 6.31%	Incumbent re-elected.
Maykop, Adygea [25]		Mikhail Chernichenko	1991	YMikhail Chernichenko (UR) 65.60% Lazar Afanasyev (Ind) 19.61% Igor Didenko (Ind) 11.23%	Incumbent re-elected.
Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast [26]		Nikolay Grazhdankin [27] (resigned) Yury Bobryshev (acting)	2002	Y Yury Bobryshev (Ind) 75.54% Dmitry Skoropisov (Ind) 8.95%	Acting mayor elected for a full term.
Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast [28]		Boris Skrynnikov	2003	Y Sergey Koliukh (UR) 31.08% Galina Kudryavtseva (Ind) 16.14% Viktor Vitinik (Ind) 12.83% Yury Matveyev (Ind) 10.52% Andrey Pomerantsev (CPRF) 6.76% Boris Skrynnikov (Ind) 5.86%	Incumbent lost re-election. New mayor elected.
Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast [29]		Viktor Volonchunas	1991	YViktor Volonchunas (UR) 72.03% Vera Nikolskaya (Ind) 9.99% Aleksandr Simon (Ind) 7.61% Nikolay Postnikov (Ind) 5.64%	Incumbent re-elected.
Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast [30]		Arkady Chernetsky	1992	Y Arkady Chernetsky (UR) 54.01% Oleg Khabibullin (Ind) 23.70% Aleksey Yesaulkov (Ind) 9.62% Viktor Ufimtsev (LDPR) 6.82%	Incumbent re-elected.
Naryan-Mar, Nenets AO [31]	18 May	Leonid Sablin (resigned)	2005	YYury Rodionovsky (Ind) 36.49% Olga Starostina (Ind) 27.78% Tatyana Fyodorova (Ind) 18.26% Aleksandr Bebenin (Ind) 10.41%	New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai [32]		Vladimir Nikolayev (removed)	2004	Y Igor Pushkaryov (UR) 57.03% Gennady Turmov (CPRF) 32.84% Vladimir Gilgenberg (Ind) 5.85%	New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast [33]	25 May	Alexander Donskoy (removed) Viktor Pavlenko (acting)	2005	YViktor Pavlenko (Ind) 37.40% Larisa Bazanova (Ind) 37.25% Mikhail Kachanov (LDPR) 8.81%	Acting mayor elected for a full term.
Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai [34]	12 October	Aleksandr Sokolov	2000	Y Aleksandr Sokolov (UR) 79.89% Boris Serebryakov (Ind) 18.02%	Incumbent re-elected.
Magadan, Magadan Oblast [35]		Vladimir Pechyony	2004	Y Vladimir Pechyony (UR) 85.90% Igor Novikov (Ind) 11.51%	Incumbent re-elected.
Stavropol, Stavropol Krai [36]		Dmitry Kuzmin	2003	Y Nikolai Paltsev (UR) 75.49% Viktor Goncharov (CPRF) 14.41%	Incumbent did not stand for re-election. New mayor elected.
Vologda, Vologda Oblast [37]		Aleksey Yakunichev (resigned)	1995	Y Evgeny Shulepov (UR) 56.12% Sergey Potapov (CPRF) 21.61% Sergey Karginov (LDPR) 7.69%	New mayor elected to a vacant position.

Notes

1. Only parties that crossed the threshold are included.
2. Down from 34 seats in previous election.
3. Half of the seats in the Oblast Duma.
4. All seats in the House of Representatives.
5. Bicameral parliament (40 + 18 seats) was replaced with unicameral one following a referendum.
6. Five-member district covering the former Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug.
7. Four-member district covering the former Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug.
8. Total 36 seats, up from 35 in previous election.

References

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3. Кынев 2009, p. 108-112.
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9. Кынев 2009, p. 387-389.
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Source

• Кынев, Александр (2009). Выборы парламентов российских регионов 2003-2009: Первый цикл внедрения пропорциональной избирательной системы [Elections of Russian regional parliaments 2003-2009: First cycle of implementation of the proportional electoral system](PDF) (in Russian). М.: Панорама. ISBN   978-5-94420-036-5 . Retrieved 21 December 2025.