1997 Russian gubernatorial elections

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1997 Russian gubernatorial elections
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  1996 12 January – 28 December 1997 1998  

14 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89
  Zyuganov portrait (cropped).jpg Sergey Filatov3.jpg
Leader Gennady Zyuganov Sergey Filatov
Alliance People's Patriotic Union of Russia (NPSR) All-Russian Coordination Council (OKS)

Gubernatorial elections in 1997 took place in 14 regions of the Russian Federation.

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Background

In January–March 1997, the process of holding first gubernatorial elections in all regions of Russia, which began in September 1996, was practically completed. By January 1, six governors-appointees remained in power: Leonid Roketsky in Tyumen Oblast, Yury Lyashko in Amur Oblast, Bolot Ayushiyev in ABAO, Nikolai Sevryugin in Tula Oblast, Mikhail Kislyuk in Kemerovo Oblast and Anatoly Yakimov in Evenkia. By April only Kislyuk remained in office, instead of whom Aman Tuleyev was appointed on June 30.

In the first quarter of 1997, re-elections of presidents of four republics (Mari El, Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Tuva) and presidential elections in the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria were also held. In the summer, early elections were held for the governors of Nizhny Novgorod and Irkutsk Oblasts after resignations of Boris Nemtsov and Yury Nozhikov, and in the fall the head of Kemerovo Oblast administration was elected.

By decision of the legislative assemblies, re-elections of the head of the administration of Oryol Oblast and the head of the Komi Republic were held six months ahead of schedule. In December, the re-election in Chuvashia and the first election of the Head of the Altai Republic took place.

Results

Federal SubjectDateIncumbentIncumbent statusCandidatesGovernor-elect
Adygea 12 January Aslan Dzharimov Elected 1992
Aslan Dzharimov
Kabardino-Balkaria 12 January Valery Kokov Elected 1992Green check.svg Valery Kokov 99.35% (ran unopposed) Valery Kokov
Agin-Buryat AO (revote)23 February Bolot Ayushiyev Appointed 1996, removed on 6 February 1997
  • Green check.svgY Bair Zhamsuyev (OKS) 44.56%
  • Yury Dondokov 33.03%
  • Bato-Tsyren Abiduyev 9.39%
  • Namdak Zhambalov 8.71%
Bair Zhamsuyev (OKS)
Tuva 16 March Sherig-ool Oorzhak Elected 1992
Sherig-ool Oorzhak
Evenkia (revote)16 March Anatoly Yakimov Appointed 1991
Aleksandr Bokovikov (NPSR)
Amur Oblast (revote)23 March Yury Lyashko Appointed 1996
Anatoly Belonogov (CPRF/NPSR)
Tula Oblast 23 March Nikolai Sevryugin Appointed 1995
Vasily Starodubtsev (CPRF/NPSR)
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 29 June, 13 July Boris Nemtsov Resigned from office
Ivan Sklyarov
Irkutsk Oblast 27 July Yury Nozhikov Resigned from office
Boris Govorin (NDR/OKS)
Kemerovo Oblast 19 October Aman Tuleyev Appointed 1997
Aman Tuleyev (NPSR)
Oryol Oblast 26 October Yegor Stroyev Elected 1993Green check.svg Yegor Stroyev 95.1% Yegor Stroyev (NDR)
Komi 30 November Yury Spiridonov Elected 1994
Yury Spiridonov (NDR)
Altai Republic 14 December Vladilen Volkov PM from August 1997
Semyon Zubakin (DVR)
Chuvashia [1] 28 December Nikolay Fyodorov/Enver AblyakimovElected 1993
Nikolay Fyodorov / Lev Kurakov

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References

  1. "Результаты выборов Президента Чувашской Республики 28 декабря 1997 года". Panorama (in Russian).

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