2000 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections in 2000 took place in 41 regions of the Russian Federation. Four years after the campaign of 1996 nearly a half of 89 governors' seats were contested again.

In January, the second rounds of the December 1999 elections took place in Moscow, Novosibirsk and Tver Oblasts. In seven regions, the elections were moved to the federal election day on 26 March 2000 due to cost reasons. In October 2000, the last parliamentary republic in the Russian Federation, Udmurtia, elected its first president.

Race summary

Federal Subject^[1]	Date		First elected	Losing candidates
Altai Krai	26 March	Alexander Surikov	1996	Vladimir Rayfikesht, Sergey Sannikov	Alexander Surikov
Kirov Oblast	26 March	Vladimir Sergeyenkov	1996	Andrey Alpatov, Valentin Pervakov, Sergey Sharenkov	Vladimir Sergeyenkov
Murmansk Oblast	26 March	Yury Yevdokimov	1996	Yevgeny Komarov	Yury Yevdokimov
Saratov Oblast	26 March	Dmitry Ayatskov	1996	Igor Karaulov	Dmitry Ayatskov
Jewish AO^[2]	26 March	Nikolay Volkov	1996	Boris Korsunsky/Nikolay Buryndin	Nikolay Volkov/Gennady Antonov
Khanty-Mansi AO	26 March	Alexander Filipenko	1996	Valery Abramov	Alexander Filipenko
Yamalo-Nenets AO	26 March	Yury Neyolov	1996	Gennady Tatarchuk, Gennady Todyrko	Yury Neyolov
Saint Petersburg	14 May	Vladimir Yakovlev	1996	Igor Artemyev (Yabloko), Yury Boldyrev, Artyom Tarasov	Vladimir Yakovlev (OVR)
Samara Oblast	2 July	Konstantin Titov	1996	Viktor Tarkhov, Gennady Zvyagin	Konstantin Titov (SPS)
Udmurtia	15 October	Alexander Volkov	—^[a]	Pavel Vershinin, Nikolay Ganza, Andrey Soluyanov	Alexander Volkov
Sakhalin Oblast	22 October	Igor Farkhutdinov	1996	Fyodor Sidorenko (supported by NPSR and SPS), Anatoly Chyorny, Nina Filippova	Igor Farkhutdinov
Kursk Oblast	22 October, 5 November	Alexander Rutskoy	1996	Viktor Surzhikov, Sergey Maltsev, Vladimir Stekachyov, Nikolay Greshilov	Alexander Mikhailov (CPRF/NPSR)
Chita Oblast^[3]	29 October	Ravil Geniatulin	1996	Viktor Voytenko, Nikolay Goncharov, Viktor Kurochkin (SPS)	Ravil Geniatulin
Agin-Buryat AO	29 October	Bair Zhamsuyev	1996	Babu-Dorzhi Bazarov, Yury Tsymzhenov	Bair Zhamsuyev
Magadan Oblast	5 November	Valentin Tsvetkov	1996	Vladimir Butkeyev, Vladimir Markov, Gennady Dorofeyev	Valentin Tsvetkov
Kaliningrad Oblast^[4]	5 & 19 November	Leonid Gorbenko	1996	Leonid Gorbenko (Unity), Vladimir Nikitin (CPRF/NPSR), Yury Sinelnik	Vladimir Yegorov
Kaluga Oblast^[5]	12 November	Valery Sudarenkov/Anatoly Artamonov	1996	Anatoly Demichev/Vladimir Andreyev, Valery Artyomov/Mikhail Glazunov, Valery Baranovich/Vladimir Zakharov	Anatoly Artamonov/Yevgeny Moiseyev
Pskov Oblast^[3]	12 November	Yevgeny Mikhailov	1996	Viktor Bibikov, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Vladimir Nikitin (CPRF), Mikhail Bryachak, Vladimir Sidorenko (APR)	Yevgeny Mikhailov (Unity)
Ust-Orda Buryat AO	19 November	Valery Maleyev	1996	Kuzma Aldarov, Roman Dulbeyev, Igor Shpakov	Valery Maleyev
Kurgan Oblast	26 November, 10 December	Oleg Bogomolov	1996	Nikolay Bagretsov, Lev Yefremov, Anatoly Koltashov	Oleg Bogomolov (Unity)
Krasnodar Krai	3 December	Nikolai Kondratenko	1996	Igor Kramarenko, Martiros Oganesyan	Alexander Tkachov (CPRF~APR, supported by Unity)
Astrakhan Oblast	3 December	Anatoly Guzhvin	1996	Alexander Mikhaylov, Viktor Likhobanin (LDPR)	Anatoly Guzhvin
Perm Oblast	3 December	Gennady Igumnov	1996	Gennady Igumnov, Pavel Anokhin (Unity)	Yury Trutnev
Koryakia	3 December	Valentina Bronevich	1996	Valentina Bronevich, Sergey Leushkin	Vladimir Loginov
Mari El	3 & 17 December	Vyacheslav Kislitsyn	1996	Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF), Ivan Teterin, Anatoly Ivanov, Dail Shagiakhmetov	Leonid Markelov (LDPR)
Stavropol Krai	3 & 17 December	Alexander Chernogorov	1996	Stanislav Ilyasov, Mikhail Kuzmin, Alexander Shiyanov, Yevgeny Pismenny, Andrey Razin	Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF/NPSR)
Arkhangelsk Oblast	3 & 17 December	Anatoly Yefremov	1996	Nikolay Malakov	Anatoly Yefremov
Ivanovo Oblast	3 & 17 December	Vladislav Tikhomirov	1996	Anatoly Golovkov (OVR), Pavel Pozhigailo	Vladimir Tikhonov (CPRF/NPSR)
Kamchatka Oblast	3 & 17 December	Vladimir Biryukov	1996	Boris Sinchenko, Georgy Greshnykh, Vladimir Dorogin	Mikhail Mashkovtsev (CPRF/NPSR)
Ryazan Oblast	3 & 17 December	Vyacheslav Lyubimov	1996	Valery Ryumin, Vladimir Markov, Nikolay Bulayev, Mikhail Malakhov	Vyacheslav Lyubimov (CPRF/NPSR)
Komi-Permyakia	3 & 17 December	Nikolay Poluyanov	1996	Nikolay Poluyanov (Unity), Valery Vankov (supported by NPSR), Anatoly Fedoseyev	Gennady Savelyev
Khabarovsk Krai	10 December	Viktor Ishayev	1996	Svetlana Zhukova	Viktor Ishayev (Unity)
Bryansk Oblast	10 December	Yury Lodkin	1993	Nikolay Denin (supported by Unity), Yury Dyomochkin, Viktor Malashenko, Yury D. Lodkin, Alexander Denin, Vladimir Barabanov	Yury Lodkin (CPRF/NPSR)
Vladimir Oblast	10 December	Nikolay Vinogradov	1996	Yury Vlasov (supported by SPS and Yabloko), Vitaly Kotov	Nikolay Vinogradov (CPRF/NPSR, supported by Unity and OVR)
Kostroma Oblast	10 & 24 December	Viktor Shershunov	1996	Boris Korobov (supported by Unity), Nikolay Romanov	Viktor Shershunov (CPRF/NPSR)
Khakassia	24 December	Aleksey Lebed	1996	Vasily Astanayev (APR)	Aleksey Lebed (supported by OVR and NPSR)
Chelyabinsk Oblast	24 December	Pyotr Sumin	1993	Mikhail Grishankov, Valery Gartung	Pyotr Sumin ("For the Revival of Ural", supported by NPSR and Unity)
Ulyanovsk Oblast	24 December	Yury Goryachev	1996	Yury Goryachev, Sergey Ryabukhin	Vladimir Shamanov (supported by NPSR and Unity)
Volgograd Oblast	24 December	Nikolay Maksyuta	1996	Oleg Savchenko, Yury Chekhov (supported by OVR), Anatoly Popov	Nikolay Maksyuta (CPRF/NPSR)
Voronezh Oblast	24 December	Ivan Shabanov	1996	Ivan Shabanov (CPRF/NPSR), Alexander Gusev, Oleg Davydov, Alexander Ognev, Sergey Starodubtsev	Vladimir Kulakov
Chukotka	24 December	Aleksandr Nazarov	1996	Vladimir Yetylin	Roman Abramovich

Literature

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).

Notes

^ Chairman of the State Council from 1995

References

^ Gubernatorial Elections — 2000, politika.su
^ "История выборов и назначений губернатора Еврейской автономной области" [History of elections and appointments of the governor of Jewish Autonomous Oblast]. TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-11.
^ ^a ^b "Выборы-2000" [Elections-2000]. RFE/RL (in Russian). 2000-10-12.
^ "Калининградская область" [Kaliningrad Oblast]. Kommersant (in Russian). 2000-10-31.
^ "История выборов и назначений губернатора Калужской области" [History of elections and appointments of the governor of Kaluga Oblast]. TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-11.

[3] Chairman of the State Council from 1995

[1] Gubernatorial Elections — 2000, politika.su

[2] "История выборов и назначений губернатора Еврейской автономной области" [History of elections and appointments of the governor of Jewish Autonomous Oblast]. TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-11.

[sv-4] "Выборы-2000" [Elections-2000]. RFE/RL (in Russian). 2000-10-12.

[5] "Калининградская область" [Kaliningrad Oblast]. Kommersant (in Russian). 2000-10-31.

[6] "История выборов и назначений губернатора Калужской области" [History of elections and appointments of the governor of Kaluga Oblast]. TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-11.

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