2003 Russian gubernatorial elections

2003 Russian gubernatorial elections
23 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89
	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[edit]

Federal Subject	Date	Incumbent	First elected	Candidates^[1]^[2]
Taymyr AO^[3]	26 January	Alexander Khloponin^[a]	2001	Y Oleg Budargin 68.89% Gennady Subbotkin 7.05% Sergey Uoday 3.81% Alexander Burdein 2.71%
Magadan Oblast^[4]	2 & 16 February	Valentin Tsvetkov^[b]	1996	Y 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	Y Nikolay Merkushkin 87.47% Anatoly Chubukov (CPRF) 6.95%
Belgorod Oblast^[6]	25 May	Yevgeny Savchenko	1995	Y Yevgeny Savchenko 61.15% Vasily Altukhov (CPRF) 21.93%
Karachay-Cherkessia^[7]^[8]	17 & 31 August	Vladimir Semyonov	1999	Y Mustafa Batdyyev 41.67% / 47.97% Vladimir Semyonov 36.92% / 46.41% Islam Burlakov 12.84%
Novgorod Oblast	7 September	Mikhail Prusak	1995	Y Mikhail Prusak 78.73% Vladimir Dugenets 4.39% Alexander Sevastyanov 4.34%
Omsk Oblast^[9]	7 September	Leonid Polezhayev	1995	Y Leonid Polezhayev 57.27% Leonid Mayevsky (CPRF) 28.59%
Sverdlovsk Oblast^[10]	7 September	Eduard Rossel	1995	Y Eduard Rossel (UR) 42.85% / 55.53% Anton Bakov 14.43% / 29.97% Andrey Vikharev 13.68%
Leningrad Oblast	21 September	Valery Serdyukov	1999	Y Valery Serdyukov 56.85% Vadim Gustov 25.26%
Tomsk Oblast	21 September	Viktor Kress	1995	Y Viktor Kress 70.10% Alexander Pomorov (CPRF) 12.75%
Saint Petersburg	21 September, 5 October	Vladimir Yakovlev^[c]	1996	Y Valentina Matviyenko 48.73% / 63.20% Anna Markova 15.84% / 24.14% Sergey Belyayev 8.08% Mikhail Amosov (Yabloko) 7.05%
Chechnya^[11]	5 October	Akhmad Kadyrov	—^[d]	Y Akhmad Kadyrov 80.84% Abdulla Bugayev 5.77% Shamil Burayev 3.95%
Moscow^[12]^[13]	7 December	Yury Luzhkov	1996^[e]	Y Yury Luzhkov (UR) 74.83% Alexander Lebedev 12.78% German Sterligov 3.65%
Vologda Oblast	7 December	Vyacheslav Pozgalyov	1996	Y Vyacheslav Pozgalyov 82.93% Vyacheslav Stepanov 5.00%
Moscow Oblast	7 December	Boris Gromov	1999	Y Boris Gromov (UR) 83.04% Aleksey Mitrofanov (LDPR) 4.14%
Novosibirsk Oblast	7 December	Viktor Tolokonsky	1999	Y Viktor Tolokonsky 57.67% Mikhail Titov (CPRF) 17.80% Ivan Starikov (SPS) 9.78%
Orenburg Oblast	7 December	Alexey Chernyshyov	1999	Y Alexey Chernyshyov (APR) 63.46% Oleg Naumov (SPS) 10.55%
Tambov Oblast	7 December	Oleg Betin	1999	Y Oleg Betin 71.08% Alexander Zhalnin 8.96%
Yaroslavl Oblast	7 December	Anatoly Lisitsyn	1995	Y Anatoly Lisitsyn 73.15% Sergey Zagidullin 10.50%
Bashkortostan	7 & 21 December	Murtaza Rakhimov	1993	Y Murtaza Rakhimov 42.59% / 78.01% Sergey Veremeenko 25.38% / 15.84% Ralif Safin 23.04%
Kirov Oblast	7 & 21 December	Vladimir Sergeyenkov^[f]	1996	Y Nikolay Shaklein 33.82% / 62.77% Oleg Valenchuk (UR) 13.92% / 26.32%
Sakhalin Oblast	7 & 21 December	Igor Farkhutdinov^[g]	1996	Y 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	Y Dmitry Zelenin 42.49% / 57.42% Igor Zubov 14.59% / 33.85% Tatyana Astrakhankina (CPRF) 12.85% Vladimir Platov 12.45%

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "Губернаторские выборы - 2003" [Gubernatorial elections - 2003]. politika.su (in Russian).
^ 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.
^ "Олег Бударгин - новый губернатор Таймыра" [Oleg Budargin is the new governor of Taymyr]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 2003-01-27.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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).
^ "Выборы в КЧР" [Elections in the KCR]. Kommersant (in Russian). 2003-09-01.
^ "Мустафа Батдыев — новый президент Карачаево-Черкесии" [Mustafa Batdyyev is the new president of Karachay-Cherkessia]. Channel One Russia (in Russian). 2003-09-01.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Хроника управляемых выборов в Чеченской Республике" [Chronicle of 'managed' elections in the Chechen Republic]. scilla.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
^ "На выборах мэра Москвы Юрий Лужков набрал почти 75% голосов" [Yury Luzhkov won almost 75% of the votes in Moscow mayoral election]. newsru.com (in Russian). 2003-12-08. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21.
^ "Выборы Мэра Москвы" [Moscow mayoral election]. CEC (in Russian).
^ First round
^ "Second round". Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2022-03-16.

[4] Elected governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai in September 2002.

[6] Assassinated 18 October 2002.

[13] Resigned from office 16 June 2003.

[15] Head of the Chechen Republic Administration from 12 June 2000, appointed by federal president.

[18] Elected as vice mayor for Gavriil Popov in 1991, succeeded him in 1992.

[19] Term-limited.

[20] Died in a helicopter crash 20 August 2003.

[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.

[5] "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.

[7] "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.

[8] "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).

[9] "Выборы в КЧР" [Elections in the KCR]. Kommersant (in Russian). 2003-09-01.

[10] "Мустафа Батдыев — новый президент Карачаево-Черкесии" [Mustafa Batdyyev is the new president of Karachay-Cherkessia]. Channel One Russia (in Russian). 2003-09-01.

[11] "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.

[12] "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.

[14] "Хроника управляемых выборов в Чеченской Республике" [Chronicle of 'managed' elections in the Chechen Republic]. scilla.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-03-16.

[16] "На выборах мэра Москвы Юрий Лужков набрал почти 75% голосов" [Yury Luzhkov won almost 75% of the votes in Moscow mayoral election]. newsru.com (in Russian). 2003-12-08. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21.

[17] "Выборы Мэра Москвы" [Moscow mayoral election]. CEC (in Russian).

[21] First round

[22] "Second round". Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2022-03-16.

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