2000 Russian gubernatorial elections

2000 Russian gubernatorial elections
← 1999 26 March – 24 December 2000 2001 →
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	2000 Russian regional elections: Gubernatorial (or head of subject) Gubernatorial (of another subject) Two gubernatorial elections (including one of another subject) Gubernatorial and legislative Gubernatorial and legislative (both of another subject) Legislative Legislative (of another subject) Referendum Referendum and gubernatorial;

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.

Federal Subject	Date	Incumbent	Incumbent since	Candidates	Result
Moscow Oblast	9 January (runoff)	see 1999 elections
Novosibirsk Oblast
Tver Oblast
Altai Krai^[1] (snap election)	26 March	Alexander Surikov	1996	Y Alexander Surikov 77.22% Vladimir Rayfikesht 10.91% Sergey Sannikov 4.14%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kirov Oblast^[2] (snap election)	26 March	Vladimir Sergeyenkov	1996	Y Vladimir Sergeyenkov 58.03% Andrey Alpatov 15.03% Valentin Pervakov 11.42% Against all 7.89%	Incumbent re-elected.
Murmansk Oblast^[3] (snap election)	26 March	Yury Yevdokimov	1996	Y Yury Yevdokimov 86.71% Yevgeny Komarov 3.37%	Incumbent re-elected.
Saratov Oblast^[4] (snap election)	26 March	Dmitry Ayatskov	1996	Y Dmitry Ayatskov 67.26% Igor Karaulov 9.62% Against all 20.32%	Incumbent re-elected.
Jewish AO^[5] (snap election)	26 March	Nikolay Volkov	1991	Y Nikolay Volkov 56.76% Boris Korsunsky 25.71% Against all 11.15%	Incumbent re-elected.
Khanty-Mansi AO^[6] (snap election)	26 March	Alexander Filipenko	1991	Y Alexander Filipenko 90.82% Against all 5.94%	Incumbent re-elected.
Yamalo-Nenets AO^[7] (snap election)	26 March	Yury Neyolov	1994	Y Yury Neyolov 88.10% Against all 7.72%	Incumbent re-elected.
Saint Petersburg^[8]	14 May	Vladimir Yakovlev	1996	Y Vladimir Yakovlev (endorsed by OVR, Unity, CPRF) 72.69% Igor Artemyev (Yabloko) 14.68% Yury Boldyrev 3.79% Artyom Tarasov 3.59%	Incumbent re-elected.
Samara Oblast^[9] (snap election)	2 July	Konstantin Titov (resigned) Yury Logoydo (acting)	1991	Y Konstantin Titov (SPS) 53.25% Viktor Tarkhov 29.23% Gennady Zvyagin 9.08%	Former governor re-elected.
Udmurtia^[10]	15 October	none^[a]	N/a	Y Alexander Volkov 37.84% Pavel Vershinin 23.93% Nikolay Ganza 12.28% Andrey Soluyanov 12.17% Against all 9.48%	New president elected to a vacant position.
Sakhalin Oblast^[11]	22 October	Igor Farkhutdinov	1995	Y Igor Farkhutdinov 56.29% Fyodor Sidorenko (endorsed by NPSR, SPS) 21.36% Anatoly Chyorny 8.36% Against all 6.93%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kursk Oblast^[12]	22 October (first round)	Alexander Rutskoy	1996	Alexander Mikhailov (CPRF/NPSR) 39.52% Viktor Surzhikov 21.58% Sergey Maltsev 8.42% Vladimir Stekachev 7.28% Nikolay Greshilov 6.16% Against all 12.26%	Incumbent removed from ballot. New governor elected.
Kursk Oblast^[12]	5 November (runoff)	Alexander Rutskoy	1996	Y Alexander Mikhailov (CPRF/NPSR) 55.54% Viktor Surzhikov 37.93% Against all 5.43%	Incumbent removed from ballot. New governor elected.
Chita Oblast^[13]^[14]	29 October	Ravil Geniatulin	1996	Y Ravil Geniatulin 57.02% Viktor Voytenko 16.25% Nikolay Goncharov 15.55% Against all 5.59%	Incumbent re-elected.
Agin-Buryat AO^[15] (snap election)	29 October	Bair Zhamsuyev	1997	Y Bair Zhamsuyev 89.34%	Incumbent re-elected.
Magadan Oblast^[16]	5 November	Valentin Tsvetkov	1996	Y Valentin Tsvetkov 62.76% Vladimir Butkeyev 14.13% Vladimir Markov 8.69% Against all 8.89%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kaliningrad Oblast^[17]	5 November (first round)	Leonid Gorbenko	1996	Vladimir Yegorov 37.56% Leonid Gorbenko 21.54% Vladimir Nikitin 15.81% Yury Sinelnik 12.78% Against all 7.21%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Kaliningrad Oblast^[17]	19 November (runoff)	Leonid Gorbenko	1996	Y Vladimir Yegorov 56.47% Leonid Gorbenko 33.71% Against all 8.4%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Kaluga Oblast^[18]^[19]	12 November	Valery Sudarenkov	1996	Y Anatoly Artamonov 56.72% Aleksey Demichev 15.85% Valery Artyomov 7.88% Against all 10.03%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
Pskov Oblast^[20]^[14]	12 November	Yevgeny Mikhailov	1996	Y Yevgeny Mikhailov (Unity) 28.01% Viktor Bibikov 15.12% Mikhail Kuznetsov 15.04% Vladimir Nikitin (CPRF) 14.53% Mikhail Bryachak 6.40% Vladimir Sidorenko (APR) 5.16% Against all 6.20%	Incumbent re-elected.
Ust-Orda Buryat AO^[21]	19 November	Valery Maleyev	1996	Y Valery Maleyev 53.67% Kuzma Aldarov 32.00% Against all 5.27%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kurgan Oblast^[22]	26 November (first round)	Oleg Bogomolov	1996	Oleg Bogomolov (Unity) 43.23% Nikolay Bagretsov 22.05% Lev Yefremov 16.64% Anatoly Koltashov 5.49% Against all 8.45%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kurgan Oblast^[22]	10 December (runoff)	Oleg Bogomolov	1996	Y Oleg Bogomolov (Unity) 50.38% Nikolay Bagretsov 42.47% Against all 5.87%	Incumbent re-elected.
Krasnodar Krai^[23]	3 December	Nikolai Kondratenko	1996	Y Alexander Tkachov (CPRF/APR, endorsed by Unity) 81.78% Igor Kramarenko 5.23% Against all 7.09%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
Astrakhan Oblast^[24]	3 December	Anatoly Guzhvin	1991	Y Anatoly Guzhvin 81.82% Aleksandr Mikhaylov 6.04% Against all 5.84%	Incumbent re-elected.
Perm Oblast^[25]	3 December	Gennady Igumnov	1996	Y Yury Trutnev 51.48% Gennady Igumnov 34.95% Pavel Anokhin 5.62%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Koryakia^[26]	3 December	Valentina Bronevich	1996	Y Vladimir Loginov 50.68% Valentina Bronevich 32.99% Sergey Lyoushkin 5.13%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Mari El^[27]	3 December (first round)	Vyacheslav Kislitsyn	1996	Leonid Markelov (LDPR) 29.21% Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF) 25.19% Ivan Teterin 18.82% Anatoly Ivanov 9.43%	Incumbent lost re-election. New president elected.
Mari El^[27]	17 December (runoff)	Vyacheslav Kislitsyn	1996	Y Leonid Markelov (LDPR) 58.23% Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF) 33.40% Against all 6.90%	Incumbent lost re-election. New president elected.
Stavropol Krai^[28]	3 December (first round)	Alexander Chernogorov	1996	Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF/NPSR) 28.58% Stanislav Ilyasov 19.00% Mikhail Kuzmin 17.55% Aleksandr Shiyanov 13.36% Against all 6.00%	Incumbent re-elected.
Stavropol Krai^[28]	17 December (runoff)	Alexander Chernogorov	1996	Y Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF/NPSR) 56.57% Stanislav Ilyasov 36.33% Against all 6.07%	Incumbent re-elected.
Arkhangelsk Oblast^[29]	3 December (first round)	Anatoly Yefremov	1996	Anatoly Yefremov 49.70% Nikolay Malakov 34.26% Against all 12.06%	Incumbent re-elected.
Arkhangelsk Oblast^[29]	17 December (runoff)	Anatoly Yefremov	1996	Y Anatoly Yefremov 58.50% Nikolay Malakov 31.59% Against all 8.85%	Incumbent re-elected.
Ivanovo Oblast^[30]	3 December (first round)	Vladislav Tikhomirov	1996	Vladimir Tikhonov (CPRF/NPSR) 48.54% Anatoly Golovkov (OVR) 32.32% Pavel Pozhigailo 5.20% Against all 8.16%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
Ivanovo Oblast^[30]	17 December (runoff)	Vladislav Tikhomirov	1996	Y Vladimir Tikhonov (CPRF/NPSR) 62.36% Anatoly Golovkov (OVR) 33.08%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
Kamchatka Oblast^[31]	3 December (first round)	Vladimir Biryukov	1991	Boris Sinchenko 27.76% Mikhail Mashkovtsev (CPRF/NPSR) 20.00% Georgy Greshnykh 15.78% Valery Dorogin 14.75% Against all 12.22%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
Kamchatka Oblast^[31]	17 December (runoff)	Vladimir Biryukov	1991	Y Mikhail Mashkovtsev (CPRF/NPSR) 45.83% Boris Sinchenko 42.49% Against all 10.39%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
Ryazan Oblast^[32]^[33]	3 December (first round)	Vyacheslav Lyubimov	1996	Vyacheslav Lyubimov (CPRF/NPSR) 40.09% Valery Ryumin 12.36% Vladimir Markov 10.16% Nikolay Bulayev 9.22% Pyotr Zabaluyev 7.16%	Incumbent re-elected.
Ryazan Oblast^[32]^[33]	17 December (runoff)	Vyacheslav Lyubimov	1996	Y Vyacheslav Lyubimov (CPRF/NPSR) 65.14% Valery Ryumin 26.82%	Incumbent re-elected.
Komi-Permyakia^[34]	3 December (first round)	Nikolay Poluyanov	1991	Gennady Savelyev 27.14% Nikolay Poluyanov (Unity) 24.23% Valery Vankov (endorsed by NPSR) 11.04% Anatoly Fedoseyev 10.00% Against all 17.81%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Komi-Permyakia^[34]	17 December (runoff)	Nikolay Poluyanov	1991	Y Gennady Savelyev 44.25% Nikolay Poluyanov (Unity) 40.09% Against all 13.11%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Khabarovsk Krai^[35]	10 December	Viktor Ishayev	1991	Y Viktor Ishayev (Unity) 87.84% Svetlana Zhukova 6.32%	Incumbent re-elected.
Bryansk Oblast^[36]	10 December	Yury Lodkin	1996	Y Yury Lodkin (CPRF/NPSR) 29.21% Nikolay Denin (endorsed by Unity) 21.15% Yury Demochkin 15.82% Viktor Malashenko 7.30% Yury D. Lodkin 6.45% Aleksandr Denin 5.40% Against all 6.90%	Incumbent re-elected.
Vladimir Oblast^[37]	10 December	Nikolay Vinogradov	1996	Y Nikolay Vinogradov (CPRF/NPSR, endorsed by Unity, OVR) 65.58% Yury Vlasov (endorsed by SPS, Yabloko) 15.98% Against all 11.20%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kostroma Oblast^[38]	10 December (first round)	Viktor Shershunov	1996	Viktor Shershunov 43.74% Boris Korobov (endorsed by Unity) 23.08% Nikolay Romanov 14.49% Against all 13.26%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kostroma Oblast^[38]	24 December (runoff)	Viktor Shershunov	1996	Y Viktor Shershunov 63.09% Boris Korobov 24.61% Against all 10.62%	Incumbent re-elected.
Khakassia^[39]	24 December	Aleksey Lebed	1996	Y Aleksey Lebed (endorsed by OVR, NPSR) 71.23% Vasily Astanayev (APR) 13.48% Against all 5.48%	Incumbent re-elected.
Chelyabinsk Oblast^[40]	24 December	Pyotr Sumin	1996	Y Pyotr Sumin (endorsed by NPSR, Unity) 58.68% Mikhail Grishankov 17.15% Valery Gartung 14.26%	Incumbent re-elected.
Ulyanovsk Oblast^[41]	24 December	Yury Goryachev	1992	Y Vladimir Shamanov (endorsed by NPSR, Unity) 56.26% Yury Goryachev 23.58% Sergey Ryabukhin 11.54%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Volgograd Oblast^[42]	24 December	Nikolay Maksyuta	1996	Y Nikolay Maksyuta (CPRF/NPSR) 36.72% Oleg Savchenko 28.31% Yury Chekhov (endorsed by OVR) 11.12% Anatoly Popov 9.67% Against all 5.46%	Incumbent re-elected.
Voronezh Oblast^[43]	24 December	Ivan Shabanov	1996	Y Vladimir Kulakov 59.99% Ivan Shabanov (CPRF/NPSR) 15.21% Aleksandr Gusev 12.16% Against all 8.10%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Chukotka^[44]	24 December	Aleksandr Nazarov	1991	Y Roman Abramovich 90.61% Vladimir Yetylin 3.21%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.

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