2015 Russian elections
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The 2015 Russian elections were held in large part, on Sunday, 13 September 2015 (single election day). There were 24 gubernatorial elections (21 direct and three indirectly elected), 11 regional parliamentary elections, and many elections on the municipal level. Direct elections were held in all subjects, except Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia.
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13 September 2015
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Gubernatorial
Gubernatorial of another subject
Legislative
Gubernatorial and legislative |
Gubernatorial and legislative elections were scheduled during June 4–15, 2015. If regional governor resigned after this period an early gubernatorial election was scheduled for the next single election day in 2016.
Regional elections
Gubernatorial direct elections
| Region | Incumbent | Status | Last race | Results | |
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| Chuvashia | Mikhail Ignatyev (UR) | Re-elected[1] | – |
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| Mari El | Leonid Markelov (UR) | Re-elected[3] | 2004: 56.86% | ||
| Tatarstan | Rustam Minnikhanov (UR) | Re-elected[5] | – | ||
| Kamchatka Krai | Vladimir Ilyukhin (UR) | Re-elected[7] | – | ||
| Krasnodar Krai | Alexander Tkachyov (UR) | Resigned[9] | 2004: 83.98% |
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| Veniamin Kondratyev (UR) | Acting Governor elected[11] | – | |||
| Amur Oblast | Oleg Kozhemyako (UR) | Resigned[12] | 2012: 77.28% |
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| Alexander Kozlov (UR) | Acting Governor elected[14] | – | |||
| Arkhangelsk Oblast | Igor Orlov (UR) | Re-elected[15] | – | ||
| Bryansk Oblast | Nikolay Denin (UR) | Removed from office[17] | 2012: 65.22% |
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| Alexander Bogomaz (UR) | Acting Governor elected[19] | – | |||
| Irkutsk Oblast | Sergey Yeroshchenko (UR) | Lost re-election[20] | – |
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| Kaliningrad Oblast | Nikolay Tsukanov (UR) | Re-elected[23] | – |
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| Kaluga Oblast | Anatoly Artamonov (UR) | Re-elected[25] | 2004: 66.86% |
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| Kemerovo Oblast | Aman Tuleyev (UR) | Re-elected[27] | 2001: 93.54% |
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| Kostroma Oblast | Sergey Sitnikov (UR) | Re-elected[29] | – | ||
| Leningrad Oblast | Aleksandr Drozdenko (UR) | Re-elected[31] | – | ||
| Omsk Oblast | Viktor Nazarov (UR) | Re-elected[33] | – | ||
| Penza Oblast | Vasily Bochkaryov (UR) | Not re-appointed[35] | 2002: 45.45% | ||
| Ivan Belozertsev (UR) | Acting Governor elected[37] | – | |||
| Rostov Oblast | Vasily Golubev (UR) | Re-elected[38] | – |
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| Sakhalin Oblast | Aleksandr Khoroshavin (UR) | Removed from office[40] | – | ||
| Oleg Kozhemyako (UR) | Acting Governor elected[42] | – | |||
| Smolensk Oblast | Alexey Ostrovsky (LDPR) | Re-elected[43] | – | ||
| Tambov Oblast | Oleg Betin (UR) | Resigned[45] | 2003: 71.08% |
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| Aleksandr Nikitin (UR) | Acting Governor elected[47] | – | |||
| Jewish Autonomous Oblast | Alexander Vinnikov (UR) | Not re-appointed[48] | – | ||
| Alexander Levintal (UR) | Acting Governor elected[50] | – | |||
Gubernatorial indirect elections
Initially direct elections of Head of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania were scheduled for September 2015, however, in November 2013 Parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania amended the electoral code abolishing direct head elections.[51] According to the new law, political parties, represented in the republican Parliament or State Duma, propose their candidates to the President of Russia, the President then selects three candidates among the proposed and sends them to the Parliament of North Ossetia. The Parliament elects one of the nominated candidate as head of the republic by a simple majority.
Direct gubernatorial elections in 2015 were also slated to be held in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, which are simultaneously administrative subordinate to Tyumen Oblast, though, a November 2014 federal law permitted only indirect gubernatorial elections in Russian regions that constitute another federal subject. Under the new procedure Governor of Tyumen Oblast proposes five candidates for each autonomous okrug to the President of Russia, who selects three among them and sends for election by okra legislative assemblies.
| Region | Incumbent | Status | Last race | Result | |
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| North Ossetia | Taymuraz Mamsurov (UR) | Not re-appointed | 2010: 61/66 | – | |
| Tamerlan Aguzarov (UR) | Acting Head elected | – | Tamerlan Aguzarov[52] 66 / 68 | ||
| Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug | Natalya Komarova (UR) | Re-elected | 2010: 28/28 | Natalya Komarova[53] 28 / 35 | |
| Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Dmitry Kobylkin (UR) | Re-elected | 2010: 22/22 | Dmitry Kobylkin[54] 21 / 22 | |
Legislative elections
Legislative by-elections
Territories that are internationally recognised as part of Ukraine are highlighted with beige.
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| Legislative Assembly of Kirov Oblast | 19 | Sergey Luzyanin | United Russia | Incumbent expelled June 26, 2014, after being indicted for tax fraud[55] New member elected March 22, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Duma of Astrakhan Oblast | 8 | Vasily Sukhorukov | United Russia | Incumbent resigned September 14, 2014, to become Head of Kamyzyaksky District[57] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| State Council of Crimea | 9 | Sergey Pisarev | United Russia | Incumbent resigned September 29, 2014, to become acting Mayor of Kerch[59] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| State Assembly of the Altai Republic | 19 | Tatyana Gigel | United Russia | Incumbent resigned September 30, 2014, to become Member of the Federation Council[61] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Bryansk Oblast Duma | 9 | Yakov Takvarov[a] | United Russia | Election results were annulled on September 30, 2014, after it was discovered that member-elect lacked Russian citizenship[63] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia | 5 | Innokenty Yegorov | United Russia | Incumbent resigned October 1, 2014[65] New member elected September 13, 2015 Independent gain |
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| Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies | 15 | Yelena Bibikova | United Russia | Incumbent resigned October 2, 2014, to become Member of the Federation Council[67] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Moscow Oblast Duma | 2 | Sergey Koshman[a] | United Russia | Member-elect declined to take seat on October 3, 2014[69] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| State Council of Crimea | 19 | Vitaly Polishchuk | United Russia | Incumbent resigned October 15, 2014, to become Minister of Agriculture of Crimea[71] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai | 39 | Sergey Zirinov | United Russia | Incumbent expelled October 23, 2014, after being charged with attempted murder and racketeering[73] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Duma of Astrakhan Oblast | 4 | Aleksey Galkin | United Russia | Incumbent resigned October 23, 2014, to become Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Astrakhan Oblast[75] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| State Assembly of the Altai Republic | 14 | Vladimir Chelchushev | United Russia | Incumbent resigned November 18, 2014, to become Chairman of the Altai Republic Committee on Youth Policy, Physical Culture and Sports[77] New member elected September 13, 2015 A Just Russia gain |
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| Legislative Assembly of Kirov Oblast | 11 | Mikhail Likhachev | United Russia | Incumbent died January 11, 2015[79] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| State Council of the Udmurt Republic | 17 | Aleksey Alekseyev | Independent | Incumbent resigned January 13, 2015[81] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia gain |
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| State Council of the Udmurt Republic | 4 | Pavel Titov | United Russia | Incumbent committed suicide February 11, 2015[83] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Tyumen Oblast Duma | 3 | Sergey Bilkey | United Russia | Incumbent resigned February 12, 2015[85] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Legislative Duma of Tomsk Oblast | 21 | Aleksandr Kadesnikov | United Russia | Incumbent resigned March 12, 2015, to work for regional government[87] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| State Council of the Udmurt Republic | 35 | Sergey Anzhigur | United Russia | Incumbent resigned April 1, 2015[89] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia | 6 | Leonid Blyakher | RPPS | Incumbent died April 15, 2015[91] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia gain |
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| Tambov Oblast Duma | 15 | Vladimir Toporkov | United Russia | Incumbent expelled April 22, 2015, after being indicted for drunk driving and causing a deadly accident[93] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia | 31 | Khankhay Mongolov | United Russia | Incumbent expelled April 23, 2015, after being indicted for embezzlement[95] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies | 7 | Arkady Murylyov | CPRF | Incumbent resigned April 28, 2015, to become Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights of Pskov Oblast[97] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia gain |
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| State Assembly of the Republic of Bashkortostan | 50 | Konstantin Chistyakov | United Russia | Incumbent resigned May 13, 2015[99] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Tambov Oblast Duma | 7 | Aleksandr Nikitin | United Russia | Incumbent resigned May 25, 2015, to become acting Head of Administration of Tambov Oblast[101] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Volgograd Oblast Duma | 5 | Angar Politsimako | United Russia | Incumbent resigned May 26, 2015, after being charged with misappropriation of funds[103] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Legislative Assembly of Kirov Oblast | 1 | Dmitry Osipov | United Russia | Incumbent resigned May 28, 2015[105] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| State Assembly of the Republic of Bashkortostan | 15 | Andrey Makarov | United Russia | Incumbent resigned June 9, 2015[107] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Legislative Duma of Khabarovsk Krai | 9 | Viktor Lemekha | United Russia | Incumbent resigned June 9, 2015, to become Minister of Industry and Transport of Khabarovsk Krai[109] New member elected September 13, 2015 United Russia hold |
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| Legislative Assembly of Vladimir Oblast | 12 | Sergey Kuryshev | United Russia | Incumbent expelled August 17, 2015, after being indicted for drunk driving and causing a deadly accident[111] New member elected December 20, 2015 United Russia hold |
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Municipal elections
Mayoral elections
| City | Incumbent | Date | Status | Last race | Results | |
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| Ob (Novosibirsk Oblast) |
Ilya Sivoyedov (IND) acting mayor |
Feb 8, 2015 | Retiring | – |
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| Kedrovy (Tomsk Oblast) |
Yevgeny Bren (IND) acting mayor |
Mar 1, 2015 | Lost election for a full term | – |
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| Karpinsk (Sverdlovsk Oblast) |
Viktor Vekker (IND) acting mayor |
Apr 4, 2015 | Retiring | – | ||
| Angarsk (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Sergey Borisov (IND) acting mayor |
Apr 26, 2015 | Retiring | – | ||
| Tayga (Kemerovo Oblast) |
Nikolay Glukhikh (UR) acting mayor |
June 7, 2015 | Lost election for a full term | – |
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| Chernogorsk (Khakassia) |
Vasily Belonogov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 64.67% |
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| Cheremkhovo (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Vadim Semenov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 91.60% |
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| Svirsk (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Vladimir Ornoyev (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 85.98% |
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| Ust-Ilimsk (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Lyudmila Bazhanova (UR) acting mayor |
Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | – |
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| Zima (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Vladimir Trubnikov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 42.65% | ||
| Leninsk-Kuznetsky (Kemerovo Oblast) |
Vyacheslav Telegin (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 85.20% |
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| Mezhdurechensk (Kemerovo Oblast) |
Sergey Kislitsin (UR) acting mayor |
Sep 13, 2015 | Elected for a full term | – |
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| Buy (Kostroma Oblast) |
Valery Katyshev (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 55.60% | ||
| Galich (Kostroma Oblast) |
Aleksey Belov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | 57.86% |
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| Sharya (Kostroma Oblast) |
Vladimir Klimov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | 44.73% |
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| Volgorechensk (Kostroma Oblast) |
Yury Makov (IND) | Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | 61.84% |
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| Domodedovo (Moscow Oblast) |
Leonid Kovalevsky (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 54.97% | ||
| Murom (Vladimir Oblast) |
Yevgeny Rychkov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 51.37% | ||
District elections
| District | Incumbent | Date | Status | Last race | Results | |
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| Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District (Zabaykalsky Krai) |
Sergey Kondakov (IND) acting mayor |
Mar 1, 2015 | Retiring | – |
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| Amginsky District (Sakha Republic) |
Vasily Illarionov (IND) acting mayor |
Mar 15, 2015 | Retiring | – |
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| Khangalassky District (Sakha Republic) |
Vasily Afanasyev (IND) acting mayor |
Mar 15, 2015 | Retiring | – |
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| Suntarsky District (Sakha Republic) |
Andrey Nikitin (IND) acting mayor |
Mar 15, 2015 | Retiring | – |
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| Tyazhinsky District (Kemerovo Oblast) |
Sergey Koshkin (UR) acting mayor |
Mar 15, 2015 | Elected for a full term | – |
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| Kochenyovsky District (Novosibirsk Oblast) |
Andrey Novotorzhentsev (UR) acting mayor |
Mar 15, 2015 | Elected for a full term | – | ||
| Leninsky District (Moscow Oblast) |
Oleg Khromov (IND) acting mayor |
Apr 26, 2015 | Elected for a full term | – |
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| Pyshchugsky District (Kostroma Oblast) |
Valentina Shorokhova (IND) acting mayor |
June 7, 2015 | Retiring | – |
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| Mogoytuysky District (Zabaykalsky Krai) |
Bulat Nimbuyev (UR) acting mayor |
Sep 13, 2015 | Elected for a full term | – | ||
| Nerchinsky District (Zabaykalsky Krai) |
Viktor Shestakov (IND) acting mayor |
Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | – |
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| Volodarsky District (Astrakhan Oblast) |
Batyrshin Mindiyev (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 68.71% |
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| Bratsky District (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Aleksandr Starukhin (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Lost re-election | 38.51% |
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| Chunsky District (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Valery Tyumentsev (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 36.73% |
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| Kachugsky District (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Pavel Kozlov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Lost re-election | 48.92% |
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| Mamsko-Chuysky District (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Aleksandr Sergey (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 49.54% |
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| Nizhneilimsky District (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Nikolay Tyukhtyayev (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | 42.99% |
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| Nizhneudinsky District (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Sergey Khudonogov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 48.35% | ||
| Ust-Kutsky District (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Vladimir Senin (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | 45.41% |
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| Zalarinsky District (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Vladimir Samoylovich (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 31.17% |
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| Ziminsky District (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Natalya Nikitina (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 59.33% | ||
| Guryevsky District (Kemerovo Oblast) |
Sergey Malyshev (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 73.87% |
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| Kemerovsky District (Kemerovo Oblast) |
Gleb Orlov (UR) acting mayor |
Sep 13, 2015 | Elected for a full term | – |
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| Krapivinsky District (Kemerovo Oblast) |
Takhir Bikkulov (UR) acting mayor |
Sep 13, 2015 | Elected for a full term | – |
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| Leninsk-Kuznetsky District (Kemerovo Oblast) |
Aleksey Kharitonov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 86.98% | ||
| Mariinsky District (Kemerovo Oblast) |
Aleksandr Krivtsov (UR) acting mayor |
Sep 13, 2015 | Elected for a full term | – |
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| Promyshlennovsky District (Kemerovo Oblast) |
Denis Ilyin (UR) acting mayor |
Sep 13, 2015 | Elected for a full term | – |
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| Antropovsky District (Kostroma Oblast) |
Yevgeny Novikov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 41.38% |
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| Buysky District (Kostroma Oblast) |
Vyacheslav Yagodin (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | 59.21% |
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| Chukhlomsky District (Kostroma Oblast) |
Andrey Znamensky (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | 62.18% |
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| Galichsky District (Kostroma Oblast) |
Aleksandr Potekhin (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 55.12% |
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| Kostromskoy District (Kostroma Oblast) |
Sergey Chestnov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | 55.12% |
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| Ostrovsky District (Kostroma Oblast) |
Galina Polyakova (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 44.58% |
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| Ponazyrevsky District (Kostroma Oblast) |
Yelena Borkova (IND) | Sep 13, 2015 | Failed to qualify | 53.91% |
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| Sharyinsky District (Kostroma Oblast) |
Nikolay Glushakov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 48.34% |
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| Susaninsky District (Kostroma Oblast) |
Sergey Zhuravlev (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 71.57% |
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| Vokhomsky District (Kostroma Oblast) |
Aleksandr Adeyev (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 81.00% |
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| Sebezhsky District (Pskov Oblast) |
Leonid Kursenkov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 55.58% |
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| Alexandrovsky District (Tomsk Oblast) |
Aleksandr Zhdanov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | 57.11% |
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| Bakcharsky District (Tomsk Oblast) |
Dmitry Donskoy (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | 88.23% |
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| Chainsky District (Tomsk Oblast) |
Vladimir Stolyarov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 51.01% |
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| Kozhevnikovsky District (Tomsk Oblast) |
Aleksandr Yemelyanov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 74.34% |
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| Krivosheinsky District (Tomsk Oblast) |
Aleksandr Razumnikov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Lost re-election | 66.99% |
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| Parabelsky District (Tomsk Oblast) |
Aleksandr Karlov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 80.12% |
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| Pervomaysky District (Tomsk Oblast) |
Irina Sibert (UR) acting mayor |
Sep 13, 2015 | Elected for a full term | – |
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| Shegarsky District (Tomsk Oblast) |
Vladimir Yemelyanov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Retiring | 53.53% |
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| Tomsky District (Tomsk Oblast) |
Vladimir Lukyanov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 47.51% |
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| Zyryansky District (Tomsk Oblast) |
Aleksandr Fliginskikh (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Lost re-election | 58.84% |
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| Krasnoselkupsky District (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) |
Vasily Parshakov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 74.54% |
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| Tazovsky District (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) |
Aleksandr Ivanov (UR) | Sep 13, 2015 | Re-elected | 65.23% |
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| Irkutsky District (Irkutsk Oblast) |
Aleksandr Meng (IND) acting mayor |
Dec 6, 2015 | Withdrew after registration | – |
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Notes
- Never officially seated