2025 Chuvash head election

Oleg Nikolayev, then–State Duma member and chairman of the Duma Committee on Nationalities, was appointed acting head of the Chuvash Republic in January 2020.^[1] His predecessor, Mikhail Ignatyev was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin for the "loss of trust" in January 2020^[2] and died in July 2020 after contracting COVID-19.^[3] Nikolayev previously ran for Head of Chuvashia in 2015 as an A Just Russia candidate and finished in second place with 14.73% of the vote.^[4]

Oleg Nikolayev, an A Just Russia – For Truth member and chairman of the Chuvash regional party council since 2018, ran for a full term as Head of Chuvashia as an Independent with the support from A Just Russia and United Russia.^[5][6] Nikolayev won the election with 75.61% of the vote, defeating State Council of the Chuvash Republic member Aleksandr Andreyev (CPRF) by 65 points.^[7] Since the resignation of Alexander Burkov as Governor of Omsk Oblast in March 2023 Nikolayev has remained the only A Just Russia – For Truth governor in Russia.

In March 2025 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Head Nikolayev announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.^[8] On May 23, 2025, Nikolayev announced that he would seek re-election as an Independent.^[9] Nikolayev subsequently received support from A Just Russia, United Russia and CPRF.^[10]

In Chuvashia candidates for head can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination. Candidate for Head of the Chuvash Republic should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for head should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.^[11] In addition, self-nominated candidates should collect 0.5% of signatures of Chuvashia residents. Also head candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

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More information Candidate name, political party, Occupation ...

Candidate name, political party			Occupation	Status	Ref.
Vladimir Ilyin Party of Pensioners			Businessman	Registered	[12][13]
Maksim Morozov New People			Businessman	Registered	[14]
Oleg Nikolayev Independent			Incumbent Head of the Chuvash Republic (2020–present)	Registered	[8][15]
Vladimir Savinov The Greens			Forensic professional	Registered	[16]
Konstantin Stepanov Liberal Democratic Party			Member of State Council of the Chuvash Republic (2017–present) 2020 head candidate	Registered	[12][17]
Viktor Fedorov Independent			Former Member of Cheboksary City Assembly of Deputies (2005–2015) Nonprofit president	Did not file	[18]

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Head Nikolayev re-appointed incumbent Senator Nikolay Fyodorov (United Russia) to the Federation Council.^[22]

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