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1995 Russian gubernatorial elections

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1995 Russian gubernatorial elections

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15 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

Gubernatorial elections in 1995 took place in fifteen regions of the Russian Federation.

Background

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On 3 October 1994, the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin signed the Decree No. 1969 stating that elections for heads of administrations should be held only with the president's permission, until another procedure is established by federal law.[1][2]

The head of administration is included in the unified system of executive power in the Russian Federation, formed by the federal executive bodies and executive bodies of the regions ... is subordinate to the President and the Government of Russia ... Appointment and dismissal of heads of administrations of krais, oblasts, federal cities, autonomous entities is made by decrees of the President on the proposal of the Chairman of the Government

In August 1995, elections for the head of the administration of Sverdlovsk Oblast, unauthorized by the president, were held, and on December 17, in accordance with a presidential decree, elections were scheduled in 11 regions. In the same year, the president of Kalmykia was re-elected and the head of the Chechen Republic was elected.

Race summary

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Federal Subject[3] Date Incumbent Incumbent status Candidates Governor-elect
Sverdlovsk Oblast 6 August, 20 August Aleksey Strakhov Appointed 1994
Eduard Rossel
Kalmykia 15 October Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Elected 1993 Green tickY Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 85.09% (ran unopposed) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Chechnya 17 December Doku Zavgayev Chairman of the Government Green tickY Doku Zavgayev 90.00% (ran unopposed) Doku Zavgayev
Primorsky Krai 17 December Yevgeny Nazdratenko Appointed 1993 Yevgeny Nazdratenko (NDR)
Belgorod Oblast 17 December Yevgeny Savchenko Appointed 1993
Yevgeny Savchenko (NDR)
Moscow Oblast 17 December, 30 December Anatoly Tyazhlov Appointed 1991
Anatoly Tyazhlov (NDR)
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 17 December Boris Nemtsov Appointed 1991
Boris Nemtsov
Novgorod Oblast 17 December Mikhail Prusak Appointed 1991
Mikhail Prusak (NDR)
Novosibirsk Oblast 17 December, 24 December Ivan Indinok Appointed 1993
Vitaly Mukha
Omsk Oblast 17 December Leonid Polezhayev Appointed 1991
Leonid Polezhayev (NDR)
Orenburg Oblast 17 December Vladimir Yelagin Appointed 1991
Vladimir Yelagin (NDR)
Tambov Oblast 17 December, 24 December Oleg Betin Appointed 1995
Aleksandr Ryabov (CPRF)
Tomsk Oblast 17 December Viktor Kress Appointed 1991
  • Green tickY Viktor Kress (NDR) 52.09%
  • Pyotr Koshel (LDPR) 15.52%
  • Ivan Tyutrin 15.10%
  • Rostislav Popadeykin 9.61%
Viktor Kress (NDR)
Tver Oblast 17 December Vladimir Suslov Appointed 1991 Vladimir Platov
Yaroslavl Oblast 17 December Anatoly Lisitsyn Appointed 1991
Anatoly Lisitsyn (NDR)

Kalmykia

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In October 1995 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was re-elected as President of Kalmykia in early elections, running unopposed. This term (seven years) was the longest among the Russian governors. According to Ilyumzhinov himself, his competitors failed to collect signatures for registration, and Ilyumzhinov's administration decided not to find any nominal candidate, because he did not want to "fool the people".[5]

Chechnya

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The 1995 elections for the head of Chechen Republic were held on December 17, simultaneously with the elections to the State Duma. Contrary to the laws of Russia, but according to the decision of the Supreme Council of the former Checheno-Ingushetia (which was restored as a temporary authority of Chechnya),[6] every resident of Chechnya could vote wherever it suits them. The separatists staged a number of provocations. A few hours before the elections, a hospital in Gudermes was stormed by them. One of the schools in Grozny, where the polling station was located, was thrown by militants with grenades.[7]

On December 6, the congress of the "Union of the People for the Revival of the Republic" was failed to held because of the government restrictions: delegates from the southern parts of Chechnya were stopped at checkpoints. The union was headed by the former chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia Ruslan Khasbulatov, considered Zavgayev's only real rival. For these reasons, on December 9, Khasbulatov withdrew from the elections.[8]

According to official sources, 50.43% of Chechnya's residents took part in the voting. In addition, Russian military contingent stationed in Chechnya (about 40 thousand people) took part in the elections. The elections were monitored by 60 OSCE representatives, as well as 150 Russian and international observers, and no serious violations were identified.[7] Other sources stating that OSCE representatives left Chechnya during the elections and none of the international observers attended the voting.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 3, 1994 No. 1969 "On measures to strengthen the unified system of executive power in the Russian Federation"
  2. ^ 3 October 1994: Regulation "On the head of administration" approved, Electronic Museum of Russia's constitutional history
  3. ^ Gubernatorial elections — 1995, politika.su
  4. ^ "Омская область в декабре 1995 года". Institute for Humanities and Political Studies (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-08-23.
  5. ^ Иванов, В.В. (2019). Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов. Том I [Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors. Volume I] (in Russian). p. 364.
  6. ^ "Russia-Chechnya: chain of mistakes and crimes. Chronicle of the armed conflict. 1995. October". Memorial Society. Archived from the original on 2016-12-25. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  7. ^ a b How Chechnya elects, Kommersant (10 October 2003)
  8. ^ a b "Violation of the electoral rights of citizens". Memorial Society. Archived from the original on 2016-12-24.