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2001 Russian gubernatorial elections

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2001 Russian gubernatorial elections

← 2000 14 January – 23 December 2001 2002 →

17 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

Gubernatorial elections in 2001 took place in 17 regions of the Russian Federation. 16 regular and one extraordinary campaigns took place that year. In two regions the second rounds were held in January 2002.

With some delay, elections were held for the governors of Nenets and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs, whose terms of office expired back in December 2000. Early elections were held in Primorsky Krai after resignation of Yevgeny Nazdratenko.

On 1 December 2001 Fatherland – All Russia party (OVR), founded and supported by a number of influential governors, officially merged with pro-Putin Unity into United Russia. For the some time after it was known as "Unity and Fatherland — United Russia". Previously that year members of these two center-right parties had occasionally met each other in different gubernatorial races.

Race summary

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Federal Subject[1] Date Incumbent First
elected
Candidates Governor-elect
Tyumen Oblast 14 January Leonid Roketsky 1997
Sergey Sobyanin
Nenets AO 14 January Vladimir Butov 1996
Vladimir Butov
Taymyr AO 28 January Gennady Nedelin 1996 Alexander Khloponin
Tatarstan[2] 25 March Mintimer Shaymiyev 1991 Green tickY Mintimer Shaymiyev (OVR) 79.52% Mintimer Shaymiyev
Amur Oblast 25 March,
8 April
Anatoly Belonogov 1997
Leonid Korotkov
Tula Oblast 8 & 22 April Vasily Starodubtsev 1997
Vasily Starodubtsev
Evenk AO 8 April Aleksandr Bokovikov 1997
Boris Zolotaryov
Kemerovo Oblast 22 April Valentin Mazikin [a]
Aman Tuleyev
Primorsky Krai 27 May,
17 June
Konstantin Tolstoshein [b]
Sergey Darkin
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 15 & 29 July Ivan Sklyarov 1997
Gennady Khodyrev
Irkutsk Oblast 29 July,
19 August
Boris Govorin 1997
Boris Govorin
Rostov Oblast 23 September Vladimir Chub 1996
Vladimir Chub
Oryol Oblast 28 October Yegor Stroyev 1993 Green tickY Yegor Stroyev 78.23% Yegor Stroyev
Altai Republic 16 December,
6 January
Semyon Zubakin 1997
Mikhail Lapshin
Komi 16 December Yury Spiridonov 1994 Vladimir Torlopov
Chuvashia 16 December Nikolay Fyodorov 1993 Nikolay Fyodorov
Yakutia[3] 23 December,
13 January
Mikhail Nikolayev 1991
Vyacheslav Shtyrov[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Acting governor installed after resignation of Aman Tuleyev in January 2001
  2. ^ Acting governor installed after resignation of Yevgeny Nazdratenko in February 2001

References

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  1. ^ Gubernatorial Elections — 2001, politika.su
  2. ^ "History of presidential elections in Tatarstan". TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-11.
  3. ^ "Эволюция выборов: Самая скандальная президентская кампания Якутии" [Election Evolution: Yakutia's Most Scandalous Presidential Campaign]. Yakutia-Sakha Information Agency (in Russian). 2018-09-13.
  4. ^ "Выборы в Якутии: Неопределенность сохраняется" [Elections in Yakutia: Uncertainty Remains]. RBC (in Russian). 2001-12-19.