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2003 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections in 2003 were held in 23 federal subjects of Russia. 16 incumbent governors re-elected.


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26 January – 21 December 2003
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Gubernatorial elections in 2003 were held in 23 federal subjects of Russia. 16 incumbent governors re-elected.

Federal SubjectDateIncumbentIncumbentsinceCandidatesResult
Taymyr AO (snap election)26 JanuaryAlexander Khloponin (resigned)Sergey Nauman (acting)2001.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}
Y Oleg Budargin 68.89%
Gennady Subbotkin 7.05%
Against all 12.59%New governor elected to a vacant position.
Magadan Oblast (snap election)2 February (first round)Valentin Tsvetkov (died in office)Nikolay Dudov (acting)1996Nikolay Karpenko 37.55%
Nikolay Dudov 26.04%
Andrey Zinchenko 10.20%
Aleksandr Sechkin 8.97%
Against all 5.78%Acting governor elected to full term.
16 February (runoff)Y Nikolay Dudov 50.44%
Nikolay Karpenko 42.33%
Against all 6.21%
Mordovia16 FebruaryNikolay Merkushkin1995Y Nikolay Merkushkin 87.34%
Anatoly Chubukov (CPRF) 7.01%Incumbent re-elected.
Belgorod Oblast25 MayYevgeny Savchenko1993Y Yevgeny Savchenko 61.15%
Vasily Altukhov (CPRF) 21.93%
Against all 9.99%Incumbent re-elected.
Karachay-Cherkessia17 August (first round)Vladimir Semyonov1999Mustafa Batdyyev 41.52%
Vladimir Semyonov 37.29%
Islam Burlakov 12.80%Incumbent lost re-election.New president elected.
31 August (runoff)Y Mustafa Batdyyev 47.97%
Vladimir Semyonov 46.41%
Novgorod Oblast7 SeptemberMikhail Prusak1991Y Mikhail Prusak 78.73%
Vladimir Dugenets 4.39%
Aleksandr Sevastyanov 4.34%Incumbent re-elected.
Omsk Oblast7 SeptemberLeonid Polezhayev1991Y Leonid Polezhayev 57.27%
Leonid Mayevsky (CPRF) 28.59%Incumbent re-elected.
Sverdlovsk Oblast7 September (first round)Eduard Rossel1995Eduard Rossel (UR) 42.85%
Anton Bakov 14.43%
Andrey Vikharev 13.68%Incumbent re-elected.
21 September (runoff)Y Eduard Rossel (UR) 55.53%
Anton Bakov 29.97%
Leningrad Oblast21 SeptemberValery Serdyukov1999Y Valery Serdyukov 56.85%
Vadim Gustov 25.26%
Against all 7.75%Incumbent re-elected.
Tomsk Oblast21 SeptemberViktor Kress1991Y Viktor Kress 70.10%
Aleksandr Pomorov (CPRF) 12.75%Incumbent re-elected.
Saint Petersburg (snap election)21 September (first round)Vladimir Yakovlev (resigned)Alexander Beglov (acting)1996Valentina Matviyenko 48.73%
Anna Markova 15.84%
Sergey Belyayev 8.08%
Mikhail Amosov (Yabloko) 7.05%New governor elected to a vacant position.
5 October (runoff)Y Valentina Matviyenko 63.20%
Anna Markova 24.14%
Against all 11.75%
Chechnya5 OctoberAkhmad Kadyrov2000Y Akhmad Kadyrov 80.84%
Abdulla Bugayev 5.77%
Shamil Burayev 3.95%New president elected to a vacant position.
Bashkortostan7 December (first round)Murtaza Rakhimov1993Murtaza Rakhimov 42.59%
Sergey Veremeenko 25.38%
Ralif Safin 23.04%Incumbent re-elected.
21 December (runoff)Y Murtaza Rakhimov 78.01%
Sergey Veremeenko 15.84%
Kirov Oblast (snap election)7 December (first round)Vladimir Sergeyenkov1996Nikolay Shaklein 33.82%
Oleg Valenchuk 13.92%
Vyacheslav Torsunov 10.25%
Aleksandr Strelnikov 8.84%
Vasily Kiselyov 5.62%
Against all 10.23%Incumbent term-limited.New governor elected.
21 December (runoff)Y Nikolay Shaklein 62.77%
Oleg Valenchuk 26.32%
Against all 10.08%
Moscow7 DecemberYury Luzhkov1992Y Yury Luzhkov (UR) 74.83%
Alexander Lebedev 12.78%
German Sterligov 3.65%
Against all 7.17%Incumbent re-elected.
Moscow Oblast7 DecemberBoris Gromov1999Y Boris Gromov (UR) 83.04%
Aleksey Mitrofanov (LDPR) 4.14%
Against all 9.73%Incumbent re-elected.
Novosibirsk Oblast7 DecemberViktor Tolokonsky1999Y Viktor Tolokonsky 57.67%
Mikhail Titov (CPRF) 17.80%
Ivan Starikov (SPS) 9.78%
Yevgeny Loginov 5.35%
Against all 5.40%Incumbent re-elected.
Orenburg Oblast7 DecemberAlexey Chernyshyov1999Y Alexey Chernyshyov (APR) 63.38%
Oleg Naumov (SPS) 10.55%
Rinat Khamiyev 5.76%
Against all 9.08%Incumbent re-elected.
Sakhalin Oblast (snap election)7 December (first round)Igor Farkhutdinov (died in office)Ivan Malakhov (acting)1995Ivan Malakhov 35.17%
Fyodor Sidorenko 19.55%
Anatoly Chyorny 8.56%
Vladimir Varennikov 5.43%
Svetlana Ivanova (CPRF) 5.11%
Against all 8.39%Acting governor elected to full term.
21 December (runoff)Y Ivan Malakhov 53.01%
Fyodor Sidorenko 34.26%
Against all 11.68%
Tambov Oblast7 DecemberOleg Betin1999Y Oleg Betin 71.08%
Aleksandr Zhalnin 8.96%
Against all 10.89%Incumbent re-elected.
Tver Oblast7 December (first round)Vladimir Platov1995Dmitry Zelenin 42.49%
Igor Zubov 14.59%
Tatyana Astrakhankina (CPRF) 12.85%
Vladimir Platov 12.45%Incumbent lost re-election.New governor elected.
21 December (runoff)Y Dmitry Zelenin 57.42%
Igor Zubov 33.85%
Against all 8.74%
Vologda Oblast7 DecemberVyacheslav Pozgalyov1996Y Vyacheslav Pozgalyov 82.93%
Vyacheslav Stepanov 5.00%
Against all 8.81%Incumbent re-elected.
Yaroslavl Oblast7 DecemberAnatoly Lisitsyn1991Y Anatoly Lisitsyn 73.15%
Sergey Zagidullin 10.50%
Oleg Vinogradov 6.84%
Against all 7.20%Incumbent re-elected.
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