2000 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections in 2000 took place in 41 regions of the Russian Federation. Four years after the campaign of 1996 nearly a half of 89 governors' seats were contested again.

2000 Russian gubernatorial elections

← 1999 26 March – 24 December 2000 2001 →
41 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89
2000 Russian regional elections:   Gubernatorial (or head of subject)   Gubernatorial (of another subject)   Two gubernatorial elections (including one of another subject)   Gubernatorial and legislative   Gubernatorial and legislative (both of another subject)   Legislative   Legislative (of another subject)   Referendum   Referendum and gubernatorial

In January, the second rounds of the December 1999 elections took place in Moscow, Novosibirsk and Tver Oblasts. In seven regions, the elections were moved to the federal election day on 26 March 2000 due to cost reasons. In October 2000, the last parliamentary republic in the Russian Federation, Udmurtia, elected its first president.

Race summary

Federal Subject	Date	Incumbent	First elected	Candidates	Result
Altai Krai	26 March	Alexander Surikov	1996	Y Alexander Surikov 77.22% Vladimir Rayfikesht 10.91% Sergey Sannikov 4.14%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kirov Oblast	26 March	Vladimir Sergeyenkov	1996	Y Vladimir Sergeyenkov 58.03% Andrey Alpatov 15.03% Valentin Pervakov 11.42% Against all 7.89%	Incumbent re-elected.
Murmansk Oblast	26 March	Yury Yevdokimov	1996	Y Yury Yevdokimov 86.71% Yevgeny Komarov 3.37%	Incumbent re-elected.
Saratov Oblast	26 March	Dmitry Ayatskov	1996	Y Dmitry Ayatskov 67.26% Igor Karaulov 9.62% Against all 20.32%	Incumbent re-elected.
Jewish AO	26 March	Nikolay Volkov	1996	Y Nikolay Volkov 56.76% Boris Korsunsky 25.71% Against all 11.15%	Incumbent re-elected.
Khanty-Mansi AO	26 March	Alexander Filipenko	1996	Y Alexander Filipenko 90.82% Against all 5.94%	Incumbent re-elected.
Yamalo-Nenets AO	26 March	Yury Neyolov	1996	Y Yury Neyolov 88.10% Against all 7.72%	Incumbent re-elected.
Saint Petersburg	14 May	Vladimir Yakovlev	1996	Y Vladimir Yakovlev (endorsed by OVR, Unity, CPRF) 72.69% Igor Artemyev (Yabloko) 14.68% Yury Boldyrev 3.79% Artyom Tarasov 3.59%	Incumbent re-elected.
Samara Oblast	2 July	Konstantin Titov (resigned from office) Yury Logoydo (acting)	1996	Y Konstantin Titov (SPS) 53.25% Viktor Tarkhov 29.23% Gennady Zvyagin 9.08%	Former governor re-elected.
Udmurtia	15 October	none	—	Y Alexander Volkov 37.84% Pavel Vershinin 23.93% Nikolay Ganza 12.28% Andrey Soluyanov 12.17% Against all 9.48%	New president elected to a vacant position.
Sakhalin Oblast	22 October	Igor Farkhutdinov	1996	Y Igor Farkhutdinov 56.29% Fyodor Sidorenko (endorsed by NPSR, SPS) 21.36% Anatoly Chyorny 8.36% Against all 6.93%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kursk Oblast	22 October (first round)	Alexander Rutskoy	1996	Alexander Mikhailov (CPRF/NPSR) 39.52% Viktor Surzhikov 21.58% Sergey Maltsev 8.42% Vladimir Stekachev 7.28% Nikolay Greshilov 6.16% Against all 12.26%	Incumbent removed from ballot. New governor elected.
	5 November (runoff)			Y Alexander Mikhailov (CPRF/NPSR) 55.54% Viktor Surzhikov 37.93% Against all 5.43%
Chita Oblast	29 October	Ravil Geniatulin	1996	Y Ravil Geniatulin 57.02% Viktor Voytenko 16.25% Nikolay Goncharov 15.55% Against all 5.59%	Incumbent re-elected.
Agin-Buryat AO	29 October	Bair Zhamsuyev	1996	Y Bair Zhamsuyev 89.34%	Incumbent re-elected.
Magadan Oblast	5 November	Valentin Tsvetkov	1996	Y Valentin Tsvetkov 62.76% Vladimir Butkeyev 14.13% Vladimir Markov 8.69% Against all 8.89%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kaliningrad Oblast	5 November (first round)	Leonid Gorbenko	1996	Vladimir Yegorov 37.56% Leonid Gorbenko (Unity) 21.54% Vladimir Nikitin (CPRF/NPSR) 15.81% Yury Sinelnik 12.78% Against all 7.21%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
	19 November (runoff)			Y Vladimir Yegorov 56.47% Leonid Gorbenko (Unity) 33.71% Against all 8.4%
Kaluga Oblast	12 November	Valery Sudarenkov	1996	Y Anatoly Artamonov 56.72% Aleksey Demichev 15.85% Valery Artyomov 7.88% Against all 10.03%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
Pskov Oblast	12 November	Yevgeny Mikhailov	1996	Y Yevgeny Mikhailov (Unity) 28.01% Viktor Bibikov 15.12% Mikhail Kuznetsov 15.04% Vladimir Nikitin (CPRF) 14.53% Mikhail Bryachak 6.40% Vladimir Sidorenko (APR) 5.16% Against all 6.20%	Incumbent re-elected.
Ust-Orda Buryat AO	19 November	Valery Maleyev	1996	Y Valery Maleyev 53.67% Kuzma Aldarov 32.00% Against all 5.27%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kurgan Oblast	26 November (first round)	Oleg Bogomolov	1996	Oleg Bogomolov (Unity) 43.23% Nikolay Bagretsov 22.05% Lev Yefremov 16.64% Anatoly Koltashov 5.49% Against all 8.45%	Incumbent re-elected.
	10 December (runoff)			Y Oleg Bogomolov (Unity) 50.38% Nikolay Bagretsov 42.47% Against all 5.87%
Krasnodar Krai	3 December	Nikolai Kondratenko	1996	Y Alexander Tkachov (CPRF/APR, endorsed by Unity) 81.78% Igor Kramarenko 5.23% Against all 7.09%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
Astrakhan Oblast	3 December	Anatoly Guzhvin	1996	Y Anatoly Guzhvin 81.82% Aleksandr Mikhaylov 6.04% Against all 5.84%	Incumbent re-elected.
Perm Oblast	3 December	Gennady Igumnov	1996	Y Yury Trutnev 51.48% Gennady Igumnov 34.95% Pavel Anokhin (Unity) 5.62%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Koryakia	3 December	Valentina Bronevich	1996	Y Vladimir Loginov 50.68% Valentina Bronevich 32.99% Sergey Leushkin 5.13%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Mari El	3 December (first round)	Vyacheslav Kislitsyn	1996	Leonid Markelov (LDPR) 29.21% Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF) 25.19% Ivan Teterin 18.82% Anatoly Ivanov 9.43%	Incumbent lost re-election. New president elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Leonid Markelov (LDPR) 58.23% Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF) 33.40% Against all 6.90%
Stavropol Krai	3 December (first round)	Alexander Chernogorov	1996	Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF/NPSR) 28.58% Stanislav Ilyasov 19.00% Mikhail Kuzmin 17.55% Aleksandr Shiyanov 13.36% Against all 6.00%	Incumbent re-elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF/NPSR) 56.57% Stanislav Ilyasov 36.33% Against all 6.07%
Arkhangelsk Oblast	3 December (first round)	Anatoly Yefremov	1996	Anatoly Yefremov 49.70% Nikolay Malakov 34.26% Against all 12.06%	Incumbent re-elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Anatoly Yefremov 58.50% Nikolay Malakov 31.59% Against all 8.85%
Ivanovo Oblast	3 December (first round)	Vladislav Tikhomirov	1996	Vladimir Tikhonov (CPRF/NPSR) 48.54% Anatoly Golovkov (OVR) 32.32% Pavel Pozhigailo 5.20% Against all 8.16%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Vladimir Tikhonov (CPRF/NPSR) 62.36% Anatoly Golovkov (OVR) 33.08%
Kamchatka Oblast	3 December (first round)	Vladimir Biryukov	1996	Boris Sinchenko 27.76% Mikhail Mashkovtsev (CPRF/NPSR) 20.00% Georgy Greshnykh 15.78% Valery Dorogin 14.75% Against all 12.22%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Mikhail Mashkovtsev (CPRF/NPSR) 45.83% Boris Sinchenko 42.49% Against all 10.39%
Ryazan Oblast	3 December (first round)	Vyacheslav Lyubimov	1996	Vyacheslav Lyubimov (CPRF/NPSR) 40.09% Valery Ryumin 12.36% Vladimir Markov 10.16% Nikolay Bulayev 9.22% Pyotr Zabaluyev 7.16%	Incumbent re-elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Vyacheslav Lyubimov (CPRF/NPSR) 65.14% Valery Ryumin 26.82%
Komi-Permyakia	3 December (first round)	Nikolay Poluyanov	1996	Gennady Savelyev 27.14% Nikolay Poluyanov (Unity) 24.23% Valery Vankov (endorsed by NPSR) 11.04% Anatoly Fedoseyev 10.00% Against all 17.81%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
	17 December (runoff)			Y Gennady Savelyev 44.25% Nikolay Poluyanov (Unity) 40.09% Against all 13.11%
Khabarovsk Krai	10 December	Viktor Ishayev	1996	Y Viktor Ishayev (Unity) 87.84% Svetlana Zhukova 6.32%	Incumbent re-elected.
Bryansk Oblast	10 December	Yury Lodkin	1993	Y Yury Lodkin (CPRF/NPSR) 29.21% Nikolay Denin (endorsed by Unity) 21.15% Yury Demochkin 15.82% Viktor Malashenko 7.30% Yury D. Lodkin 6.45% Aleksandr Denin 5.40% Against all 6.90%	Incumbent re-elected.
Vladimir Oblast	10 December	Nikolay Vinogradov	1996	Y Nikolay Vinogradov (CPRF/NPSR, endorsed by Unity, OVR) 65.58% Yury Vlasov (endorsed by SPS, Yabloko) 15.98% Against all 11.20%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kostroma Oblast	10 December (first round)	Viktor Shershunov	1996	Viktor Shershunov 43.74% Boris Korobov (endorsed by Unity) 23.08% Nikolay Romanov 14.49% Against all 13.26%	Incumbent re-elected.
	24 December (runoff)			Y Viktor Shershunov 63.09% Boris Korobov (endorsed by Unity) 24.61% Against all 10.62%
Khakassia	24 December	Aleksey Lebed	1996	Y Aleksey Lebed (endorsed by OVR, NPSR) 71.23% Vasily Astanayev (APR) 13.48% Against all 5.48%	Incumbent re-elected.
Chelyabinsk Oblast	24 December	Pyotr Sumin	1996	Y Pyotr Sumin (endorsed by NPSR, Unity) 58.68% Mikhail Grishankov 17.15% Valery Gartung 14.26%	Incumbent re-elected.
Ulyanovsk Oblast	24 December	Yury Goryachev	1996	Y Vladimir Shamanov (endorsed by NPSR, Unity) 56.26% Yury Goryachev 23.58% Sergey Ryabukhin 11.54%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Volgograd Oblast	24 December	Nikolay Maksyuta	1996	Y Nikolay Maksyuta (CPRF/NPSR) 36.72% Oleg Savchenko 28.31% Yury Chekhov (endorsed by OVR) 11.12% Anatoly Popov 9.67% Against all 5.46%	Incumbent re-elected.
Voronezh Oblast	24 December	Ivan Shabanov	1996	Y Vladimir Kulakov 59.99% Ivan Shabanov (CPRF/NPSR) 15.21% Aleksandr Gusev 12.16% Against all 8.10%	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected.
Chukotka	24 December	Aleksandr Nazarov	1996	Y Roman Abramovich 90.61% Vladimir Yetylin 3.21%	Incumbent retired. New governor elected.

Literature

• Ivanov, Vitaly (2020). Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов. Том I. История. Книга II [Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors. Volume I: History. Book II] (in Russian).

Notes

1. Presidency was introduced as a result of 26 March 2000 referendum. At the moment of election, Nikolay Ganza served as prime minister (appointed by the State Council) and Alexander Volkov served as chairman of the State Council.