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2004–05 Russian gubernatorial elections Russia parliamentary no 2003 Russian gubernatorial elections 2003 14 March 2004 – 6 February 2005 2012 Russian gubernatorial elections 2012 25 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89 Russian regional elections in 2004.svg 300px 2004 Russian regional elections:red Gubernatorialblue Legislativepurple Gubernatorial and legislativemagenta Gubernatorial and legislative (both of another subject)
Gubernatorial elections in 2004 and 2005 were held in 25 federal subjects of Russia. In several regions these elections were moved from end of 2004 to March 14 to combine with the 2004 Russian presidential election.
On 12 December 2004, at the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin, gubernatorial elections were abolished throughout the country. These were the last gubernatorial elections in Russia until September 2012.
Race summary
Federal subject Incumbent Incumbentsince Election day Candidates Result Udmurtiahttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/udmurt?action=show&vrn=218200072468®ion=18 Выборы Президента Удмуртской Республики 1 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru (snap election) Alexander Volkov 2000 14 March Alexander Volkov (UR) 54.26%
Yevgeny Odiyankov 18.89%
Against all 14.97% Incumbent re-elected.Altai Kraihttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/altai-terr?action=show&vrn=222200076975®ion=22 Выборы главы администрации Алтайского края 1 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/altai-terr?action=show&vrn=2222000115636®ion=22 Основные выборы, повторное голосование по выборам главы администрации Алтайского края 1 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru Aleksandr Surikov 1996 14 March (first round) Aleksandr Surikov (backed by UR, CPRF) 47.46%
Mikhail Yevdokimov 39.46%Incumbent lost re-election.New governor elected. 4 April (runoff) Mikhail Yevdokimov 49.53%
Aleksandr Surikov (UR) 46.29% Krasnodar Kraihttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/krasnodar?action=show&vrn=223200088728®ion=23 Выборы главы администрации (губернатора) Краснодарского края 1 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru (snap election) Alexander Tkachov 2000 14 March Alexander Tkachov (UR, CPRF, APR support) 83.98%
Against all 7.62% Incumbent re-elected.Arkhangelsk Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/arkhangelsk?action=show&vrn=229200076885®ion=29 Выборы главы администрации Архангельской области 1 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/arkhangelsk?action=show&vrn=229200082684®ion=29 Повторное голосование на выборах главы администрации Архангельской области 1 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru (snap election) Anatoly Yefremov 1996 14 March (first round) Nikolay Kiselyov 44.99%
Anatoly Yefremov (UR) 26.47%
Against all 14.80% Incumbent lost re-election.New governor elected. 28 March (runoff)* Nikolay Kiselyov 75.04%
Anatoly Yefremov (UR) 17.54%
Against all 6.86% Chita Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/chita?action=show&vrn=275200071635®ion=75 Выборы Главы Администрации (Губернатора) Читинской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru (snap election) Ravil Geniatulin 1996 14 March Ravil Geniatulin (backed by UR, CPRF)Читинская область 1 March 2004 https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/453984 20 September 2026 Kommersant Vlast 31 Дмитрий Еловский ru 8 (561) 68.18%
Oleg Yesaulov 14.17%
Viktor Shchursky 6.67%
Against all 9.53% Incumbent re-elected. Kaluga Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/kaluga?action=show&vrn=240200075206®ion=40 Выборы Губернатора Калужской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru (snap election) Anatoly Artamonov 2000 14 March Anatoly Artamonov 66.86%
Aleksandr Safronov 9.13%
Against all 12.83% Incumbent re-elected. Murmansk Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/murmansk?action=show&vrn=251200078093®ion=51 Выборы Губернатора Мурманской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru Yury Yevdokimov 1996 14 March Yury Yevdokimov (supported by UR) 76.99%
Against all 10.57% Incumbent re-elected.Ryazan Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/ryazan?action=show&vrn=262200074417®ion=62 Выборы губернатора Рязанской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/ryazan?action=show&vrn=262200087994®ion=62 Основные выборы, повторное голосование по выборам губернатора Рязанской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru (snap election)Vyacheslav Lyubimov 1996 14 March (first round) Igor Morozov (UR) 28.94%
Georgy Shpak (Rodina) 23.79%
Vyacheslav Lyubimov (CPRF) 21.08%
Pavel Mamatov 10.66%
Viktor Milekhin 5.55%
Against all 6.14% Incumbent lost re-election.New governor elected. 28 March (runoff) Georgy Shpak 53.51%
Igor Morozov 40.32%
Against all 5.31% Voronezh Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/voronezh?action=show&vrn=236200091226®ion=36 Выборы главы администрации Воронежской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru (snap election) Vladimir Kulakov 2000 14 March Vladimir Kulakov (supported by UR)http://politika.su/vybory/rre04t.html Губернаторские выборы - 2004 Gubernatorial elections - 2004 ru politika.su 1 October 2025 52.49%
Sergey Rudakov (CPRF) 20.13%
Galina Kudryavtseva 14.55%
Against all 7.65% Incumbent re-elected.Koryak AOhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/koryak?action=show&vrn=282200070481®ion=82 Выборы Губернатора Корякского автономного округа 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/koryak?action=show&vrn=282200075063®ion=82 выборы Губернатора Корякского автономного округа (повторное голосование) 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru (snap election)Vladimir Loginov 2000 14 March (first round) Vladimir Loginov (backed by UR) 37.43%
Boris Chuyev 17.92%
Andrey Petrov (UR dissident) 16.75%
Baurzhan Belbayev 10.65%
Nina Solodyakova 7.35%
Against all 6.24%Incumbent re-elected. 4 April (runoff) Vladimir Loginov 50.88%
Boris Chuyev 39.29%
Against all 7.16% Chechnyahttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/chechen?action=show&vrn=220200075245®ion=20 Досрочные выборы Президента Чеченской Республики 1 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru (snap election) Akhmad Kadyrov (died in office)Sergey Abramov (acting) 2003 29 August Alu Alkhanov (UR) 73.67%
Movsur Khamidov 8.95% New president elected to a vacant position.Pskov Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/pskov?action=show&vrn=260200084914®ion=60 Выборы Главы Администрации Псковской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/pskov?action=show&vrn=260200090125®ion=60 Выборы Главы Администрации Псковской области повторное голосование 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruYevgeny Mikhailov 1996 14 November (first round) Yevgeny Mikhailov (UR) 29.71%
Mikhail Kuznetsov 18.34%
Mikhail Bryachak (RPZh) 8.78%
Igor Provkin 8.29%
Aleksey Mitrofanov (LDPR) 8.24%
Against all 17.43%Incumbent lost re-election.New governor elected. 5 December (runoff) Mikhail Kuznetsov 48.83%
Yevgeny Mikhailov (UR) 41.40%
Against all 8.98% Ust-Orda Buryat AOhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/ust-ordynsk?action=show&vrn=285200074229®ion=85 Выборы главы администрации Усть-Ордынского Бурятского автономного округа 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru Valery Maleyev 1996 14 November Valery Maleyev (UR) 55.83%
Pyotr Khakhalov 37.41% Incumbent re-elected.Kurgan Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/kurgan?action=show&vrn=245200075103®ion=45 Выборы Губернатора Курганской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/kurgan?action=show&vrn=245200094783®ion=45 ПОВТОРНОЕ ГОЛОСОВАНИЕ по выборам Губернатора Курганской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruOleg Bogomolov 1996 28 November (first round) Oleg Bogomolov (UR) 35.08%
Yevgeny Sobakin (SPS) 23.78%
Pyotr Nazarov (UR dissident) 23.61%
Against all 10.46%Incumbent re-elected. 19 December (runoff) Oleg Bogomolov (UR) 49.15%
Yevgeny Sobakin (SPS) 40.13%
Against all 9.51% Astrakhan Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/astrakhan?action=show&vrn=230200080070®ion=30 Досрочные выборы Губернатора Астраханской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru Anatoly Guzhvin (died in office)Aleksandr Glazkov (acting) 1991 5 December Alexander Zhilkin (UR) 65.34%
Igor Negerev (CPRF) 14.31%
Against all 8.31% New governor elected to a vacant position.Bryansk Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/bryansk?action=show&vrn=232200078323®ion=32 Выборы Губернатора Брянской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/bryansk?action=show&vrn=2322000106253®ion=32 Повторное голосование по выборам Губернатора Брянской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruYury Lodkin 1996 5 December (first round) Nikolay Denin (UR) 44.75%
Yevgeny Zelenko (SPS) 12.53%
Nikolay Rudenok (SDPR) 6.31%
Georgy Abushenko (RPZh) 5.87%
Against all 20.57%Incumbent disqualified.New governor elected. 19 December (runoff) Nikolay Denin (UR) 77.83%
Yevgeny Zelenko (SPS) 10.32%
Against all 10.62%Kamchatka Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/kamchatka?action=show&vrn=241200073528®ion=41 Выборы губернатора Камчатской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/kamchatka?action=show&vrn=241200077026®ion=41 повторное голосование по выборам губернатора Камчатской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruMikhail Mashkovtsev 2000 5 December (first round) Mikhail Mashkovtsev (CPRF) 38.37%
Boris Nevzorov 23.66%
Oleg Kozhemyako 14.27%
Aleksandr Dudnikov (UR) 10.44%
Against all 7.41%Incumbent re-elected. 19 December (runoff) Mikhail Mashkovtsev (CPRF) 49.58%
Boris Nevzorov 37.66%
Against all 12.12%Ulyanovsk Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/ulyanovsk?action=show&vrn=273200091863®ion=73 Выборы Главы администрации Ульяновской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/ulyanovsk?action=show&vrn=2732000100273®ion=73 Основные выборы, повторное голосование по выборам Главы администрации Ульяновской области 1 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruVladimir Shamanov (resigned)Maria Bolshakova (acting) 2000 5 December (first round) Sergey Morozov (backed by UR) 27.75%
Sergey Gerasimov (SPS) 20.87%
Margarita Barzhanova (UR dissident) 14.63%
Mikhail Shkanov 9.69%
Yury Goryachev 8.51%
Against all 11.05%Incumbent resigned from office.New governor elected. 26 December (runoff) Sergey Morozov 52.81%
Margarita BarzhanovaReplacing Sergey Gerasimov, who was removed from ballot by a court decision. 20.61%
Against all 25.16%Volgograd Oblasthttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/volgograd?action=show&vrn=234200091379®ion=34 Выборы главы администрации Волгоградской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/volgograd?action=show&vrn=234200096200®ion=34 Выборы главы администрации Волгоградской области 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruNikolay Maksyuta 1996 5 December (first round) Nikolay Maksyuta (CPRF) 41.42%
Nikolay Volkov (SPS) 13.18%
Oleg Savchenko (UR dissident) 12.93%
Yevgeny Golubyatnikov (LDPR) 7.22%
Vladimir Goryunov (backed by UR) 7.08%
Against all 12.98%Incumbent re-elected. 26 December (runoff) Nikolay Maksyuta (CPRF) 51.13%
Nikolay Volkov (SPS) 38.63%
Against all 9.14% Mari Elhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/mari-el?action=show&vrn=212200084405®ion=12 Выборы Президента Республики Марий Эл 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru Leonid Markelov 2000 19 December Leonid Markelov (backed by UR, APR, LDPR, RPZh) 56.96%
Mikhail Dolgov 18.69%
Aleksandr Korotkov 10.53%
Against all 9.94% Incumbent re-elected. Khabarovsk Kraihttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/khabarovsk?action=show&vrn=227200075646®ion=27 Выборы Губернатора Хабаровского края 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru Viktor Ishayev 1991 19 December Viktor Ishayev 85.34%
Against all 5.69% Incumbent re-elected. Khakassiahttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/khakas?action=show&vrn=219200072772®ion=19 Выборы Председателя Правительства Республики Хакасия 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ru Aleksey Lebed 1996 26 December Aleksey Lebed (backed by UR, PVR, Free Russia) 59.15%
Vladimir Kerzhentsev (CPRF) 11.97%
Sergey Yerbyagin 8.55%
Against all 10.85% Incumbent re-elected.↑ 2004 · 2005 ↓Nenets AOhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/nenetsk?action=show&vrn=283200078287®ion=83 Выборы главы Администрации Ненецкого автономного округа 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruhttp://old.izbirkom.ru/region/nenetsk?action=show&vrn=283200087071®ion=83 Повторное голосование по выборам главы Администрации Ненецкого автономного округа 5 October 2025 Central Election Commission ruVladimir Butov 1996 23 January (first round) Alexey Barinov 22.41%
Igor Koshin (UR dissident) 20.69%
Leonid Sablin (CPRF) 18.06%
Aleksandr Shmakov (UR support) 16.22%
Against all 8.04%Incumbent term-limited.New governor elected. 6 February (runoff) Alexey Barinov (Rodina support) 48.45%
Igor Koshin 30.47%
Against all 20.21%
Bryansk Oblast
Governor of Bryansk Oblast Yury Lodkin was going on his third term in 2004 (fourth if 1993–96 tenure as Head of Administration counted), but was removed from registration "for abuse of office". The application to the regional court was submitted by the candidate from the People's Party Alexander Zhdanov. Lodkin, considered one of the favorites of the campaign, linked his removing from ballot with his Communist Party membership. He accused the United Russia party of “unwillingness to win legally”.Chronicle of Bryansk Oblast elections, Regnum (6 December 2004)
Samara Oblast
The elections were set up by the regional court on 19 September 2004,Gubernatorial election to be held in September, Tolyatti News (1 July 2004) after the court recognized that the 5-year term limit, introduced into the Samara Oblast Charter during the 2000 elections, can come into force only after next elections and that Konstantin Titov's term expired on July 2. However, the elections were later canceled by the Supreme Court at the suit of the Central Election Commission.
Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2005 Nenets gubernatorial election Nenets Autonomous Okrug presidential no 2001 Russian gubernatorial elections 2001 2005 01 23 (first round)2005 02 06 (runoff) 2014 Russian elections 2014 Blank2x3.svg Alexey Barinov 48.45% Igor Viktorovich Koshin 2014.jpg Igor Koshin 30.47% Governor Vladimir Butov Independent Alexey Barinov Independent
Gubernatorial elections in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug were held on 23 January 2005, the second round was held on February 6. Incumbent governor Vladimir Butov ru Бутов, Владимир Яковлевич, in office from 1996, could not be nominated due to the two-term limit (the Supreme Court of Russia overturned regional act passed shortly before the elections that allowed Butov to run for a third term). In addition he was convicted for beating a traffic police officer.In St. Petersburg, the court sentenced the governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug to three years of suspended imprisonment, Radio Liberty (31 December 2004)
Candidates included:Gubernatorial Elections — 2005, politika.su
Alexey Barinov, President of a charitable foundation, former chief federal inspector for Nenets AO, ex-employee of LUKoil
Viktoria Bobrova, assistant of Nenets AO Regional Prosecutor
Vladimir Butov, relative and namesake of incumbent governor
Igor Koshin, member of Nenets AO legislature; former secretary of the political council of United Russia's regional branch, expelled from the party after self-nominating for governorship
Leonid Sablin, member of Nenets AO legislature, chairman of regional executive committee (1985–90)
Aleksandr Shmakov, entrepreneur, 2001 gubernatorial candidate
Results
Alexey Barinov Independent 4362 9005 Igor Koshin Independent 4028 5663 Leonid Sablin Communist Party 3515 Aleksandr Shmakov United Russia 3157 Vladimir Butov 1091 Alexander Bebenin 593 Viktoria Bobrova 497 Leonid Bogachuk 88 Nikolay Kalchishkov 72 Vladimir Kislyakov 66 Stanislav Bestuzhev 63 Nikolay Kirikov 24 Alexander Kolesnikov 24 Mikhail Nikitsin 23 Nikolay Yablokov 17 Against all 1566 3757 282 163 30939 30933 Election Commission of Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Aftermath
On 18 February 2005, Alexey Barinov officially took office. In May 2006 he was arrested on charges of committing fraud.Nenets Governor Barinov was arrested, utro.ru (24 May 2006) On June 2 of the same year, President Vladimir Putin removed Barinov from the governorship and appointed the chief federal inspector for the region, Valery Potapenko as the interim governor of NAO. Later, in 2007, Barinov was acquitted.History of elections and appointments of the governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, TASS (12 September 2020)
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Vitaly Ivanov Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов. Том I. История. Книга II. ru Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors. Volume I: History. Book II 2020 250–252
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