1996 Russian gubernatorial elections

none 1996 Russian gubernatorial elections Russia parliamentary no 1995 Russian gubernatorial elections 1995 24 March – 29 December 1996 1997 Russian gubernatorial elections 1997 51 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89 People's Patriotic Union of Russia Gennady Zyuganov Zyuganov portrait (cropped).jpg 150x150px CC1111 23 All-Russian Coordination Council Sergey Filatov Sergey Filatov3.jpg 150x150px 23238E 17 Russian regional elections in 1996.svg 300px 1996 Russian regional elections: red Gubernatorialsalmon Gubernatorial (of another subject)maroon Two gubernatorial elections (including one of another subject)blue Legislativeroyalblue Legislative (of another subject)purple Gubernatorial and legislativemagenta Gubernatorial and legislative (both of another subject)#1A1A1A Referendum, gubernatorial and legislative Gubernatorial elections in 1996 took place in 51 regions of the Russian Federation. President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev as well as mayors of Moscow and Saint Petersburg Yury Luzhkov and Anatoly Sobchak (all three elected in 1991) went to the re-election, while other regions held their first gubernatorial elections that year. All these campaigns were held after the 1996 Russian presidential election. Background In August 1996, two coalitions were presented, which formally became the main participants in the countrywides election campaign. Our Home – Russia, Democratic Choice of Russia, Party of Russian Unity and Accord and 16 other parties and movements loyal to re-elected Boris Yeltsin were united through representation in the All-Russian Coordination Council (OKS). It was opposed by the People's Patriotic Union of Russia (NPSR) associated with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and its allies. Former Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergei Filatov was appointed the head of OKS, while NPSR was headed by Gennady Zyuganov, leader of CPRF.Ivanov 2019 442 NPSR initially announced the lists of approved candidates publicly and centrally, but by the end of the campaign it gave a significant part of the initiative to the localities. In some cases, the support was unilateral (without public commitment of the candidate). Among the candidates supported by NPSR were three incumbent governors, and in three regions the alliance observed neutrality. OKS supported mainly the incumbent governors. As a result of the autumn-winter electoral marathon, 22 out of 49 running incumbents re-elected. The second tours in Mari El and Tyumen Oblast moved to 1997, as well as recall elections in Amur Oblast, Agin-Buryat and Evenk Autonomous Okrugs.Gubernatorial elections — 1996, politika.su Results First half of the year Federal subject Incumbent Incumbentsince Election day Candidates Result Tatarstan (snap election) Mintimer Shaymiyev 1991 24 March Mintimer Shaymiyev 97.14%(ran unopposed) Incumbent re-elected.Saint PetersburgAnatoly Sobchak 1991 19 May (first round) Anatoly Sobchak 29.02% Vladimir Yakovlev 21.58% Yury Boldyrev 17.09% Yuri Sevenard 10.02% Aleksandr Belyakov 9.82%Incumbent lost re-election.New governor elected. 2 June (runoff) Vladimir Yakovlev 47.49% Anatoly Sobchak 45.76% Moscow Yury Luzhkov 1992 16 June Yury Luzhkov / Valery Shantsev 88.49% Olga Sergeyeva / Stanislav Terekhov 4.94% Aleksandr Krasnov / Nikolay Moskvichyov 3.31% Incumbent elected to full term. September–November Federal subject Incumbent Incumbentsince Election day Candidates Result Saratov Oblast Dmitry Ayatskov 1996 1 September Dmitry Ayatskov (NDR/OKS, APR)Колосов В.А. Туровский Р.Ф. Осенне-зимние выборы глав исполнительной власти в регионах: сценарии перемен Полис - политические исследования 1997 1 97-108 https://publications.hse.ru/pubs/share/direct/359618596.pdf 29 December 2025 The Autumn and Winter Elections of the Heads of the Executives in the Regions: Scenarios of Changes ru 80.19% Anatoly Gordeyev (CPRF/NPSR) 16.06% Incumbent elected to full term. Amur Oblast Yury Lyashko 1996 22 September Anatoly Belonogov ru Белоногов, Анатолий Николаевич (NPSR) 41.10% Yury Lyashko (OKS) 41.02% Pavel Stein 9.34% Against all 6.94% Election results annulled.Revote called for 23 March 1997 (see 1997 elections). Leningrad Oblast Aleksandr Belyakov 1991 29 September Vadim Gustov (NPSR) 53.37% Aleksandr Belyakov (OKS) 31.66% Against all 5.06% Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. Rostov Oblast Vladimir Chub 1991 29 September Vladimir Chub (OKS) 62.16% Leonid Ivanchenko (NPSR) 31.60% Incumbent elected to full term. Vologda Oblast Vyacheslav Pozgalyov 1996 6 October Vyacheslav Pozgalyov 80.69% Mikhail Surov 4.21% Mikhail Beznin (CPRF/NPSR) 3.22% Nikolay Podgornov 3.18% Incumbent elected to full term.Kaliningrad Oblast Yuri Matochkin 1991 6 October (first round) Yuri Matochkin (OKS) 31.33% Leonid Gorbenko 22.29% Yury Semyonov (CPRF) 21.65% Viktor Vasilyev 5.41% Against all 6.58%Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 20 October (runoff) Leonid Gorbenko (supported by CPRF/NPSR) 49.56% Yuri Matochkin (OKS) 40.44% Against all 8.29%Kirov Oblast Vasily Desyatnikov ru Десятников, Василий Алексеевич 1991 6 October (first round) Vladimir Sergeyenkov ru Сергеенков, Владимир Нилович (NPSR) 39.64% Gennady Shtin 30.54% Vasily Desyatnikov (OKS) 18.20% Pyotr Polyantsev 5.63%Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 20 October (runoff) Vladimir Sergeyenkov ru Сергеенков, Владимир Нилович (NPSR) 50.46% Gennady Shtin (supported by NDR, Yabloko) 45.45% Yamalo-Nenets AO Yury Neyolov ru Неёлов, Юрий Васильевич 1994 13 October Yury Neyolov ru Неёлов, Юрий Васильевич (OKS) 68.88% Vladimir Goman 22.77% Incumbent elected to full term. Kursk Oblast Vasily Shuteyev 1991 20 October Alexander Rutskoy (Derzhava/NPSR) 76.85% Vasily Shuteyev (OKS) 17.55% Incumbent lost election.New governor elected.Pskov Oblast Vladislav Tumanov 1992 20 October (first round) Vladislav Tumanov (supported by OKS, Yabloko) 30.92% Yevgeny Mikhailov (LDPR) 22.71% Vladimir Sidorenko (APR) 14.93% Ivan Komar (Honour and Homeland) 14.09% Vitaly Pushkaryov 10.94%Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 3 November (runoff) Yevgeny Mikhailov (LDPR, NPSR) 56.46% Vladislav Tumanov (OKS) 36.89% Against all 5.32% Sakhalin Oblast Igor Farkhutdinov 1995 20 October Igor Farkhutdinov (OKS) 39.47% Anatoly Chyorny (NPSR) 27.20% Nikolay Dolgikh 9.44% Vladimir Bersenev (Yabloko) 7.21% Incumbent elected to full term. Jewish AO Nikolay Volkov 1991 20 October Nikolay Volkov (supported by OKS, Yabloko) 70.09% Sergey Leskov 16.28% Against all 11.50% Incumbent elected to full term. Krasnodar Krai Nikolai Yegorov 1996 27 October Nikolai Kondratenko (NPSR) 57.17% Nikolai Yegorov 24.75% Viktor Krokhmal (Honour and Homeland) 7.79% Boris Vavilov (LDPR) 2.33% Yevgeny Kharitonov (OKS) 2.00% Election results annulled.Revote called for 22 December 1996 (see below).Stavropol Krai Pyotr Marchenko 1995 27 October (first round) Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF/NPSR) 47.80% Pyotr Marchenko (NDR, supported by OKS, Yabloko) 37.63%Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 17 November (runoff) Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF/NPSR) 55.10% Pyotr Marchenko (NDR/OKS) 40.15%Kaluga Oblast Oleg Savchenko 1996 27 October (first round) Valery Sudarenkov (supported by NPSR and Yabloko) 45.76% Oleg Savchenko (OKS) 39.63% Gennady Pushkin (LDPR) 3.57%Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 9 November (runoff) Valery Sudarenkov (NPSR) 63.51% Oleg Savchenko (OKS) 30.48% Chita Oblast Ravil Geniatulin 1996 27 October Ravil Geniatulin (OKS) 30.76% Yaroslav Shvyryayev 22.89% Vladimir Bogatov (LDPR) 19.55% Viktor Kurochkin (supported by DR and Yabloko) 10.98% Viktor Kolesnikov (APR/NPSR) 7.14% Incumbent elected to full term. Agin-Buryat AO Bolot Ayushiyev 1996 27 October Bolot Ayushiyev 46.71% Yury Dondokov 46.16% Election results annulled.Ivanov 2019 455Revote called for 23 February 1997 (see 1997 elections). Khanty-Mansi AO Alexander Filipenko 1991 27 October Alexander Filipenko (OKS, NPSR) 71.49% Gennady Korepanov 11.18% Against all 14.82% Incumbent elected to full term. Magadan Oblast Viktor Mikhailov 1991 3 November Valentin Tsvetkov (NPSR, Yabloko) 45.96% Viktor Mikhailov (OKS) 41.31% Against all 8.22% Incumbent lost election.New governor elected.Altai Krai Lev Korshunov 1994 17 November (first round) Alexander Surikov (NPSR) 46.92% Lev Korshunov (OKS) 43.39%Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 1 December (runoff) Alexander Surikov (NPSR) 49.36% Lev Korshunov (OKS) 46.14%Kamchatka Oblast Vladimir Biryukov 1991 17 November (first round) Vladimir Biryukov (OKS) 47.67% Boris Oleynikov 10.65% Mikhail Kulak 9.36% Nikolay Tokmantsev 8.02% Against all 10.40%Incumbent elected to full term. 1 December (runoff) Vladimir Biryukov (OKS) 60.96% Boris Oleynikov 27.80%Murmansk Oblast Yevgeny Komarov 1991 17 November (first round) Yevgeny Komarov (OKS) 31.09% Yury Yevdokimov 20.10% Mikhail Zub 13.92% Boris Vorobyov (LDPR) 10.15% Vasily Kalayda (NPSR) 7.14% Igor Lebedev (Yabloko) 4.93%Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 1 December (runoff) Yury Yevdokimov (NPSR) 43.45% Yevgeny Komarov (OKS) 40.64% Komi-Permyak AO Nikolay Poluyanov 1991 17 November Nikolay Poluyanov (OKS, NPSR) 69.63% Anatoly Fedoseyev (Constitutional Party) 15.26% Against all 7.25% Incumbent elected to full term. Koryak AO Sergey Lyoushkin ru Леушкин, Сергей Геннадьевич 1991 17 November Valentina Bronevich (NPSR)Nina Solodyakova, NPSR's original candidate, withdrew from the election and endorsed Bronevich.А. Кынев Демократия в нищете: Корякия избрала губернатора без надежды на лучшее http://www.vibory.ru/analyt/kynev-2.htm Независимый институт выборов 12 April 2026 ru 2004 47.13% Sergey Lyoushkin (OKS) 25.58% Nikolay Savelyev 9.92% Against all 8.76% Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. Ust-Orda Buryat AO Aleksey Batagayev ru Батагаев, Алексей Николаевич 1991 17 November Valery Maleyev ru Малеев, Валерий Геннадьевич 37.34% Aleksey Batagayev (OKS) 26.84% Ivan Ivanov (CPRF) 25.70% Incumbent lost election.New governor elected.Independent gain.Kurgan Oblast Anatoly Sobolev ru Соболев, Анатолий Николаевич (политик) 1995 24 November (first round) Oleg Bogomolov (NPSR) 40.87% Anatoly Koltashov (Yabloko) 33.14% Anatoly Sobolev (OKS) 12.92% Against all 10.45%Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 8 December (runoff) Oleg Bogomolov (NPSR) 66.29% Against all 31.97% December Federal subject Incumbent Incumbentsince Election day Candidates ResultKhakassia Yevgeny Smirnov 1992 1 December (first round) Aleksey Lebed (Honour and Homeland) 42.10% Yevgeny Reznikov 17.00% Yevgeny Smirnov (NDR, CPRF)Собецкий Евгений 1 декабря в Хакасии проводятся выборы депутатов Верховного Совета и председателя правительства республики http://www.itar-tass.com/russ/reg_elect/press/29-11-04.htm Itar-Tass https://web.archive.org/web/19980220002459/http://www.itar-tass.com/russ/reg_elect/press/29-11-04.htm 20 February 1998 ru 29 November 1996 11.06% Yury Shpigalskikh 5.88% Valery Shavyrkin 4.98% Nikolay Bulakin (OKS) 4.76% Against all 5.52%Incumbent lost election.New premier elected. 22 December (runoff) Aleksey Lebed 71.85% Yevgeny Reznikov 19.77% Against all 6.52% Ivanovo Oblast Vladislav Tikhomirov 1996 1 December Vladislav Tikhomirov (OKS) 50.12% Sergey Sirotkin (LDPR) 23.86% Nikolay Lobayev (DVR) 9.41% Ivan Pimenov (CPRF/NPSR) 7.71% Against all 6.11% Incumbent elected to full term. Samara Oblast Konstantin Titov 1991 1 December Konstantin Titov (NDR/OKS, Yabloko, DVR) 63.39% Valentin Romanov (CPRF/NPSR) 29.86% Incumbent elected to full term.Nenets AO Vladimir Khabarov 1996 1 December (first round) Vladimir Khabarov (OKS) 40.64% Vladimir Butov ru Бутов, Владимир Яковлевич 21.99% Yury Komarovsky 15.30% Valentin Varankin 5.48% Against all 8.35%Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 13 December (runoff) Vladimir Butov ru Бутов, Владимир Яковлевич 48.46% Vladimir Khabarov (OKS) 40.27% Against all 9.74% Khabarovsk Kraihttp://www.elect.khv.ru/Archiv/96/kharact.htm https://web.archive.org/web/19991104194922/http://www.elect.khv.ru/Archiv/96/kharact.htm 4 November 1999 Электоральная характеристика Khabarovsk Krai Election Commission ru Viktor Ishayev 1991 8 December Viktor Ishayev (OKS/local NPSR) 76.93% Valentin Tsoi 7.23% Vadim Mantulov 5.03% Against all 6.24% Incumbent elected to full term.Arkhangelsk Oblast Anatoly Yefremov 1996 8 December (first round) Anatoly Yefremov (OKS) 34.54% Yury Guskov (CPRF/NPSR) 28.85% Pavel Pozdeyev 21.35% Aleksandr Ivanov (supported by DVR, Yabloko) 5.42% Against all 7.73%Incumbent elected to full term. 22 December (runoff) Anatoly Yefremov (OKS, Yabloko) 58.67% Yury Guskov (CPRF/NPSR) 33.24% Astrakhan Oblast Anatoly Guzhvin 1991 8 December Anatoly Guzhvin (NDR/OKS) 52.45% Vyacheslav Zvolinsky (CPRF/NPSR) 39.79% Incumbent elected to full term. Bryansk Oblast Aleksandr Semernyov 1996 8 December Yury Lodkin (CPRF/NPSR) 54.54% Aleksandr Semernyov (OKS) 25.81% Vladimir Barabanov 5.57% Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. Vladimir Oblast Yury Vlasov 1991 8 December Nikolay Vinogradov (CPRF/NPSR) 62.29% Yury Vlasov (OKS) 21.71% Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. Voronezh Oblast Aleksandr Tsapin 1996 8 December Ivan Shabanov (CPRF/NPSR) 48.97% Aleksandr Tsapin (OKS) 41.02% Incumbent lost election.New governor elected.Kostroma Oblast Valery Arbuzov 1991 8 December (first round) Viktor Shershunov (CPRF/NPSR) 41.72% Valery Arbuzov (NDR/OKS, Yabloko) 27.33% Nikolay Romanov (supported by LDPR, DR) 21.28%Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 22 December (runoff) Viktor Shershunov (CPRF/NPSR) 64.10% Valery Arbuzov (NDR/OKS, Yabloko) 30.24%Perm Oblast Gennady Igumnov 1996 8 December (first round) Gennady Igumnov (OKS) 42.38% Sergey Levitan 26.89% Vladimir Ilyinykh 7.79% Yury Perkhun (CPRF) 4.89% Against all 7.17%Incumbent elected to full term. 22 December (runoff) Gennady Igumnov (OKS) 63.86% Sergey Levitan 29.08%Ryazan Oblast Igor Ivlev 1996 8 December (first round) Vyacheslav Lyubimov ru Любимов, Вячеслав Николаевич (CPRF/NPSR) 38.29% Igor Ivlev (APR/OKS) 29.55% Valery Kalashnikov (OKS) 14.03% Viktor Milekhin 8.93% Against all 5.07%Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 22 December (runoff) Vyacheslav Lyubimov ru Любимов, Вячеслав Николаевич (CPRF/NPSR) 56.06% Igor Ivlev 38.36%Mari ElVladislav Zotin 1991 22 December (first round) Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF/NPSR) 47.37% Leonid Markelov (LDPR) 29.21% Vladislav Zotin (OKS) 9.77%Incumbent lost re-election.New president elected. 4 January 1997 (runoff) Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF/NPSR) 58.89% Leonid Markelov (LDPR) 36.24% Sakha (Yakutia) Mikhail Nikolayev 1991 22 December Mikhail Nikolayev (OKS) 58.96% Artur Alekseyev (CPRF) 25.46% Incumbent re-elected. Krasnodar Krai(revote) Nikolai Yegorov 1996 22 December Nikolai Kondratenko (CPRF/NPSR) 82.00% Viktor Krokhmal (Honour and Homeland) 7.18% Nikolai Yegorov 4.83% Incumbent lost election.New governor elected.Volgograd Oblast Ivan Shabunin 1991 22 December (first round) Ivan Shabunin (OKS, supported by APR) 37.64% Nikolay Maksyuta (NPSR) 28.51% Yury Chekhov (OKS) 25.22%Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. 29 December (runoff) Nikolay Maksyuta (NPSR) 50.96% Ivan Shabunin (OKS) 44.15%Tyumen Oblast Leonid Roketsky 1993 22 December (first round) Leonid Roketsky (OKS) 42.01% Sergey Atroshenko 23.87% Gennady Raikov 8.45% Anatoly Cherepanov (RCWP) 8.44%Incumbent elected to full term. 12 January 1997 (runoff) Leonid Roketsky (OKS) 58.83% Sergey Atroshenko 32.94% Ulyanovsk Oblast Yury Goryachev 1992 22 December Yury Goryachev ru Горячев, Юрий Фролович (supported by NDR and Yabloko) 42.48% Aleksandr Kruglikov (CPRF/NPSR) 33.71% Nikolay Semashin 7.63% Viktor Bartkaitis 5.63% Yury Cheburov (OKS) 7.62% Incumbent elected to full term. Chelyabinsk Oblast Vadim Solovyov 1991 22 December Pyotr Sumin (NPSR) 50.79% Vadim Solovyov (OKS) 15.99% Vladimir Grigoriadi 8.58% Vladimir Golovlyov (DVR) 6.49% Incumbent lost election.New governor elected. Taymyr AO Gennady Nedelin 1991 22 December Gennady Nedelin (OKS) 65.70% Gennady Subbotkin 11.30% Incumbent elected to full term. Chukotka AO Aleksandr Nazarov 1991 22 December Aleksandr Nazarov (OKS) 65.18% Vladimir Yetylin 21.04% Incumbent elected to full term. Evenk AO Anatoly Yakimov 1991 22 December Aleksandr Bokovikov (NPSR) 35.52% Anatoly Yakimov ru Якимов, Анатолий Михайлович (OKS) 34.62% Viktor Gayulsky (NDR) 13.12% Election results annulled.Revote called for 23 March 1997 (see 1997 elections). Notes References Sources Ivanov Vitaly 2019 Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors Russian 978-5-907250-14-7 Category:Gubernatorial elections in Russia Category:1996 elections in Russia