1996 Russian gubernatorial elections
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Gubernatorial elections in 1996 took place in 53 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 widespread elections. 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.[1]
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.[2]
Results[]
| Federal Subject | Date | Incumbent | Incumbent status | Losing candidates | Governor-elect | ||
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| Tatarstan | 24 March | Mintimer Shaymiyev | Term-expiring | ran uncontested | Mintimer Shaymiyev | ||
| Saint Petersburg | 19 May, 2 June | Anatoly Sobchak | Term-expiring | Anatoly Sobchak, Yury Boldyrev, , Alexander Belyakov[n 1] | Vladimir Yakovlev | ||
| Moscow | 16 June | Yury Luzhkov | Term-expiring | Olga Sergeyeva, Alexander Krasnov | Yury Luzhkov (Valery Shantsev as vice mayor) | ||
| Saratov Oblast | 1 September | Dmitry Ayatskov | Appointed 1996 | Anatoly Gordeyev (NPSR/CPRF), Vitaly Pavlov (Forward, Russia!) | Dmitry Ayatskov (OKS) | ||
| Amur Oblast (cancelled) |
22 September | Yury Lyashko | Appointed 1996 | Yury Lyashko (OKS) | Anatoly Belonogov (NPSR) | ||
| Leningrad Oblast | 29 September | Alexander Belyakov | Appointed 1991 | Alexander Belyakov (OKS) | Vadim Gustov (NPSR) | ||
| Rostov Oblast | 29 September | Vladimir Chub | Appointed 1991 | Leonid Ivanchenko (NPSR) | Vladimir Chub (OKS) | ||
| Vologda Oblast | 6 October | Vyacheslav Pozgalyov | Appointed 1996 | Mikhail Surov, Mikhail Beznin (CPRF/NPSR), Nikolay Podgornov | Vyacheslav Pozgalyov (OKS) | ||
| Kaliningrad Oblast | 6 & 20 October | Yuri Matochkin | Appointed 1991 | Yuri Matochkin (OKS), Yuri Semyonov | Leonid Gorbenko (NPSR) | ||
| Kirov Oblast | 6 & 20 October | Appointed 1991 | Gennady Shtin, Vasily Desyatnikov (OKS) | (NPSR) | |||
| Yamalo-Nenets AO | 13 October | Appointed 1994 | Vladimir Goman | Yury Neyolov (OKS) | |||
| Kursk Oblast | 20 October | Appointed 1991 | Vasily Shuteyev (OKS) | Alexander Rutskoy (NPSR) | |||
| Pskov Oblast | 20 October, 3 November |
Vladislav Tumanov | Appointed 1992 | Vladislav Tumanov (supported by OKS, Yabloko), Vladimir Sidorenko (APR), Ivan Komar (Honor&Homeland), Vitaly Pushkaryov | Yevgeny Mikhailov (LDPR) | ||
| Sakhalin Oblast | 20 October | Igor Farkhutdinov | Appointed 1995 | Anatoly Chyorny (NPSR), Nikolay Dolgikh, Vladimir Bersenev (Yabloko) | Igor Farkhutdinov (OKS) | ||
| Jewish AO | 20 October | Nikolay Volkov | Appointed 1991 | Sergey Leskov | Nikolay Volkov (supported by OKS, Yabloko) | ||
| Krasnodar Krai (cancelled) |
27 October | Nikolai Yegorov | Appointed 1996 | Nikolai Yegorov, Viktor Krokhmal (Honor&Homeland), Boris Vavilov (LDPR), Yevgeny Kharitonov (OKS) | Nikolai Kondratenko (NPSR) | ||
| Stavropol Krai | 27 October, 17 November |
Pyotr Marchenko | Appointed 1995 | Pyotr Marchenko (NDR, supported by OKS, Yabloko), Alexander Korobeynikov, Alexey Kulakovsky | Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF, supported by NPSR) | ||
| Kaluga Oblast | 27 October, 9 November |
Oleg Savchenko | Appointed 1996 | Oleg Savchenko (OKS), Gennady Pushkin (LDPR) | Valery Sudarenkov (supported by NPSR and Yabloko) | ||
| Chita Oblast | 27 October | Ravil Geniatulin | Appointed 1996 | Yaroslav Shvyryayev, Vladimir Bogatov (LDPR), Viktor Kurochkin (supported by DR and Yabloko), Viktor Kolesnikov (APR, supported by NPSR) | Ravil Geniatulin (OKS) | ||
| Agin-Buryat AO | 27 October | Bolot Ayushiyev | Appointed 1996 | Only two candidates participated (Bolot Ayushiyev and Yuri Dondokov), none of them receiving the required 50% of the votes.[3] | |||
| Khanty-Mansi AO | 27 October | Alexander Filipenko | Appointed 1991 | Gennady Korepanov | Alexander Filipenko (OKS, NPSR) | ||
| Magadan Oblast | 3 November | Appointed 1991 | Viktor Mikhailov (OKS), Vasily Miroshnichenko | Valentin Tsvetkov (NPSR, Yabloko) | |||
| Altai Krai | 17 November, 1 December |
Lev Korshunov | Appointed 1994 | Lev Korshunov (OKS), Pyotr Akelkin () | Alexander Surikov (NPSR) | ||
| Kamchatka Oblast | 17 November, 1 December |
Vladimir Biryukov | Appointed 1991 | Boris Oleynikov, Mikhail Kulak, Nikolay Tokmantsev, Lyudmila Grigoryeva, Nikolay Fatnev | Vladimir Biryukov | ||
| Murmansk Oblast | 17 November, 1 December |
Yevgeny Komarov | Appointed 1991 | Yevgeny Komarov (OKS), Mikhail Zub, Boris Vorobyov (LDPR), Vasily Kalayda (NPSR), Igor Lebedev (Yabloko) | Yury Yevdokimov (NPSR (in 2nd round)) | ||
| Komi-Permyak AO | 17 November | Nikolay Poluyanov | Appointed 1991 | Anatoly Fedoseyev, Anatoly Golubkov | Nikolay Poluyanov (OKS) | ||
| Koryak AO | 17 November | Appointed 1991 | Sergey Leushkin (OKS), Nikolay Savelyev | Valentina Bronevich (endorsed by NPSR nominee) | |||
| Ust-Orda Buryat AO | 17 November | Appointed 1991 | Alexey Batagayev (OKS), Ivan Ivanov (CPRF) | ||||
| Kurgan Oblast | 24 November, 8 December |
Appointed 1995 | Anatoly Koltashov (Yabloko, withdrew from 2nd round), Anatoly Sobolev (OKS) | Oleg Bogomolov (NPSR) | |||
| Khakassia | 1 & 22 December | Term-expiring | Yevgeny Reznikov, Yevgeny Smirnov, Yury Shpigalskikh, Valery Shavyrkin, Nikolay Bulankin (OKS) | Aleksey Lebed | |||
| Ivanovo Oblast | 1 December | Vladislav Tikhomirov | Appointed 1996 | Sergey Sirotkin (LDPR), Nikolay Lobayev (DVR), Ivan Pimenov (CPRF/NPSR) | Vladislav Tikhomirov (OKS) | ||
| Samara Oblast | 1 December | Konstantin Titov | Appointed 1991 | Valentin Romanov (CPRF, supported by NPSR), Vladimir Chupshev | Konstantin Titov (NDR, supported by OKS and Yabloko) | ||
| Nenets AO | 1 & 13 December | Vladimir Khabarov | Appointed 1996 | Vladimir Khabarov (OKS), Yury Komarovsky, Valentin Varankin | Vladimir Butov | ||
| Khabarovsk Krai | 8 December | Viktor Ishayev | Appointed 1991 | Valentin Tsoi, Vadim Mantulov, Anatoly Mironenko (LDPR) | Viktor Ishayev (supported by OKS and local NPSR) | ||
| Arkhangelsk Oblast | 8 & 22 December | Anatoly Yefremov | Appointed 1996 | Yury Guskov (CPRF/NPSR), Pavel Pozdeyev, Alexander Ivanov (supported by DVR and Yabloko) | Anatoly Yefremov (OKS) | ||
| Astrakhan Oblast | 8 December | Anatoly Guzhvin | Appointed 1991 | Vyacheslav Zvolinsky (CPRF/NPSR) | Anatoly Guzhvin (OKS) | ||
| Bryansk Oblast | 8 December | Alexander Semernyov | Appointed 1996 | Alexander Semernyov (OKS), Vladimir Barabanov, Sergey Simutin, Viktor Fyodorov, Vladimir Yakovlev (Yabloko), Valery Khramchenkov (LDPR) | Yury Lodkin (CPRF/NPSR) | ||
| Vladimir Oblast | 8 December | Yury Vlasov | Appointed 1991 | Yury Vlasov (OKS), Nikolay Yegorov, Sergey Sokolov, Leonid Shergin (Yabloko) | Nikolay Vinogradov (CPRF/NPSR) | ||
| Voronezh Oblast | 8 December | Aleksandr Tsapin | Appointed 1996 | Aleksandr Tsapin (OKS), Valentin Kotlyar (DVR, Vasily Kobylkin (CPRF), Nikolay Matveyev | Ivan Shabanov (CPRF/NPSR) | ||
| Kostroma Oblast | 8 & 22 December | Valery Arbuzov | Appointed 1991 | Valery Arbuzov (NDR, supported by OKS and Yabloko), Nikolay Romanov (LDPR, DR) | Viktor Shershunov (CPRF/NPSR) | ||
| Perm Oblast | 8 & 22 December | Gennady Igumnov | Appointed 1996 | Sergey Levitan, Vladimir Ilyinykh, Yury Perkhun (CPRF), Stanislav Parkhomenko (LDPR), Alexander Novikov (RCWP) | Gennady Igumnov (OKS) | ||
| Ryazan Oblast | 8 December | Igor Ivlev | Appointed 1996 | Igor Ivlev, Valery Kalashnikov, Viktor Milekhin, Sergey Dorozhko | Vyacheslav Lyubimov (CPRF/NPSR) | ||
| Mari El | 22 December 1996, 4 January 1997 |
Vladislav Zotin | Term-expiring | Leonid Markelov (LDPR), Vladislav Zotin (OKS), Ivan Khlebnikov, Anatoly Popov (Mari Ushem) | Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF/NPSR) | ||
| Yakutia | 22 December | Mikhail Nikolayev | Term-expiring | Arthur Alexeyev (CPRF), Prokopy Osipov | Mikhail Nikolayev (OKS) | ||
| Krasnodar Krai (recall) |
22 December | Nikolai Yegorov | Appointed 1996 | Viktor Krokhmal (Honor&Homeland), Nikolai Yegorov, Boris Vavilov (LDPR), Vasily Dyakonov | Nikolai Kondratenko (CPRF/NPSR) | ||
| Volgograd Oblast | 22 & 29 December | Ivan Shabunin | Appointed 1991 | Ivan Shabunin (OKS), Yury Chekhov (OKS), Stanislav Terentyev, Vyacheslav Molchanov (LDPR) | Nikolay Maksyuta (NPSR) | ||
| Tyumen Oblast | 22 December 1996, 12 January 1997 |
Leonid Roketsky | Appointed 1991 | Sergey Atroshenko, Gennady Raikov, Anatoly Cherepanov (RCWP) | Leonid Roketsky (supported by OKS and Yabloko) | ||
| Ulyanovsk Oblast | 22 December | Yury Goryachev | Appointed 1992 | Alexander Kruglikov (CPRF, supported by NPSR), Nikolay Semashin, Viktor Bartkaitis, Yury Cheburov (OKS) | Yury Goryachev (supported by NDR and Yabloko) | ||
| Chelyabinsk Oblast | 22 December | Vadim Solovyov | Appointed 1991 | Vadim Solovyov (OKS), Vladimir Grigoriadi, Vladimir Golovlyov (DVR), Vasily Kicheji, Sergey Kostromin (National State Party), Andrey Belishko, Lev Ubozhko (CPR), Alexander Vlasov, Alexander Yalovenko (LDPR) | Pyotr Sumin[n 2] (NPSR) | ||
| Taymyr | 22 December | Gennady Nedelin | Appointed 1991 | Gennady Subbotkin, Vasily Nechayev | Gennady Nedelin (OKS) | ||
| Chukotka | 22 December | Aleksandr Nazarov | Appointed 1991 | Vladimir Yetylin, Yury Broitman | Aleksandr Nazarov (OKS) | ||
| Evenkia (cancelled) |
22 December | Anatoly Yakimov | Appointed 1991 | Anatoly Yakimov (OKS) | Aleksandr Bokovikov (NPSR) | ||
Notes[]
- ^ Belyakov, then-governor of Leningrad Oblast, was nominated in Saint Petersburg promoting the idea of two regions' reunification. However, he lost both campaigns.
- ^ Sumin was first elected in April 1993 and removed from office by president Yeltsin. He contested Solovyov's governorship until October 1993.
References[]
- ^ Иванов, В.В. (2019). Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов. Том I [Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors. Volume I] (in Russian). p. 442.
- ^ Gubernatorial elections — 1996, politika.su
- ^ Иванов, В.В. (2019). Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов. Том I [Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors. Volume I] (in Russian). p. 455.
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