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2004–05 Russian gubernatorial elections

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.

2004–05 Russian gubernatorial elections
← 2003
14 March 2004 – 6 February 2005
2012 →
25 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89
2004 Russian regional elections:
  Gubernatorial
  Legislative
  Gubernatorial and legislative
  Gubernatorial and legislative (both of another subject)

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

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Federal SubjectDateIncumbentIncumbent
since		CandidatesResult
Udmurtia[1] (snap election)14 MarchAlexander Volkov2000
 Incumbent re-elected.
Altai Krai[2][3]14 March (first round)Aleksandr Surikov1996
 Incumbent lost re-election.
New governor elected.
4 April (runoff)
Krasnodar Krai[4] (snap election)14 MarchAlexander Tkachov2000
 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkhangelsk Oblast[5][6] (snap election)14 March (first round)Anatoly Yefremov1996
 Incumbent lost re-election.
New governor elected.
28 March (runoff)
Voronezh Oblast[7] (snap election) 14 MarchVladimir Kulakov2000
  • Green tickY Vladimir Kulakov (supported by UR)[8] 52.49%
  • Sergey Rudakov (CPRF) 20.13%
  • Galina Kudryavtseva 14.55%
  • Against all 7.65%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Kaluga Oblast[9] (snap election) 14 MarchAnatoly Artamonov2000
 Incumbent re-elected.
Murmansk Oblast[10] 14 MarchYury Yevdokimov1996
 Incumbent re-elected.
Ryazan Oblast[11][12] (snap election) 14 March (first round)Vyacheslav Lyubimov1996
 Incumbent lost re-election.
New governor elected.
28 March (runoff)
Chita Oblast[13] (snap election) 14 MarchRavil Geniatulin1996
  • Green tickY Ravil Geniatulin (UR) 68.18%
  • Oleg Yesaulov 14.17%
  • Viktor Shchursky 6.67%
  • Against all 9.53%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Koryak AO[14][15] (snap election) 14 March (first round)Vladimir Loginov2000
  • Vladimir Loginov 37.43%
  • Boris Chuyev 17.92%
  • Andrey Petrov 16.75%
  • Baurzhan Belbayev 10.65%
  • Nina Solodyakova 7.35%
  • Against all 6.24%
 Incumbent re-elected.
4 April (runoff)
Chechnya[16] 29 AugustAkhmad Kadyrov (died in office)
Sergey Abramov (acting)		2003
New president elected to a vacant position.
Pskov Oblast[17][18] 14 November (first round)Yevgeny Mikhailov1996
 Incumbent lost re-election.
New governor elected.
5 December (runoff)
Ust-Orda Buryat AO[19] 14 NovemberValery Maleyev1996
 Incumbent re-elected.
Kurgan Oblast[20][21] 28 November (first round)Oleg Bogomolov1996
  • Oleg Bogomolov (UR) 35.08%
  • Yevgeny Sobakin (SPS) 23.78%
  • Pyotr Nazarov 23.61%
  • Against all 10.46%
 Incumbent re-elected.
19 December (runoff)
Astrakhan Oblast[22] 5 DecemberAnatoly Guzhvin (died in office)
Aleksandr Glazkov (acting)		1991
 New governor elected to a vacant position.
Bryansk Oblast[23][24] 5 December (first round)Yury Lodkin1996
  • 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)
Volgograd Oblast[25][26] 5 December (first round)Nikolay Maksyuta1996
 Incumbent re-elected.
26 December (runoff)
Kamchatka Oblast[27][28] 5 December (first round)Mikhail Mashkovtsev2000
 Incumbent re-elected.
19 December (runoff)
Ulyanovsk Oblast[29][30] 5 December (first round)Vladimir Shamanov (resigned)
Maria Bolshakova (acting)		2000
 Incumbent resigned from office.
New governor elected.
26 December (runoff)
Mari El[31] 19 DecemberLeonid Markelov2000
  • Green tickY Leonid Markelov 56.96%
  • Mikhail Dolgov 18.69%
  • Aleksandr Korotkov 10.53%
  • Against all 9.94%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Khabarovsk Krai[32] 19 DecemberViktor Ishayev1991
 Incumbent re-elected.
Khakassia[33] 26 DecemberAleksey Lebed1996
  • Green tickY Aleksey Lebed 59.15%
  • Vladimir Kerzhentsev (CPRF) 11.97%
  • Sergey Yerbyagin 8.55%
  • Against all 10.85%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Nenets AO[34][35] 23 January (first round)Vladimir Butov1996
 Incumbent term-limited.
New governor elected.
6 February (runoff)

Bryansk Oblast

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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”.[36]

Samara Oblast

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The elections were set up by the regional court on 19 September 2004,[37] 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

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2005 Nenets gubernatorial election
← 2001
January 23, 2005 (2005-01-23) (first round)
February 6, 2005 (2005-02-06) (runoff)
2014 →
 
Candidate Alexey Barinov Igor Koshin
Popular vote 9,005 5,663
Percentage 48.45% 30.47%
Governor before election

Vladimir Butov
Independent

 Elected Governor

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], 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.[38]

Candidates included:[39]

  • 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

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Alexey BarinovIndependent4,36222.749,00548.87
Igor KoshinIndependent4,02820.995,66330.74
Leonid SablinCommunist Party3,51518.32
Aleksandr ShmakovUnited Russia3,15716.45
Vladimir Butov1,0915.69
Alexander Bebenin5933.09
Viktoria Bobrova4972.59
Leonid Bogachuk880.46
Nikolay Kalchishkov720.38
Vladimir Kislyakov660.34
Stanislav Bestuzhev630.33
Nikolay Kirikov240.13
Alexander Kolesnikov240.13
Mikhail Nikitsin230.12
Nikolay Yablokov170.09
Against all1,5668.163,75720.39
Total19,186100.0018,425100.00
Valid votes19,18698.5518,42599.12
Invalid/blank votes2821.451630.88
Total votes19,468100.0018,588100.00
Registered voters/turnout30,93962.9230,93360.09
Source: Election Commission of Nenets Autonomous Okrug[34][35]

Aftermath

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On 18 February 2005, Alexey Barinov officially took office. In May 2006 he was arrested on charges of committing fraud.[40] 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.[41]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Replacing Sergey Gerasimov, who was removed from ballot by a court decision.

References

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  1. ↑ "Выборы Президента Удмуртской Республики". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Выборы главы администрации Алтайского края". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Основные выборы, повторное голосование по выборам главы администрации Алтайского края". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Выборы главы администрации (губернатора) Краснодарского края". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Выборы главы администрации Архангельской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Повторное голосование на выборах главы администрации Архангельской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Выборы главы администрации Воронежской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Губернаторские выборы - 2004" [Gubernatorial elections - 2004]. politika.su (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Выборы Губернатора Калужской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Выборы Губернатора Мурманской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Выборы губернатора Рязанской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Основные выборы, повторное голосование по выборам губернатора Рязанской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  13. ↑ "Выборы Главы Администрации (Губернатора) Читинской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  14. ↑ "Выборы Губернатора Корякского автономного округа". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  15. ↑ "выборы Губернатора Корякского автономного округа (повторное голосование)". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  16. ↑ "Досрочные выборы Президента Чеченской Республики". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  17. ↑ "Выборы Главы Администрации Псковской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  18. ↑ "Выборы Главы Администрации Псковской области повторное голосование". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  19. ↑ "Выборы главы администрации Усть-Ордынского Бурятского автономного округа". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  20. ↑ "Выборы Губернатора Курганской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  21. ↑ "ПОВТОРНОЕ ГОЛОСОВАНИЕ по выборам Губернатора Курганской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  22. ↑ "Досрочные выборы Губернатора Астраханской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  23. ↑ "Выборы Губернатора Брянской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  24. ↑ "Повторное голосование по выборам Губернатора Брянской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  25. ↑ "Выборы главы администрации Волгоградской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  26. ↑ "Выборы главы администрации Волгоградской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  27. ↑ "Выборы губернатора Камчатской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  28. ↑ "повторное голосование по выборам губернатора Камчатской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  29. ↑ "Выборы Главы администрации Ульяновской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  30. ↑ "Основные выборы, повторное голосование по выборам Главы администрации Ульяновской области". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  31. ↑ "Выборы Президента Республики Марий Эл". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  32. ↑ "Выборы Губернатора Хабаровского края". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  33. ↑ "Выборы Председателя Правительства Республики Хакасия". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  34. 1 2 "Выборы главы Администрации Ненецкого автономного округа". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  35. 1 2 "Повторное голосование по выборам главы Администрации Ненецкого автономного округа". CEC (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  36. ↑ Chronicle of Bryansk Oblast elections, Regnum (6 December 2004)
  37. ↑ Gubernatorial election to be held in September, Tolyatti News (1 July 2004)
  38. ↑ In St. Petersburg, the court sentenced the governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug to three years of suspended imprisonment, Radio Liberty (31 December 2004)
  39. ↑ Gubernatorial Elections — 2005, politika.su
  40. ↑ Nenets Governor Barinov was arrested, utro.ru (24 May 2006)
  41. ↑ History of elections and appointments of the governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, TASS (12 September 2020)

Sources

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  • 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). pp. 250–252.
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