2001 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections in 2001 took place in 17 regions of the Russian Federation. 16 regular and one extraordinary campaigns took place that year. In two regions the second rounds were held in January 2002.

2001 Russian gubernatorial elections
14 January – 23 December 2001
17 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

With some delay, elections were held for the governors of Nenets and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs, whose terms of office expired back in December 2000. Early elections were held in Primorsky Krai after resignation of Yevgeny Nazdratenko.

On 1 December 2001 Fatherland – All Russia party (OVR), founded and supported by a number of influential governors, officially merged with pro-Putin Unity into United Russia. For the some time after it was known as "Unity and Fatherland — United Russia". Previously that year members of these two center-right parties had occasionally met each other in different gubernatorial races.

Race summary
Federal Subject[1]DateIncumbentFirst
elected		Losing candidatesGovernor-elect
Tyumen Oblast14 JanuaryLeonid Roketsky1997Leonid Roketsky (Unity), Alexander Cherepanov (RKRP), Sergey Atroshenko (RPP), Vladimir Chertishchev (CPRF), Valery Panteleyev (MPR)Sergey Sobyanin (OVR)
Nenets AO14 JanuaryVladimir Butov1996Alexander Shmakov, Vyacheslav Vyucheysky (supported by CPRF)Vladimir Butov (Unity)
Taymyr AO28 JanuaryGennady Nedelin1996Gennady NedelinAlexander Khloponin
Tatarstan[2]25 MarchMintimer Shaymiyev1991Sergey Shashurin, Ivan Grachyov, Robert Sadykov (CPRT)Mintimer Shaymiyev (OVR)
Amur Oblast25 March,
8 April		Anatoly Belonogov1997Anatoly Belonogov (CPRF), Yury Bobylyov, Pavel Stein, Viktor LabyshevLeonid Korotkov
Tula Oblast8 & 22 AprilVasily Starodubtsev1997Andrey Samoshin, Viktor Sokolovsky, Andrey BrezhnevVasily Starodubtsev (CPRF+APR)
Evenk AO8 AprilAleksandr Bokovikov1997Yevgeny Vasilyev, Georgy VasilyevBoris Zolotaryov
Kemerovo Oblast22 AprilValentin Mazikin—[lower-alpha 1]Sergey NeverovAman Tuleyev
Primorsky Krai27 May,
17 June		Konstantin Tolstoshein—[lower-alpha 2]Gennady Apanasenko, Viktor Cherepkov, Vladimir Grishukov (CPRF), Valentin Dubinin, Alexander KirilichevSergey Darkin
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast15 & 29 JulyIvan Sklyarov1997Ivan Sklyarov (OVR), Vadim Bulavinov, Dmitry Savelyev (SPS), Andrey KlimentyevGennady Khodyrev (CPRF)
Irkutsk Oblast29 July,
19 August		Boris Govorin1997Sergey Levchenko (CPRF), Valentin Mezhevich (supported by SPS and Yabloko)Boris Govorin
Rostov Oblast23 SeptemberVladimir Chub1996Pyotr VoloshinVladimir Chub (Unity)
Oryol Oblast28 OctoberYegor Stroyev1993Vladimir Zyabkin, Vasily Molokanov, Stanislav MatsYegor Stroyev
Altai Republic16 December,
6 January		Semyon Zubakin1997Semyon Zubakin (SPS), Vladimir Petrov, Sergey Krechetov, Viktor Romashkin (CPRF), Alexander Berdnikov (Unity&Fatherland), Vladimir AmurgushevMikhail Lapshin (APR)
Komi16 DecemberYury Spiridonov1994Yury Spiridonov (Unity&Fatherland), Leonid Musinov (NPSR)Vladimir Torlopov (supported by SPS and Yabloko)
Chuvashia16 DecemberNikolay Fyodorov1993Valentin Shurchanov (CPRF), Stanislav Voronov, Nikolay Grigoryev (SPS)Nikolay Fyodorov
Yakutia[3]23 December,
13 January		Mikhail Nikolayev/Spartak Borisov1991Fedot Tumusov/Alexander Podgolov, Ruslan Shipkov/Artur Alexeyev (CPRF), Vasily FilippovVyacheslav Shtyrov/Alexander Akimov (supported by UF—UR)[4]

Notes
  1. Acting governor installed after resignation of Aman Tuleyev in January 2001
  2. Acting governor installed after resignation of Yevgeny Nazdratenko in February 2001

References
  1. Gubernatorial Elections — 2001, politika.su
  2. "History of presidential elections in Tatarstan". TASS (in Russian). 2020-09-11.
  3. "Эволюция выборов: Самая скандальная президентская кампания Якутии" [Election Evolution: Yakutia's Most Scandalous Presidential Campaign]. Yakutia-Sakha Information Agency (in Russian). 2018-09-13.
  4. "Выборы в Якутии: Неопределенность сохраняется" [Elections in Yakutia: Uncertainty Remains]. RBC (in Russian). 2001-12-19.
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