2001 Russian gubernatorial elections explained

Election Name:	2001 Russian gubernatorial elections
Country:	Russia
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2000 Russian gubernatorial elections
Previous Year:	2000
Election Date:	14 January – 23 December 2001
Next Election:	2002 Russian gubernatorial elections
Next Year:	2002
Seats For Election:	17 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

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.

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]	Date	Incumbent		First elected	Candidates	Governor-elect
	14 January			1997	Sergey Sobyanin (OVR) 52.78% Leonid Roketsky (Unity) 28.90% Aleksandr Cherepanov (RKRP) 7.41% Sergey Atroshenko (RPP) 1.87%		Sergey Sobyanin
	14 January			1996	Vladimir Butov (Unity) 68.28% Aleksandr Shmakov 13.60%		Vladimir Butov
	28 January			1996	Alexander Khloponin 61.97% Gennady Nedelin 33.97%		Alexander Khloponin
Tatarstan^[2]	25 March			1991	Mintimer Shaymiyev (OVR) 79.52%		Mintimer Shaymiyev
	25 March, 8 April			1997	Leonid Korotkov 18.25% / 49.42% Anatoly Belonogov (CPRF) 38.90% / 42.86% Yury Bobylyov 9.63% Pavel Stein 7.07%		Leonid Korotkov
	8 & 22 April			1997	Vasily Starodubtsev (CPRF~APR) 49.09% / 71.44% Andrey Samoshin 20.96% (withdrew from runoff) Viktor Sokolovsky 18.62% / 17.16%		Vasily Starodubtsev
	8 April			1997	Boris Zolotaryov 51.08% Yevgeny Vasilyev 35.09%		Boris Zolotaryov
	22 April		Valentin Mazikin	—	Aman Tuleyev 93.54% Sergey Neverov 0.71%		Aman Tuleyev
	27 May, 17 June		Konstantin Tolstoshein	—	Sergey Darkin 23.94% / 40.17% Viktor Cherepkov 20.02% (disqualified from runoff) Gennady Apanasenko 14.12% / 24.28% Vladimir Grishukov (CPRF) 9.81% Valentin Dubinin 7.87%		Sergey Darkin
	15 & 29 July			1997	Gennady Khodyrev (CPRF) 23.94% / 59.80% Ivan Sklyarov (OVR) 20.82% / 28.25% Vadim Bulavinov 19.07% Dmitry Savelyev (SPS) 12.58% Andrey Klimentyev 10.54%		Gennady Khodyrev
	29 July, 19 August			1997	Boris Govorin 45.05% / 47.63% Sergey Levchenko (CPRF) 23.93% / 45.26% Valentin Mezhevich 12.20%		Boris Govorin
	23 September			1996	Vladimir Chub (Unity) 78.23% Pyotr Voloshin 7.21%		Vladimir Chub
	28 October			1993	Yegor Stroyev 78.23%		Yegor Stroyev
	16 December, 6 January			1997	Mikhail Lapshin (APR) 22.06% / 68.15% Semyon Zubakin (SPS) 15.20% / 22.96%... Alexander Berdnikov (United Russia) 9.67%		Mikhail Lapshin
	16 December			1994	Vladimir Torlopov 39.75% Yury Spiridonov (United Russia) 34.92%		Vladimir Torlopov
	16 December			1993	Nikolay Fyodorov 40.73% Valentin Shurchanov (CPRF) 37.73%		Nikolay Fyodorov
Yakutia^[3]	23 December, 13 January			1991	Vyacheslav Shtyrov 45.39% / 59.25% Fedot Tumusov 17.73% / 34.59% Ruslan Shipkov 15.65%		Vyacheslav Shtyrov^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://politika.su/vybory/rre01t.html Gubernatorial Elections — 2001
2. News: History of presidential elections in Tatarstan. 2020-09-11. TASS. Russian.
3. Web site: Эволюция выборов: Самая скандальная президентская кампания Якутии. ru. Election Evolution: Yakutia's Most Scandalous Presidential Campaign. Yakutia-Sakha Information Agency. 2018-09-13.
4. Web site: Выборы в Якутии: Неопределенность сохраняется. ru. Elections in Yakutia: Uncertainty Remains. RBC. 2001-12-19.