2003 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections in 2003 were held in 23 federal subjects of Russia. 16 incumbent governors re-elected.

2003 Russian gubernatorial elections
26 January – 21 December 2003
23 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89
2003 Russian regional elections:
  Gubernatorial
  Legislative
  Gubernatorial and legislative
  Referendum
  Referendum and gubernatorial

Race summary
Federal SubjectDateIncumbentFirst
elected		Candidates[1][2]
Taymyr AO[3] 26 January Alexander Khloponin[lower-alpha 1] 2001
  • Green tickY Oleg Budargin 68.89%
  • Gennady Subbotkin 7.05%
  • Sergey Uoday 3.81%
  • Alexander Burdein 2.71%
Magadan Oblast[4] 2 & 16 February Valentin Tsvetkov[lower-alpha 2] 1996
  • Green tickY Nikolay Dudov 26.04% / 50.41%
  • Nikolay Karpenko 37.55% / 42.38%
  • Andrey Zinchenko 10.20%
  • Alexander Sechkin 8.97%
Mordovia[5] 16 February Nikolay Merkushkin 1995
Belgorod Oblast[6] 25 May Yevgeny Savchenko 1995
Karachay-Cherkessia[7][8] 17 & 31 August Vladimir Semyonov 1999
Novgorod Oblast 7 September Mikhail Prusak 1995
  • Green tickY Mikhail Prusak 78.73%
  • Vladimir Dugenets 4.39%
  • Alexander Sevastyanov 4.34%
Omsk Oblast[9] 7 September Leonid Polezhayev 1995
Sverdlovsk Oblast[10] 7 September Eduard Rossel 1995
Leningrad Oblast 21 September Valery Serdyukov 1999
Tomsk Oblast 21 September Viktor Kress 1995
Saint Petersburg 21 September,
5 October		 Vladimir Yakovlev[lower-alpha 3] 1996
Chechnya[11] 5 October Akhmad Kadyrov —[lower-alpha 4]
Moscow[12][13] 7 December Yury Luzhkov 1996[lower-alpha 5]
Vologda Oblast 7 December Vyacheslav Pozgalyov 1996
Moscow Oblast 7 December Boris Gromov 1999
Novosibirsk Oblast 7 December Viktor Tolokonsky 1999
Orenburg Oblast 7 December Alexey Chernyshyov 1999
Tambov Oblast 7 December Oleg Betin 1999
Yaroslavl Oblast 7 December Anatoly Lisitsyn 1995
Bashkortostan 7 & 21 December Murtaza Rakhimov 1993
Kirov Oblast 7 & 21 December Vladimir Sergeyenkov[lower-alpha 6] 1996
Sakhalin Oblast 7 & 21 December Igor Farkhutdinov[lower-alpha 7] 1996
  • Green tickY Ivan Malakhov 35.17% / 53.01%
  • Fyodor Sidorenko 19.55% / 34.26%
  • Anatoly Chyorny 8.56%
Tver Oblast[14][15] 7 & 21 December Vladimir Platov 1995

Notes
  1. Elected governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai in September 2002.
  2. Assassinated 18 October 2002.
  3. Resigned from office 16 June 2003.
  4. Head of the Chechen Republic Administration from 12 June 2000, appointed by federal president.
  5. Elected as vice mayor for Gavriil Popov in 1991, succeeded him in 1992.
  6. Term-limited.
  7. Died in a helicopter crash 20 August 2003.

References
  1. "Губернаторские выборы - 2003" [Gubernatorial elections - 2003]. politika.su (in Russian).
  2. 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. 180–187.
  3. "Олег Бударгин - новый губернатор Таймыра" [Oleg Budargin is the new governor of Taymyr]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 2003-01-27.
  4. "Николай Дудов уже в понедельник начнет формировать свою новую команду" [Nikolay Dudov will start forming his new team on Monday]. newsru.com (in Russian). 2003-02-17. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22.
  5. "На губернаторских выборах в Мордовии победил Николай Меркушкин" [Nikolay Merkushkin wins the gubernatorial elections in Mordovia]. newsru.com (in Russian). 2003-02-17. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21.
  6. "Итоги выборов в субъектах Российской Федерации 25 мая 2003 года" [Results of elections in the subjects of the Russian Federation on 25 May 2003]. CEC (in Russian).
  7. "Выборы в КЧР" [Elections in the KCR]. Kommersant (in Russian). 2003-09-01.
  8. "Мустафа Батдыев — новый президент Карачаево-Черкесии" [Mustafa Batdyyev is the new president of Karachay-Cherkessia]. Channel One Russia (in Russian). 2003-09-01.
  9. "Полежаев официально объявлен победителем выборов губернатора в Омской области" [Polezhaev officially declared winner of the gubernatorial election in Omsk Oblast]. newsru.com (in Russian). 2003-09-09. Archived from the original on 2004-11-20.
  10. "Глава Свердловской области будет избран во втором туре" [The head of Sverdlovsk Oblast will be elected in the second round]. newsru.com (in Russian). 2003-09-08.
  11. "Хроника управляемых выборов в Чеченской Республике" [Chronicle of 'managed' elections in the Chechen Republic]. scilla.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  12. "На выборах мэра Москвы Юрий Лужков набрал почти 75% голосов" [Yury Luzhkov won almost 75% of the votes in Moscow mayoral election]. newsru.com (in Russian). 2003-12-08. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21.
  13. "Выборы Мэра Москвы" [Moscow mayoral election]. CEC (in Russian).
  14. First round
  15. "Second round". Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
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