2003 Russian gubernatorial elections explained

Election Name:	2003 Russian gubernatorial elections
Country:	Russia
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2002 Russian gubernatorial elections
Previous Year:	2002
Election Date:	26 January – 21 December 2003
Next Election:	2004–05 Russian gubernatorial elections
Next Year:	2004
Map Size:	300px
Seats For Election:	23 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

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

Race summary

Federal Subject	Date	Incumbent	First elected	Candidates^[1] ^[2]
Taymyr AO^[3]	26 January		2001	nowrap	Oleg Budargin 68.89% Gennady Subbotkin 7.05% Sergey Uoday 3.81% Alexander Burdein 2.71%
Magadan Oblast^[4]	2 & 16 February	Valentin Tsvetkov	1996	nowrap	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	nowrap	Nikolay Merkushkin 87.47% Anatoly Chubukov (CPRF) 6.95%
Belgorod Oblast^[6]	25 May	Yevgeny Savchenko	1995	nowrap	Yevgeny Savchenko 61.15% Vasily Altukhov (CPRF) 21.93%
Karachay-Cherkessia^[7] ^[8]	17 & 31 August	Vladimir Semyonov	1999	nowrap	Mustafa Batdyyev 41.67% / 47.97% Vladimir Semyonov 36.92% / 46.41% Islam Burlakov 12.84%
Novgorod Oblast	7 September	Mikhail Prusak	1995	nowrap	Mikhail Prusak 78.73% Vladimir Dugenets 4.39% Alexander Sevastyanov 4.34%
Omsk Oblast^[9]	7 September	Leonid Polezhayev	1995	nowrap	Leonid Polezhayev 57.27% Leonid Mayevsky (CPRF) 28.59%
Sverdlovsk Oblast^[10]	7 September	Eduard Rossel	1995	nowrap	Eduard Rossel (UR) 42.85% / 55.53% Anton Bakov 14.43% / 29.97% Andrey Vikharev 13.68%
Leningrad Oblast	21 September	Valery Serdyukov	1999	nowrap	Valery Serdyukov 56.85% Vadim Gustov 25.26%
Tomsk Oblast	21 September	Viktor Kress	1995	nowrap	Viktor Kress 70.10% Alexander Pomorov (CPRF) 12.75%
Saint Petersburg	21 September, 5 October	Vladimir Yakovlev	1996	nowrap	Valentina Matviyenko 48.73% / 63.20% Anna Markova 15.84% / 24.14% Sergey Belyayev 8.08% Mikhail Amosov (Yabloko) 7.05%
Chechnya^[11]	5 October	Akhmad Kadyrov	—	nowrap	Akhmad Kadyrov 80.84% Abdulla Bugayev 5.77% Shamil Burayev 3.95%
Moscow^[12] ^[13]	7 December	Yury Luzhkov	1996	nowrap	Yury Luzhkov (UR) 74.83% Alexander Lebedev 12.78% German Sterligov 3.65%
Vologda Oblast	7 December	Vyacheslav Pozgalyov	1996	nowrap	Vyacheslav Pozgalyov 82.93% Vyacheslav Stepanov 5.00%
Moscow Oblast	7 December	Boris Gromov	1999	nowrap	Boris Gromov (UR) 83.04% Aleksey Mitrofanov (LDPR) 4.14%
Novosibirsk Oblast	7 December	Viktor Tolokonsky	1999	nowrap	Viktor Tolokonsky 57.67% Mikhail Titov (CPRF) 17.80% Ivan Starikov (SPS) 9.78%
Orenburg Oblast	7 December	Alexey Chernyshyov	1999	nowrap	Alexey Chernyshyov (APR) 63.46% Oleg Naumov (SPS) 10.55%
Tambov Oblast	7 December	Oleg Betin	1999	nowrap	Oleg Betin 71.08% Alexander Zhalnin 8.96%
Yaroslavl Oblast	7 December	Anatoly Lisitsyn	1995	nowrap	Anatoly Lisitsyn 73.15% Sergey Zagidullin 10.50%
Bashkortostan	7 & 21 December	Murtaza Rakhimov	1993	nowrap	Murtaza Rakhimov 42.59% / 78.01% Sergey Veremeenko 25.38% / 15.84% Ralif Safin 23.04%
Kirov Oblast	7 & 21 December	Vladimir Sergeyenkov	1996	nowrap	Nikolay Shaklein 33.82% / 62.77% Oleg Valenchuk (UR) 13.92% / 26.32%
Sakhalin Oblast	7 & 21 December	Igor Farkhutdinov	1996	nowrap	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	nowrap	Dmitry Zelenin 42.49% / 57.42% Igor Zubov 14.59% / 33.85% Tatyana Astrakhankina (CPRF) 12.85% Vladimir Platov 12.45%

Notes and References

Web site: Губернаторские выборы - 2003. ru. Gubernatorial elections - 2003. politika.su.
Book: Ivanov, Vitaly. Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов. Том I. История. Книга II.. ru. Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors. Volume I: History. Book II. 2020. 180-187.
Web site: Олег Бударгин - новый губернатор Таймыра. ru. Oleg Budargin is the new governor of Taymyr. RIA Novosti. 2003-01-27.
Web site: Николай Дудов уже в понедельник начнет формировать свою новую команду. ru. Nikolay Dudov will start forming his new team on Monday. 2003-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210722111453/https://www.newsru.com/russia/17feb2003/dudov2.html. 2021-07-22. newsru.com.
Web site: На губернаторских выборах в Мордовии победил Николай Меркушкин. ru. Nikolay Merkushkin wins the gubernatorial elections in Mordovia. 2003-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210721133850/https://www.newsru.com/russia/17Feb2003/vote11.html. 2021-07-21. newsru.com.
Web site: Итоги выборов в субъектах Российской Федерации 25 мая 2003 года. ru. Results of elections in the subjects of the Russian Federation on 25 May 2003. CEC.
Web site: Выборы в КЧР. ru. Elections in the KCR. 2003-09-01. Kommersant.
Web site: Мустафа Батдыев — новый президент Карачаево-Черкесии. ru. Mustafa Batdyyev is the new president of Karachay-Cherkessia. 2003-09-01. Channel One Russia.
Web site: Полежаев официально объявлен победителем выборов губернатора в Омской области. ru. Polezhaev officially declared winner of the gubernatorial election in Omsk Oblast. 2003-09-09. newsru.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20041120125712/https://www.newsru.com/russia/09sep2003/vote.html. 2004-11-20.
Web site: Глава Свердловской области будет избран во втором туре. ru. The head of Sverdlovsk Oblast will be elected in the second round. 2003-09-08. newsru.com.
Web site: Хроника управляемых выборов в Чеченской Республике. ru. Chronicle of 'managed' elections in the Chechen Republic. scilla.ru. 2022-03-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20220314091606/https://scilla.ru/content/view/3188/14/. 2022-03-14.
Web site: На выборах мэра Москвы Юрий Лужков набрал почти 75% голосов. ru. Yury Luzhkov won almost 75% of the votes in Moscow mayoral election. newsru.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210721131212/https://www.newsru.com/russia/08Dec2003/moscow_.html. 2021-07-21. 2003-12-08.
Web site: Выборы Мэра Москвы. ru. Moscow mayoral election. CEC.
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