# 2003 Russian gubernatorial elections

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 |
| Taymyr AO | 26 January | Alexander Khloponin | 2001 | Y Oleg Budargin 68.89% Gennady Subbotkin 7.05% Sergey Uoday 3.81% Alexander Burdein 2.71% |
| Magadan Oblast | 2 & 16 February | Valentin Tsvetkov | 1996 | Y Nikolay Dudov 26.04% / 50.41% Nikolay Karpenko 37.55% / 42.38% Andrey Zinchenko 10.20% Alexander Sechkin 8.97% |
| Mordovia | 16 February | Nikolay Merkushkin | 1995 | Y Nikolay Merkushkin 87.47% Anatoly Chubukov (CPRF) 6.95% |
| Belgorod Oblast | 25 May | Yevgeny Savchenko | 1995 | Y Yevgeny Savchenko 61.15% Vasily Altukhov (CPRF) 21.93% |
| Karachay-Cherkessia | 17 & 31 August | Vladimir Semyonov | 1999 | Y Mustafa Batdyyev 41.67% / 47.97% Vladimir Semyonov 36.92% / 46.41% Islam Burlakov 12.84% |
| Novgorod Oblast | 7 September | Mikhail Prusak | 1995 | Y Mikhail Prusak 78.73% Vladimir Dugenets 4.39% Alexander Sevastyanov 4.34% |
| Omsk Oblast | 7 September | Leonid Polezhayev | 1995 | Y Leonid Polezhayev 57.27% Leonid Mayevsky (CPRF) 28.59% |
| Sverdlovsk Oblast | 7 September | Eduard Rossel | 1995 | Y Eduard Rossel (UR) 42.85% / 55.53% Anton Bakov 14.43% / 29.97% Andrey Vikharev 13.68% |
| Leningrad Oblast | 21 September | Valery Serdyukov | 1999 | Y Valery Serdyukov 56.85% Vadim Gustov 25.26% |
| Tomsk Oblast | 21 September | Viktor Kress | 1995 | Y Viktor Kress 70.10% Alexander Pomorov (CPRF) 12.75% |
| Saint Petersburg | 21 September, 5 October | Vladimir Yakovlev | 1996 | Y Valentina Matviyenko 48.73% / 63.20% Anna Markova 15.84% / 24.14% Sergey Belyayev 8.08% Mikhail Amosov (Yabloko) 7.05% |
| Chechnya | 5 October | Akhmad Kadyrov | — | Y Akhmad Kadyrov 80.84% Abdulla Bugayev 5.77% Shamil Burayev 3.95% |
| Moscow | 7 December | Yury Luzhkov | 1996 | Y Yury Luzhkov (UR) 74.83% Alexander Lebedev 12.78% German Sterligov 3.65% |
| Vologda Oblast | 7 December | Vyacheslav Pozgalyov | 1996 | Y Vyacheslav Pozgalyov 82.93% Vyacheslav Stepanov 5.00% |
| Moscow Oblast | 7 December | Boris Gromov | 1999 | Y Boris Gromov (UR) 83.04% Aleksey Mitrofanov (LDPR) 4.14% |
| Novosibirsk Oblast | 7 December | Viktor Tolokonsky | 1999 | Y Viktor Tolokonsky 57.67% Mikhail Titov (CPRF) 17.80% Ivan Starikov (SPS) 9.78% |
| Orenburg Oblast | 7 December | Alexey Chernyshyov | 1999 | Y Alexey Chernyshyov (APR) 63.46% Oleg Naumov (SPS) 10.55% |
| Tambov Oblast | 7 December | Oleg Betin | 1999 | Y Oleg Betin 71.08% Alexander Zhalnin 8.96% |
| Yaroslavl Oblast | 7 December | Anatoly Lisitsyn | 1995 | Y Anatoly Lisitsyn 73.15% Sergey Zagidullin 10.50% |
| Bashkortostan | 7 & 21 December | Murtaza Rakhimov | 1993 | Y Murtaza Rakhimov 42.59% / 78.01% Sergey Veremeenko 25.38% / 15.84% Ralif Safin 23.04% |
| Kirov Oblast | 7 & 21 December | Vladimir Sergeyenkov | 1996 | Y Nikolay Shaklein 33.82% / 62.77% Oleg Valenchuk (UR) 13.92% / 26.32% |
| Sakhalin Oblast | 7 & 21 December | Igor Farkhutdinov | 1996 | Y Ivan Malakhov 35.17% / 53.01% Fyodor Sidorenko 19.55% / 34.26% Anatoly Chyorny 8.56% |
| Tver Oblast | 7 & 21 December | Vladimir Platov | 1995 | Y Dmitry Zelenin 42.49% / 57.42% Igor Zubov 14.59% / 33.85% Tatyana Astrakhankina (CPRF) 12.85% Vladimir Platov 12.45% |