# 2000 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections in 2000 took place in 41 regions of the Russian Federation. Four years after the campaign of 1996 nearly a half of 89 governors' seats were contested again.
In January, the second rounds of the December 1999 elections took place in Moscow, Novosibirsk and Tver Oblasts. In seven regions, the elections were moved to the federal election day on 26 March 2000 due to cost reasons. In October 2000, the last parliamentary republic in the Russian Federation, Udmurtia, elected its first president.

## Race summary

| Federal Subject | Date | Incumbent | First elected | Candidates | Result |
| Altai Krai | 26 March | Alexander Surikov | 1996 | Y Alexander Surikov 77.22% Vladimir Rayfikesht 10.91% Sergey Sannikov 4.14% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Kirov Oblast | 26 March | Vladimir Sergeyenkov | 1996 | Y Vladimir Sergeyenkov 58.03% Andrey Alpatov 15.03% Valentin Pervakov 11.42% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Murmansk Oblast | 26 March | Yury Yevdokimov | 1996 | Y Yury Yevdokimov 86.71% Yevgeny Komarov 3.37% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Saratov Oblast | 26 March | Dmitry Ayatskov | 1996 | Y Dmitry Ayatskov 67.26% Igor Karaulov 9.62% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Jewish AO | 26 March | Nikolay Volkov | 1996 | Y Nikolay Volkov 56.76% Boris Korsunsky 25.71% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Khanty-Mansi AO | 26 March | Alexander Filipenko | 1996 | Y Alexander Filipenko 90.82% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Yamalo-Nenets AO | 26 March | Yury Neyolov | 1996 | Y Yury Neyolov 88.10% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Saint Petersburg | 14 May | Vladimir Yakovlev | 1996 | Y Vladimir Yakovlev (endorsed by OVR, Unity, CPRF) 72.69% Igor Artemyev (Yabloko) 14.68% Yury Boldyrev 3.79% Artyom Tarasov 3.59% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Samara Oblast | 2 July | Yury Logoydo | — | Y Konstantin Titov (SPS) 53.25% Viktor Tarkhov 29.23% Gennady Zvyagin 9.08% | Former governor re-elected. |
| Udmurtia | 15 October | Alexander Volkov | — | Y Alexander Volkov 37.84% Pavel Vershinin 23.93% Nikolay Ganza 12.28% Andrey Soluyanov 12.17% | New president elected to a vacant position. |
| Sakhalin Oblast | 22 October | Igor Farkhutdinov | 1996 | Y Igor Farkhutdinov 56.29% Fyodor Sidorenko (endorsed by NPSR, SPS) 21.36% Anatoly Chyorny 8.36% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Kursk Oblast | 22 October (first round) | Alexander Rutskoy | 1996 | Alexander Mikhailov (CPRF/NPSR) 39.52% Viktor Surzhikov 21.58% Sergey Maltsev 8.42% Vladimir Stekachev 7.28% Nikolay Greshilov 6.16% | Incumbent barred from re-election. New governor elected. |
| Kursk Oblast | 5 November (runoff) | Alexander Rutskoy | 1996 | Y Alexander Mikhailov (CPRF/NPSR) 55.54% Viktor Surzhikov 37.93% | Incumbent barred from re-election. New governor elected. |
| Chita Oblast | 29 October | Ravil Geniatulin | 1996 | Y Ravil Geniatulin 57.02% Viktor Voytenko 16.25% Nikolay Goncharov 15.55% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Agin-Buryat AO | 29 October | Bair Zhamsuyev | 1996 | Y Bair Zhamsuyev 89.34% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Magadan Oblast | 5 November | Valentin Tsvetkov | 1996 | Y Valentin Tsvetkov 62.76% Vladimir Butkeyev 14.13% Vladimir Markov 8.69% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Kaliningrad Oblast | 5 November (first round) | Leonid Gorbenko | 1996 | Vladimir Yegorov 37.56% Leonid Gorbenko (Unity) 21.54% Vladimir Nikitin (CPRF/NPSR) 15.81% Yury Sinelnik 12.78% | Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. |
| Kaliningrad Oblast | 19 November (runoff) | Leonid Gorbenko | 1996 | Y Vladimir Yegorov 56.47% Leonid Gorbenko (Unity) 33.71% | Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. |
| Kaluga Oblast | 12 November | Valery Sudarenkov | 1996 | Y Anatoly Artamonov 56.72% Aleksey Demichev 15.85% Valery Artyomov 7.88% | Incumbent retired. New governor elected. |
| Pskov Oblast | 12 November | Yevgeny Mikhailov | 1996 | Y Yevgeny Mikhailov (Unity) 28.01% Viktor Bibikov 15.12% Mikhail Kuznetsov 15.04% Vladimir Nikitin (CPRF) 14.53% Mikhail Bryachak 6.40% Vladimir Sidorenko (APR) 5.16% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Ust-Orda Buryat AO | 19 November | Valery Maleyev | 1996 | Y Valery Maleyev 53.67% Kuzma Aldarov 32.00% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Kurgan Oblast | 26 November (first round) | Oleg Bogomolov | 1996 | Oleg Bogomolov (Unity) 43.23% Nikolay Bagretsov 22.05% Lev Yefremov 16.64% Anatoly Koltashov 5.49% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Kurgan Oblast | 10 December (runoff) | Oleg Bogomolov | 1996 | Y Oleg Bogomolov (Unity) 50.38% Nikolay Bagretsov 42.47% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Krasnodar Krai | 3 December | Nikolai Kondratenko | 1996 | Y Alexander Tkachov (CPRF/APR, endorsed by Unity) 81.78% Igor Kramarenko 5.23% Martiros Oganesyan 4.09% | Incumbent retired. New governor elected. |
| Astrakhan Oblast | 3 December | Anatoly Guzhvin | 1996 | Y Anatoly Guzhvin 81.82% Aleksandr Mikhaylov 6.04% Viktor Likhobabin (LDPR) 3.96% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Perm Oblast | 3 December | Gennady Igumnov | 1996 | Y Yury Trutnev 51.48% Gennady Igumnov 34.95% Pavel Anokhin (Unity) 5.62% | Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. |
| Koryakia | 3 December | Valentina Bronevich | 1996 | Y Vladimir Loginov 50.68% Valentina Bronevich 32.99% Sergey Leushkin 5.13% | Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. |
| Mari El | 3 December (first round) | Vyacheslav Kislitsyn | 1996 | Leonid Markelov (LDPR) 29.21% Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF) 25.19% Ivan Teterin 18.82% Anatoly Ivanov 9.43% | Incumbent lost re-election. New president elected. |
| Mari El | 17 December (runoff) | Vyacheslav Kislitsyn | 1996 | Y Leonid Markelov (LDPR) 58.23% Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (CPRF) 33.40% | Incumbent lost re-election. New president elected. |
| Stavropol Krai | 3 December (first round) | Alexander Chernogorov | 1996 | Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF/NPSR) 28.58% Stanislav Ilyasov 19.00% Mikhail Kuzmin 17.55% Aleksandr Shiyanov 13.36% Yevgeny Pismenny 4.33% Andrei Razin 3.82% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Stavropol Krai | 17 December (runoff) | Alexander Chernogorov | 1996 | Y Alexander Chernogorov (CPRF/NPSR) 56.57% Stanislav Ilyasov 36.33% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Arkhangelsk Oblast | 3 December (first round) | Anatoly Yefremov | 1996 | Anatoly Yefremov 49.70% Nikolay Malakov 34.26% Viktor Chukhin 2.29% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Arkhangelsk Oblast | 17 December (runoff) | Anatoly Yefremov | 1996 | Y Anatoly Yefremov 58.50% Nikolay Malakov 31.59% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Ivanovo Oblast | 3 December (first round) | Vladislav Tikhomirov | 1996 | Vladimir Tikhonov (CPRF/NPSR) 48.54% Anatoly Golovkov (OVR) 32.32% Pavel Pozhigailo 5.20% | Incumbent retired. New governor elected. |
| Ivanovo Oblast | 17 December (runoff) | Vladislav Tikhomirov | 1996 | Y Vladimir Tikhonov (CPRF/NPSR) 62.36% Anatoly Golovkov (OVR) 33.08% | Incumbent retired. New governor elected. |
| Kamchatka Oblast | 3 December (first round) | Vladimir Biryukov | 1996 | Boris Sinchenko 27.76% Mikhail Mashkovtsev (CPRF/NPSR) 20.00% Georgy Greshnykh 15.78% Valery Dorogin 14.75% | Incumbent retired. New governor elected. |
| Kamchatka Oblast | 17 December (runoff) | Vladimir Biryukov | 1996 | Y Mikhail Mashkovtsev (CPRF/NPSR) 45.83% Boris Sinchenko 42.49% | Incumbent retired. New governor elected. |
| Ryazan Oblast | 3 December (first round) | Vyacheslav Lyubimov | 1996 | Vyacheslav Lyubimov (CPRF/NPSR) 40.09% Valery Ryumin 12.36% Vladimir Markov 10.16% Nikolay Bulayev 9.22% Pyotr Zabaluyev 7.16% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Ryazan Oblast | 17 December (runoff) | Vyacheslav Lyubimov | 1996 | Y Vyacheslav Lyubimov (CPRF/NPSR) 65.14% Valery Ryumin 26.82% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Komi-Permyakia | 3 December (first round) | Nikolay Poluyanov | 1996 | Gennady Savelyev 27.14% Nikolay Poluyanov (Unity) 24.23% Valery Vankov (endorsed by NPSR) 11.04% Anatoly Fedoseyev 10.00% | Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. |
| Komi-Permyakia | 17 December (runoff) | Nikolay Poluyanov | 1996 | Y Gennady Savelyev 44.25% Nikolay Poluyanov (Unity) 40.09% | Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. |
| Khabarovsk Krai | 10 December | Viktor Ishayev | 1996 | Y Viktor Ishayev (Unity) 87.84% Svetlana Zhukova 6.32% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Bryansk Oblast | 10 December | Yury Lodkin | 1993 | Y Yury Lodkin (CPRF/NPSR) 29.21% Nikolay Denin (endorsed by Unity) 21.15% Yury Demochkin 15.82% Viktor Malashenko 7.30% Yury D. Lodkin 6.45% Aleksandr Denin 5.40% Vladimir Barabanov 2.90% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Vladimir Oblast | 10 December | Nikolay Vinogradov | 1996 | Y Nikolay Vinogradov (CPRF/NPSR, endorsed by Unity, OVR) 65.58% Yury Vlasov (endorsed by SPS, Yabloko) 15.98% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Kostroma Oblast | 10 December (first round) | Viktor Shershunov | 1996 | Viktor Shershunov 43.74% Boris Korobov (endorsed by Unity) 23.08% Nikolay Romanov 14.49% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Kostroma Oblast | 24 December (runoff) | Viktor Shershunov | 1996 | Y Viktor Shershunov 63.09% Boris Korobov (endorsed by Unity) 24.61% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Khakassia | 24 December | Aleksey Lebed | 1996 | Y Aleksey Lebed (endorsed by OVR, NPSR) 71.23% Vasily Astanayev (APR) 13.48% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Chelyabinsk Oblast | 24 December | Pyotr Sumin | 1996 | Y Pyotr Sumin (endorsed by NPSR, Unity) 58.68% Mikhail Grishankov 17.15% Valery Gartung 14.26% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Ulyanovsk Oblast | 24 December | Yury Goryachev | 1996 | Y Vladimir Shamanov (endorsed by NPSR, Unity) 56.26% Yury Goryachev 23.58% Sergey Ryabukhin 11.54% | Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. |
| Volgograd Oblast | 24 December | Nikolay Maksyuta | 1996 | Y Nikolay Maksyuta (CPRF/NPSR) 36.72% Oleg Savchenko 28.31% Yury Chekhov (endorsed by OVR) 11.12% Anatoly Popov 9.67% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Voronezh Oblast | 24 December | Ivan Shabanov | 1996 | Y Vladimir Kulakov 59.99% Ivan Shabanov (CPRF/NPSR) 15.21% Aleksandr Gusev 12.16% | Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. |
| Chukotka | 24 December | Aleksandr Nazarov | 1996 | Y Roman Abramovich 90.61% Vladimir Yetylin 3.21% | Incumbent retired. New governor elected. |

## Literature

* 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).