1997 Russian gubernatorial elections

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1997 Russian gubernatorial elections

| country = Russia

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1996 Russian gubernatorial elections

| previous_year = 1996

| election_date = 12 January – 28 December 1997

| next_election = 1998 Russian gubernatorial elections

| next_year = 1998

| seats_for_election = 14 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

| alliance1 = People's Patriotic Union of Russia (NPSR)

| leader1 = Gennady Zyuganov

| image1 = Zyuganov portrait (cropped).jpg

| image1_size = 100px

| colour1 = CC1111

| alliance2 = All-Russian Coordination Council (OKS)

| leader2 = Sergey Filatov

| image2 = Sergey Filatov3.jpg

| image2_size = 100px

| colour2 = 23238E

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Gubernatorial elections in 1997 took place in 14 regions of the Russian Federation.

Background

In January–March 1997, the process of holding first gubernatorial elections in all regions of Russia, which began in September 1996, was practically completed. By January 1, six governors-appointees remained in power: Leonid Roketsky in Tyumen Oblast, Yury Lyashko in Amur Oblast, Bolot Ayushiyev in ABAO, Nikolai Sevryugin in Tula Oblast, Mikhail Kislyuk in Kemerovo Oblast and Anatoly Yakimov in Evenkia. By April only Kislyuk remained in office, instead of whom Aman Tuleyev was appointed on June 30.

In the first quarter of 1997, re-elections of presidents of four republics (Mari El, Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Tuva) and presidential elections in the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria were also held. In the summer, early elections were held for the governors of Nizhny Novgorod and Irkutsk Oblasts after resignations of Boris Nemtsov and Yury Nozhikov, and in the fall the head of Kemerovo Oblast administration was elected.

By decision of the legislative assemblies, re-elections of the head of the administration of Oryol Oblast and the head of the Komi Republic were held six months ahead of schedule. In December, the re-election in Chuvashia and the first election of the Head of the Altai Republic took place.

Results

Federal Subject	style="width: 70px\|Date	colspan = 2\| Incumbent	style="width: 90px\|Incumbent status	Candidates	colspan = 2\| Governor-elect
class="wikitable sortable"
Adygea	{{Date table sorting\|12 January}}	style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Aslan Dzharimov	Elected 1992	{{plainlist\| {{aye}} Aslan Dzharimov 57.80% Aslanbiy Sovmiz 19.51% Kazbek Tsiku (CPRF) 15.76%}} \| style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Aslan Dzharimov
Kabardino-Balkaria	{{Date table sorting\|12 January}}	style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Valery Kokov	Elected 1992	{{aye}} Valery Kokov 99.35% (ran unopposed)	style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Valery Kokov
Agin-Buryat AO (revote)	{{Date table sorting\|23 February}}	style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Bolot Ayushiyev	Appointed 1996, removed on 6 February 1997	{{plainlist\| {{aye}} Bair Zhamsuyev (OKS) 44.56% Yury Dondokov 33.03% Bato-Tsyren Abiduyev 9.39% Namdak Zhambalov 8.71%}} \| style="background:{{party color\|Our Home – Russia}}\|	Bair Zhamsuyev (OKS)
Tuva	{{Date table sorting\|16 March}}	style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Sherig-ool Oorzhak	Elected 1992	{{plainlist\| {{aye}} Sherig-ool Oorzhak 70.61% Kaadyr-ool Bicheldey 10.13% Aleksandr Kashin (LDPR) 8.20%}} \| style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Sherig-ool Oorzhak
Evenkia (revote)	{{Date table sorting\|16 March}}	style="background:{{party color\|Our Home – Russia}}\|	Anatoly Yakimov	Appointed 1991	{{plainlist\| {{aye}} Aleksandr Bokovikov (NPSR) 49.00% Anatoly Yakimov (OKS) 40.45%}} \| style="background:{{party color\|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}\|	Aleksandr Bokovikov (NPSR)
Amur Oblast (revote)	{{Date table sorting\|23 March}}	style="background:{{party color\|Our Home – Russia}}\|	Yury Lyashko	Appointed 1996	{{plainlist\| {{aye}} Anatoly Belonogov (CPRF/NPSR) 60.51% Yury Lyashko (OKS) 24.41% Vera Sebina (LDPR) 2.32% Aleksandr Surat 2.07%}} \| style="background:{{party color\|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}\|	Anatoly Belonogov (CPRF/NPSR)
Tula Oblast	{{Date table sorting\|23 March}}	style="background:{{party color\|Our Home – Russia}}\|	Nikolai Sevryugin	Appointed 1995	{{plainlist\| {{aye}} Vasily Starodubtsev (CPRF/NPSR) 62.82% Viktor Sokolovsky 15.08% Nikolai Sevryugin (NDR) 4.76%}} \| style="background:{{party color\|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}\|	Vasily Starodubtsev (CPRF/NPSR)
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	{{Date table sorting\|29 June}}, 13 July	style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Boris Nemtsov	Resigned from office	{{plainlist\| {{aye}} Ivan Sklyarov 40.95% / 52% Gennady Khodyrev (CPRF) 37.84% / 42% Vadim Bulavinov 8.15% Nina Zvereva 6.88%}} \| style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Ivan Sklyarov
Irkutsk Oblast	{{Date table sorting\|27 July}}	style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Yury Nozhikov	Resigned from office	{{plainlist\| {{aye}} Boris Govorin (NDR/OKS) 53.54% Sergey Levchenko (CPRF/NPSR) 20.02% Viktor Mashinsky 14.84% Ivan Shchadov 7.72%}} \| style="background:{{party color\|Our Home – Russia}}\|	Boris Govorin (NDR/OKS)
Kemerovo Oblast	{{Date table sorting\|19 October}}	style="background:{{party color\|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}\|	Aman Tuleyev	Appointed 1997	{{plainlist\| {{aye}} Aman Tuleyev (NPSR) 94.54% Viktor Medikov 2.08% Nina Ostanina 0.38%}} \| style="background:{{party color\|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}\|	Aman Tuleyev (NPSR)
Oryol Oblast	26 October	style="background:{{party color\|Our Home – Russia}}\|	Yegor Stroyev	Elected 1993	{{aye}} Yegor Stroyev 95.1%	style="background:{{party color\|Our Home – Russia}}\|	Yegor Stroyev (NDR)
Komi	30 November	style="background:{{party color\|Our Home – Russia}}\|	Yury Spiridonov	Elected 1994	{{plainlist\| {{aye}} Yury Spiridonov (NDR) 57.19% Rita Chistokhodova 19.83% Vasily Kuznetsov (CPRF) 9.17%}} \| style="background:{{party color\|Our Home – Russia}}\|	Yury Spiridonov (NDR)
Altai Republic	14 December	style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Vladilen Volkov	PM from August 1997	{{plainlist\| {{aye}} Semyon Zubakin (DVR) 23.5% Yury Antaradonov 23.28% Viktor Romashkin (CPRF) 17.62% Vladimir Petrov 13.89% Vladilen Volkov 11.97%}} \| style="background:{{party color\|Democratic Choice of Russia}}\|	Semyon Zubakin (DVR)
Chuvashia{{cite web\|url=http://www.panorama.ru/works/izbir/icamp/chuvr.html\|title=Результаты выборов Президента Чувашской Республики 28 декабря 1997 года\|lang=ru\|website=Panorama}}	28 December	style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Nikolay Fyodorov/Enver Ablyakimov	Elected 1993	{{plainlist\| {{aye}} Nikolay Fyodorov / Lev Kurakov 56.70% Valentin Shurchanov / Nikolay Grigoryev (CPRF) 34.85%}} \| style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}\|	Nikolay Fyodorov / Lev Kurakov

References

Sources

[http://politika.su/vybory/rre97t.html Gubernatorial elections — 1997], politika.su

Category:Gubernatorial elections in Russia

Category:1997 elections in Russia