2004–05 Russian gubernatorial elections

Governor of Bryansk Oblast Yury Lodkin was going on his third term in 2004 (fourth if 1993–96 tenure as Head of Administration counted), but was removed from registration "for abuse of office". The application to the regional court was submitted by the candidate from the People's Party Alexander Zhdanov. Lodkin, considered one of the favorites of the campaign, linked his removing from ballot with his Communist Party membership. He accused the United Russia party of “unwillingness to win legally”.[https://regnum.ru/news/polit/371491.html Chronicle of Bryansk Oblast elections], Regnum (6 December 2004)

The elections were set up by the regional court on 19 September 2004,[http://www.tltnews.ru/articles/fullnews.php?id=8840 Gubernatorial election to be held in September], Tolyatti News (1 July 2004) after the court recognized that the 5-year term limit, introduced into the Samara Oblast Charter during the 2000 elections, can come into force only after next elections and that Konstantin Titov's term expired on July 2. However, the elections were later canceled by the Supreme Court at the suit of the Central Election Commission.

Gubernatorial elections in Nenets Autonomous Okrug were held on 23 January 2005, the second round was held on February 6. Incumbent governor {{ill|Vladimir Butov|ru|Бутов, Владимир Яковлевич}}, in office from 1996, could not be nominated due to the two-term limit (the Supreme Court of Russia overturned regional act passed shortly before the elections that allowed Butov to run for a third term). In addition he was convicted for beating a traffic police officer.[http://www.svobodanews.ru/content/news/24162862.html In St. Petersburg, the court sentenced the governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug to three years of suspended imprisonment], Radio Liberty (31 December 2004)

Candidates included:[http://politika.su/vybory/rre05t.html Gubernatorial Elections — 2005], politika.su

• Alexey Barinov, President of a charitable foundation, former chief federal inspector for Nenets AO, ex-employee of LUKoil
• Viktoria Bobrova, assistant of Nenets AO Regional Prosecutor
• Vladimir Butov, relative and namesake of incumbent governor
• Igor Koshin, member of Nenets AO legislature; former secretary of the political council of United Russia's regional branch, expelled from the party after self-nominating for governorship
• Leonid Sablin, member of Nenets AO legislature, chairman of local executive committee (1985–90)
• Alexander Shmakov, entrepreneur

{{Election results

|cand1=Alexey Barinov|party1=Independent|votes1=4362|votes1_2=9005

|cand2=Igor Koshin|party2=Independent|votes2=4028|votes2_2=5663

|cand3=Leonid Sablin|party3=Communist Party|votes3=3515

|cand4=Alexander Shmakov|party4=United Russia|votes4=3157

|cand5=Vladimir Butov|party5=|votes5=1091

|cand6=Alexander Bebenin|votes6=593

|cand7=Viktoria Bobrova|party7=|votes7=497

|cand8=Leonid Bogachuk|party8=|votes8=88

|cand9=Nikolay Kalchishkov|party9=|votes9=72

|cand10=Vladimir Kislyakov|party10=|votes10=66

|cand11=Stanislav Bestuzhev|party11=|votes11=63

|cand12=Nikolay Kirikov|party12=|votes12=24

|cand13=Alexander Kolesnikov|party13=|votes13=24

|cand14=Mikhail Nikitsin|party14=|votes14=23

|cand15=Nikolay Yablokov|party15=|votes15=17

|row16=Against all|votes16=1566|votes16_2=3757

|invalid=282

|electorate=30939

|source=Election Commission of Nenets Autonomous Okrug[http://www.nenetsk.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/region/nenetsk?action=show&root=1&tvd=283200078288&vrn=283200078287®ion=83&global=&sub_region=0&prver=0&pronetvd=null&vibid=283200078288&type=234 Official results of the first tour], Election Commission of Nenets Autonomous Okrug[http://www.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/izbirkom?action=show&vrn=283200087071®ion=83&prver=0&pronetvd=null Official results of the second tour], Election Commission of Nenets Autonomous Okrug

}}

On 18 February 2005, Alexey Barinov officially took office. In May 2006 he was arrested on charges of committing fraud.[http://www.utro.ru/news/2006/05/24/550814.shtml Nenets Governor Barinov was arrested], utro.ru (24 May 2006) On June 2 of the same year, President Vladimir Putin removed Barinov from the governorship and appointed the chief federal inspector for the region, Valery Potapenko as the interim governor of NAO. Later, in 2007, Barinov was acquitted.[https://tass.ru/info/9436239 History of elections and appointments of the governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug], TASS (12 September 2020)

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