2001 Russian gubernatorial elections

14 January – 23 December 2001
17 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

Gubernatorial elections in 2001 took place in 17 regions of the Russian Federation. 16 regular and one extraordinary campaigns took place that year. In two regions the second rounds were held in January 2002.

With some delay, elections were held for the governors of Nenets and Taymyr Autonomous Okrugs, whose terms of office expired back in December 2000. Early elections were held in Primorsky Krai after resignation of Yevgeny Nazdratenko.

On 1 December 2001 Fatherland – All Russia party (OVR), founded and supported by a number of influential governors, officially merged with pro-Putin Unity into United Russia. For the some time after it was known as "Unity and Fatherland — United Russia". Previously that year members of these two center-right parties had occasionally met each other in different gubernatorial races.

Race summary

Federal Subject[1]	Date	Incumbent		First elected	Candidates	Governor-elect
Tyumen Oblast	14 January		Leonid Roketsky	1997	Y Sergey Sobyanin (OVR) 52.78% Leonid Roketsky (Unity) 28.90% Aleksandr Cherepanov (RKRP) 7.41% Sergey Atroshenko (RPP) 1.87%		Sergey Sobyanin
Nenets AO	14 January		Vladimir Butov	1996	Y Vladimir Butov (Unity) 68.28% Aleksandr Shmakov 13.60%		Vladimir Butov
Taymyr AO	28 January		Gennady Nedelin	1996	Y Alexander Khloponin 61.97% Gennady Nedelin 33.97%		Alexander Khloponin
Tatarstan[2]	25 March		Mintimer Shaymiyev	1991	Y Mintimer Shaymiyev (OVR) 79.52%		Mintimer Shaymiyev
Amur Oblast	25 March, 8 April		Anatoly Belonogov	1997	Y Leonid Korotkov 18.25% / 49.42% Anatoly Belonogov (CPRF) 38.90% / 42.86% Yury Bobylyov 9.63% Pavel Stein 7.07%		Leonid Korotkov
Tula Oblast	8 & 22 April		Vasily Starodubtsev	1997	Y Vasily Starodubtsev (CPRF~APR) 49.09% / 71.44% Andrey Samoshin 20.96% (withdrew from runoff) Viktor Sokolovsky 18.62% / 17.16%		Vasily Starodubtsev
Evenk AO	8 April		Aleksandr Bokovikov	1997	Y Boris Zolotaryov 51.08% Yevgeny Vasilyev 35.09%		Boris Zolotaryov
Kemerovo Oblast	22 April		Valentin Mazikin	—[lower-alpha 1]	Y Aman Tuleyev 93.54% Sergey Neverov 0.71%		Aman Tuleyev
Primorsky Krai	27 May, 17 June		Konstantin Tolstoshein	—[lower-alpha 2]	Y Sergey Darkin 23.94% / 40.17% Viktor Cherepkov 20.02% (disqualified from runoff) Gennady Apanasenko 14.12% / 24.28% Vladimir Grishukov (CPRF) 9.81% Valentin Dubinin 7.87%		Sergey Darkin
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	15 & 29 July		Ivan Sklyarov	1997	Y Gennady Khodyrev (CPRF) 23.94% / 59.80% Ivan Sklyarov (OVR) 20.82% / 28.25% Vadim Bulavinov 19.07% Dmitry Savelyev (SPS) 12.58% Andrey Klimentyev 10.54%		Gennady Khodyrev
Irkutsk Oblast	29 July, 19 August		Boris Govorin	1997	Y Boris Govorin 45.05% / 47.63% Sergey Levchenko (CPRF) 23.93% / 45.26% Valentin Mezhevich 12.20%		Boris Govorin
Rostov Oblast	23 September		Vladimir Chub	1996	Y Vladimir Chub (Unity) 78.23% Pyotr Voloshin 7.21%		Vladimir Chub
Oryol Oblast	28 October		Yegor Stroyev	1993	Y Yegor Stroyev 78.23%		Yegor Stroyev
Altai Republic	16 December, 6 January		Semyon Zubakin	1997	Y Mikhail Lapshin (APR) 22.06% / 68.15% Semyon Zubakin (SPS) 15.20% / 22.96%... Alexander Berdnikov (United Russia) 9.67%		Mikhail Lapshin
Komi	16 December		Yury Spiridonov	1994	Y Vladimir Torlopov 39.75% Yury Spiridonov (United Russia) 34.92%		Vladimir Torlopov
Chuvashia	16 December		Nikolay Fyodorov	1993	Y Nikolay Fyodorov 40.73% Valentin Shurchanov (CPRF) 37.73%		Nikolay Fyodorov
Yakutia[3]	23 December, 13 January		Mikhail Nikolayev	1991	Y Vyacheslav Shtyrov 45.39% / 59.25% Fedot Tumusov 17.73% / 34.59% Ruslan Shipkov 15.65%		Vyacheslav Shtyrov[4]

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