1993 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections in 1993 took place in twelve regions of the Russian Federation.

Following the escalation of 1993 Russian constitutional crisis the governors had to choose whether to support the parliament or the president. Those who chose the losing side, were later removed from office by the president. Among them were governors of Amur and Bryansk Oblasts Aleksandr Surat and Yury Lodkin,^[16] both serving only six months.

Presidential election was held in the Chuvash Republic on 12 December 1993, two years after the unsuccessful 1991 election. Since none of the seven candidates received the required majority, a second round took place on 26 December. Former justice minister of Russia Nikolay Fyodorov was elected president with 55% of the vote, defeating university chief executive Lev Kurakov and premier Valeryan Viktorov. Fyodorov was sworn in on 21 January 1994.^[17]

• Nikolay Fyodorov, minister of justice of Russia (1990–93), DPR party-list candidate in the concurrent State Duma election (won seat, declined to take)
  • Enver Ablyakimov, member of the Supreme Soviet of Chuvashia, construction executive
• Vladimir Fyodorov, director of Chuvash territorial branch of the State Anti-Monopoly Committee of Russia
  • Yevgeny Yaransky, collective farm chairman
• Leonid Ivanov, head of department, Chuvash State University
  • Nikolay Malchugin, prosecutor of Novocheboksarsk
• Atner Khuzangai, member of the Supreme Soviet of Chuvashia, leader of the Chuvash National Congress, nominal winner of the 1991 election
  • Vasily Antonov, entrepreneur
• Eduard Kubarev, chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Chuvashia, 1991 candidate
  • Vladimir Kirgizov, construction executive
• Lev Kurakov, rector of the Chuvash State University, member of the Supreme Soviet of Chuvashia, candidate in the concurrent Federation Council election (won seat)
  • Boris Yakovlev, first deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Chuvashia
• Valeryan Viktorov, chairman of the Council of Ministers of Chuvashia (1992–94), candidate in the concurrent Federation Council election (won seat)
  • Leonid Prokopyev, chairman of the State Committee for Ethnic Affairs of Russia (1990–91), chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Chuvash ASSR (1975–89), 1991 election runner-up

Withdrew

• Nadezhda Bikalova, economist (ran for State Duma, won seat)

Source:^[18]

On 28 February 1993, presidential elections were held in Ingushetia. Major General Ruslan Aushev, formerly head of provisional administration of Ingushetia, ran unopposed with the support of several Ingush nationalist organisations. He was sworn in as president on 7 March 1993.^[22] A snap election was held a year after, along with the constitutional referendum and election of the People's Assembly.

The primary political issue of the election was the 1992 East Prigorodny conflict and the subsequent ethnic cleansing of Ingush in Prigorodny District. All of the groups supporting Aushev urged for further attention towards Ingush refugees, but disagreed on the republic's future relationship towards Russia; the National Front of Ingushetia, a party comprising supporters of Aushev's campaign, supported a takeover of Prigorodny District by the Russian federal government,^[20] while Nijsxo and the Congress of the Ingush People urged for a reassessment of the relationship. The Congress of the Ingush People called for the withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ingushetia,^[23] and Nijsxo would go on to oppose the signing of the Treaty of Federation after Aushev took office.^[20]

Following the election, Aushev signed a decree on 7 March 1993 banning all political organisations in Ingushetia.^[23]

Presidential election in the Republic of Kalmykia was held on Sunday, 11 April 1993, 17 months after the previous voting of 1991, which did not reveal the winner. People's deputy of Russia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov won the presidency with 65.37% of the vote,^[21] defeating deputy commander of Russia's army aviation General Valery Ochirov (29.22%)^[25] and president of the Farmers Association of Kalmykia Vladimir Bambayev (1.55%).^[26] Aged 31, Ilyumzhinov became the youngest holder of governor-level office in Russia.^[27]

After the power struggle between Supreme Soviet speaker Vladimir Basanov and premier Batyr Mikhailov ended with their simultaneous resignation in 1992, the government of Kalmykia was effectively paralysed. During the campaign Ilyumzhinov and Ochirov quickly emerged as frontrunners, both outsiders to local politics in contrast to unpopular career politicians. Ilyumzhinov's candidacy was supported by a coalition of Kalmyk nationalists, anti-communist reformists and Cossacks.^[24] Around 80% of eligible voters took part in the election,^[26] although as many as 80,000 Soviet-era settlers from Chechnya and Dagestan were disenfranchised from voting.^[24]

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