2008 Russian elections

2008 Russian elections

2 March 2008 (2008-03-02)
12 October 2008

16 regional parliaments

  Regions where a legislative election took place

The 2008 Russian elections took place on 2 March and 12 October 2008 (both known as "single voting day"), including presidential election and 16 regional legislative elections.

Presidential election

Presidential election was held on 2 March 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was elected president for a four-year term with 70.3% of the vote. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin was term-limited.

Legislative elections

March

Legislature Voting system Party-list results District seats Majority
UR CPRF LDPR SR Other[a]
Bashkortostan, State Assembly[1] 60 PR + 60 FPTP) 85.77% (55) 7.24% (5) 2.18% 3.53% UR 55, Ind 4, CPRF 1
Ingushetia, People's Assembly[2] 27 PR[b] 74.09% (20) 7.34% (2) 11.06% (4) 7.39% (2) none
Kalmykia, People's Khural[3] 27 PR 54.58% (17) 22.63% (7) 3.66% 4.97% APR 7.69% (3) none
Sakha (Yakutia), State Assembly[4][5] 35 PR + 35 FPTP 51.80% (20) 15.97% (6) 6.40% 14.93% (6) APR 8.53% (3) UR 16, Ind 13, APR 3, CPRF 1, vacant 2
Altai Krai Legislative Assembly[6] 34 PR + 34 FPTP 53.44% (18) 19.60% (7) 16.45% (6) 7.72% (3) UR 20, Ind 7, SR 6, APR 1
Amur Oblast, Legislative Assembly[7] 36 PR 62.43% (25) 17.54% (7) 11.01% (4) 5.48% none
Ivanovo Oblast Duma[8] 24 PR + 24 FPTP 60.30% (15) 15.34% (4) 8.61% (2) 10.27% (3) UR 16, Ind 6, CPRF 1
Rostov Oblast, Legislative Assembly[9] 25 PR + 25 FPTP 71.88% (20) 15.81% (5) 5.77% 5.06% UR 25
Sverdlovsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly[10][11] 14 PR[c] + 21 FPTP[d] 58.43% (10) 12.20% (2) 16.07% (2) 6.26% UR 21
Ulyanovsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly[12] 15 PR + 15 FPTP 66.36% (10) 15.95% (3) 7.39% (1) 7.77% (1) UR 14, SR 1
Yaroslavl Oblast, State Duma[13] 25 PR + 25 FPTP 50.02% (15) 14.60% (4) 12.58% (4) did not stand PoR 5.92% (2) UR 16, Ind 9
Total (incl. district seats) 561 seats 408 55 23 22 53

October

Legislature Voting system Party-list results District seats Majority
UR CPRF LDPR SR Other[a]
Chechnya, Parliament[14] 41 PR[e] 88.40% (37) 0.33% 0.18% 9.20% (4) none
Zabaykalsky Krai, Legislative Assembly[15] 25 PR + 20 FPTP + 5 MNTV[f] 54.81% (14) 13.41% (4) 10.81% (3) 9.30% (2) APR 6.90% (2) UR 19, Ind 4, CPRF 1, APR 1
Irkutsk Oblast, Legislative Assembly[16] 25 PR + 21 FPTP + 4 MNTV[g] 49.45% (15) 13.25% (4) 15.07% (4) 8.11% (2) UR 16, Ind 6, APR 2, SR 1
Kemerovo Oblast, Council of People's Deputies[17] 18 PR + 18 FPTP[h] 84.79% (17) 3.47% 4.66% 5.51% (1) UR 18
Sakhalin Oblast Duma[18] 14 PR + 14 FPTP 55.27% (9) 23.11% (3) 9.85% (1) 8.46% (1) UR 12, CPRF 1, SR 1
Total (incl. district seats) 205 seats 157 13 8 12 15

Mayoral elections

Elections for mayor were held in 18 capital cities of federal subjects of Russia.

City Date Incumbent Incumbent
since
Candidates Result
Abakan, Khakassia[19] 2 March Nikolay Bulakin 1995
  • Y Nikolay Bulakin (Ind) 82.65%
  • Valery Starostin (LDPR) 7.31%
Incumbent re-elected.
Barnaul, Altai Krai[20] Vladimir Kolganov 2003
  • Y Vladimir Kolganov (UR) 61.91%
  • Sergey Mamayev (Ind) 19.58%
  • Pavel Chesnov (Ind) 6.47%
  • Vasily Vyalykh (Ind) 5.54%
Incumbent re-elected.
Gorno-Altaysk, Altai Republic[21] Viktor Oblogin 1992
  • Y Viktor Oblogin (Ind) 68.95%
  • Oleg Pyankov (Ind) 22.50%
Incumbent re-elected.
Kemerovo, Kemerovo Oblast[22] Vladimir Mikhailov 1991
  • Y Vladimir Mikhailov (UR) 85.34%
  • Vladimir Poleshchuk (Ind) 13.17%
Incumbent re-elected.
Khanty-Mansiysk, Khanty-Mansi AO[23] Valery Sudeykin (resigned) 2001
  • Y Andrey Bukarinov (UR) 82.53%
  • Aleksandr Pulinovich (Ind) 9.08%
New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai[24] Pyotr Pimashkov 1996
  • Y Pyotr Pimashkov (UR) 70.43%
  • Valery Sergiyenko (CPRF) 14.94%
  • Yevgeny Malchikov (Ind) 6.31%
Incumbent re-elected.
Maykop, Adygea[25] Mikhail Chernichenko 1991
  • Y Mikhail Chernichenko (UR) 65.60%
  • Lazar Afanasyev (Ind) 19.61%
  • Igor Didenko (Ind) 11.23%
Incumbent re-elected.
Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast[26] Nikolay Grazhdankin[27] (resigned)
Yury Bobryshev (acting)
2002
  • Y Yury Bobryshev (Ind) 75.54%
  • Dmitry Skoropisov (Ind) 8.95%
Acting mayor elected for a full term.
Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast[28] Boris Skrynnikov 2003
  • Y Sergey Koliukh (UR) 31.08%
  • Galina Kudryavtseva (Ind) 16.14%
  • Viktor Vitinik (Ind) 12.83%
  • Yury Matveyev (Ind) 10.52%
  • Andrey Pomerantsev (CPRF) 6.76%
  • Boris Skrynnikov (Ind) 5.86%
Incumbent lost re-election. New mayor elected.
Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast[29] Viktor Volonchunas 1991
  • Y Viktor Volonchunas (UR) 72.03%
  • Vera Nikolskaya (Ind) 9.99%
  • Aleksandr Simon (Ind) 7.61%
  • Nikolay Postnikov (Ind) 5.64%
Incumbent re-elected.
Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast[30] Arkady Chernetsky 1992
  • Y Arkady Chernetsky (UR) 54.01%
  • Oleg Khabibullin (Ind) 23.70%
  • Aleksey Yesaulkov (Ind) 9.62%
  • Viktor Ufimtsev (LDPR) 6.82%
Incumbent re-elected.
Naryan-Mar, Nenets AO[31] 18 May Leonid Sablin (resigned) 2005
  • Y Yury Rodionovsky (Ind) 36.49%
  • Olga Starostina (Ind) 27.78%
  • Tatyana Fyodorova (Ind) 18.26%
  • Aleksandr Bebenin (Ind) 10.41%
Former mayor re-elected.
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai[32] Vladimir Nikolayev (removed) 2004
  • Y Igor Pushkaryov (UR) 57.03%
  • Gennady Turmov (CPRF) 32.84%
  • Vladimir Gilgenberg (Ind) 5.85%
New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast[33] 25 May Alexander Donskoy (removed)
Viktor Pavlenko (acting)
2005
  • Y Viktor Pavlenko (Ind) 37.40%
  • Larisa Bazanova (Ind) 37.25%
  • Mikhail Kachanov (LDPR) 8.81%
Acting mayor elected for a full term.
Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai[34] 12 October Aleksandr Sokolov 2000
  • Y Aleksandr Sokolov (UR) 79.89%
  • Boris Serebryakov (Ind) 18.02%
Incumbent re-elected.
Magadan, Magadan Oblast[35] Vladimir Pechyony 2004
Incumbent re-elected.
Stavropol, Stavropol Krai[36] Dmitry Kuzmin 2003
Incumbent did not stand for re-election. New mayor elected.
Vologda, Vologda Oblast[37] Aleksey Yakunichev (resigned) 1995
New mayor elected to a vacant position.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Only parties that crossed the threshold are included.
  2. ^ Down from 34 seats in previous election.
  3. ^ Half of the seats in the Oblast Duma.
  4. ^ All seats in the House of Representatives.
  5. ^ Bicameral parliament (40 + 18 seats) was replaced with unicameral one following a referendum.
  6. ^ Five-member district covering the former Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug.
  7. ^ Four-member district covering the former Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug.
  8. ^ Total 36 seats, up from 35 in previous election.

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  12. ^ Кынев 2009, p. 453-455.
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  15. ^ Кынев 2009, p. 188-191.
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  17. ^ Кынев 2009, p. 312-314.
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