2012 Russian regional elections

2012 Russian regional elections
4 March 2012 (2012-03-04)
14 October 2012
5 heads of federal subjects
6 regional parliaments
Regions where a gubernatorial election took place are highlighted in red. Regions where a parliamentary election took place are highlighted in blue.

Regional elections were held in 2012 in eleven federal subjects of Russia, first on 4 March, and then on 14 October. These were the first elections where governors were elected since 2005.

Gubernatorial elections

Main article: 2012 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections in Amur, Belgorod, Bryansk, Novgorod and Ryazan were held on 14 October. In all five regions, United Russia won with at least 64% of the vote.

Legislative elections

Elections for regional parliaments were held on 14 October in 6 federal subjects of Russia. Parties clearing the electoral threshold (varying from 5% to 7% in each region) are highlighted.

Legislature Voting system Party-list results District seats Majority
UR CPRF LDPR SR Other[a]
North Ossetia, Parliament[1][2] Parallel (35 PR + 35 TRS)[b] 44.20% (18) 10.48% (4) 1.33% 7.17% (2) PoR 26.57% (11) General: UR 19, SR 3, PoR 1, Ind 1

Runoff: UR 7, PoR 2, CPRF 1, Ind 1

Udmurtia, State Council[3] Parallel (45 PR + 45 FPTP)[c] 53.19% (29) 17.23% (9) 10.08% (6) 5.07% (1) — UR 38, CPRF 2, Ind 5
Krasnodar Krai, Legislative Assembly[4] Parallel (50 PR + 50 FPTP)[d] 69.47% (45) 8.98% (5) 4.56% 4.15% — UR 50
Penza Oblast, Legislative Assembly[5] Parallel (18 PR + 18 FPTP) 70.64% (16) 12.52% (2) 4.61% 2.87% — UR 18
Sakhalin Oblast Duma[6][7] Parallel (14 PR + 14 FPTP) 50.18% (9) 18.33% (3) 8.36% (1) 7.17% (1) — UR 12, Ind 2
Saratov Oblast Duma[8][9] Parallel (23 PR + 22 FPTP)[e] 77.92% (21) 8.27% (1) 2.83% 5.01% (1) — UR 22
Total (incl. district seats) 369 seats 304 27 7 8 23 —

Mayoral elections

The table includes capital cities of federal subjects (9) and urban okrugs with 100,000+ inhabitants.

City Date Incumbent Incumbent
since		 Candidates Result
Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast[10] 4 March Viktor Pavlenko 2008
  • Y Viktor Pavlenko (Ind) 50.18%
  • Vasily Badanin (SR) 22.48%
  • Nadezhda Vinogradova (CPRF) 17.12%
  • Larisa Sergeyeva (LDPR) 7.33%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast[11] 4 March Sergey Bozhenov (resigned)
Mikhail Stolyarov (acting)		 2004
Acting mayor elected for a full term.
Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast[12] 4 March Oleg Kuvshinnikov (resigned) 2007
  • Y Yury Kuzin (Ind) 54.35%
  • Yury Burov (CPRF) 20.84%
  • Aleksandr Kozyrev (LDPR) 10.56%
  • Pavel Dolgodvorov (Ind) 8.74%
 New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Gorno-Altaysk, Altai Republic[13] 4 March Viktor Oblogin 1992
  • Y Viktor Oblogin (UR) 53.65%
  • Viktor Romashkin (CPRF) 37.41%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast[14] 4 March Mikhail Astakhov 2008
  • Y Mikhail Astakhov (UR) 74.02%
  • Dmitry Zavyalov (SR) 19.56%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Kamyshin, Volgograd Oblast[15] 4 March Aleksandr Chunakov 2004
  • Y Aleksandr Chunakov (Ind) 42.16%
  • Aleksandr Khatsenko (SR) 38.38%
 Incumbent re-elected.
Naryan-Mar, Nenets AO[16] 4 March Yury Rodionovsky 2008
  • Y Tatyana Fyodorova (CPRF) 39.61%
  • Yury Rodionovsky (Ind) 23.63%
  • Matvey Chuprov (Ind) 11.28%
  • Aleksandr Lutovinov (Ind) 10.68%
  • Yelena Lyapunova (Ind) 7.49%
 Incumbent lost re-election.
New mayor elected.
Novokuybyshevsk, Samara Oblast[17] 4 March Oleg Volkov 2007
  • Y Andrey Konovalov (UR) 61.01%
  • Boris Lyakhov (CPRF) 24.11%
  • Yevgenia Dubnitskaya (LDPR) 6.46%
  • Andrey Golikov (Ind) 5.13%
 Incumbent did not stand for re-election.
New mayor elected.
Taganrog, Rostov Oblast[18] 4 March Nikolay Fedyanin 2003
  • Y Vladimir Prasolov (SR) 38.69%
  • Nikolay Fedyanin (UR) 29.21%
  • Viktor Bulgakov (CPRF) 28.52%
 Incumbent lost re-election.
New mayor elected.
Tolyatti, Samara Oblast[19] 4 March (first round) Anatoly Pushkov 2008
  • Aleksandr Shakhov (UR) 36.49%
  • Sergey Andreyev (Ind) 32.31%
  • Andrey Serafimov (CPRF) 10.67%
  • Borislav Grinblat (Ind) 5.47%
  • Mikhail Maryakhin (SR) 5.44%
 Incumbent did not stand for re-election.
New mayor elected.
18 March (runoff)
  • Y Sergey Andreyev (Ind) 56.94%
  • Aleksandr Shakhov (UR) 40.06%
Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia)[20] 4 March Yury Zabolev (resigned)
Igor Nikiforov (acting)[21]		 2007
  • Y Aysen Nikolayev (UR) 47.73%
  • Vladimir Fyodorov (Ind) 25.11%
  • Anatoly Kyrdzhagasov (SR) 18.06%
  • Gennady Mikheyev (CPRF) 5.89%
 New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast[22] 4 March (first round) Viktor Volonchunas 1991
  • Yevgeny Urlashov (Ind) 40.25%
  • Yakov Yakushev (Ind) 27.12%
  • Vyacheslav Blatov (SR) 23.72%
  • Aleksey Molodtsov (LDPR) 5.04%
 Incumbent did not stand for re-election.
New mayor elected.
1 April (runoff)
Yessentuki, Stavropol Krai[23] 4 March Konstantin Skomorokhin (resigned) 2003
  • Y Larisa Pisarenko (UR) 56.72%
  • Valery Smolyakov (CPRF) 17.93%
  • Timofey Kononov (SR) 13.93%
  • Yury Nadyktov (Ind) 6.13%
 New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast[24] 20 May Aleksandr Karavayev (resigned) 2009
  • Y Vyacheslav Zhilin (UR) 47.34%
  • Raisa Istomina (Ind) 23.67%
  • Valery Uskov (Ind) 16.62%
 New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai[25] 10 June Pyotr Pimashkov (resigned)
Edkham Akbulatov (acting)		 1996
  • Y Edkham Akbulatov 69.37%
  • Aleksey Podkorytov 12.03%
  • Aleksandr Koropachinsky 11.33%
 Acting mayor elected for a full term.
Omsk, Omsk Oblast[26] 17 June Viktor Schreider (resigned)
Tatyana Vizhevitova (acting)		 2005
  • Y Vyacheslav Dvorakovsky (UR) 49.35%
  • Viktor Zharkov (CPRF) 28.97%
  • Irina Overina (SR) 6.40%
 New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Angarsk, Irkutsk Oblast[27] 14 October Vladimir Zhukov (mayor–chairman of the Duma)
Anton Medko (city manager)		 2010
  • Y Vladimir Zhukov (Ind) 43.64%
  • Sergey Petrov (Ind) 32.94%
  • Sergey Brenyuk (CPRF) 14.43%
 Executive mayoralty re-created.
New mayor elected.
Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast[28] 14 October Alexander Yaroshuk 2007
Incumbent re-elected.
Khimki, Moscow Oblast[29] 14 October Vladimir Strelchenko (resigned) 2005
New mayor elected to a vacant position.
Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast[30] 14 October Valentina Isayeva 2008
Incumbent did not stand for re-election.
New mayor elected.
Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast[31] 2 December Anatoly Kondratenko (resigned) 2010
  • Y Vladimir Kirgintsev (Ind) 48.27%
  • Anatoly Volkov (Ind) 16.31%
  • Vladimir Nadtoka (CPRF) 14.74%
  • Andrey Kutyrev (Ind) 9.60%
 New mayor elected to a vacant position.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Only parties that crossed the threshold are included.
  2. ^ Runoff election was held in 11 districts on 11 November 2012.
  3. ^ Total 90 seats, down from 100 in previous election.
  4. ^ Total 100 seats, up from 70 in previous election.
  5. ^ Total 45 seats, up from 36 in previous election.

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