The 2017

Republic of Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

head election took place on 10 September 2017, on common election day. Acting Head Aleksey Tsydenov was elected for his first full term. It was the first direct Buryatia head election in 15 years since

Leonid Potapov Leonid Vasilyevich Potapov (russian: Леони́д Васи́льевич Пота́пов; 4 July 1935 – 12 November 2020) was the President of the Buryat Republic in Russia from August 1991 to July 2007. He was reelected three times (in 1994 ...

won his third term in June 2002.

Background

Head of Buryatia

Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Nagovitsyn (russian: Вячесла́в Влади́мирович Нагови́цын; bxr, Вячеслаав Наговиицын, ''Wyaçĭesláw Nagowícïn''); born 2 March 1956) is a Russian politician. He has se ...

(President of the Republic until 2012) was first appointed in 2007, he was re-appointed for a second term in 2012. On 7 February 2017, Nagovitsyn declined to seek a third term and announced his resignation at a press conference. Deputy

Minister of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government agen ...

Alexey Tsydenov Alexey Sambuevich Tsydenov (born March 16, 1976) is a Russian politician who has been acting Head of the Republic of Buryatia since his appointment by Vladimir Putin on February 7, 2017. Early life and education Tsydenov was born in Petrovsk-Z ...

was appointed acting Head of the Republic. He also became the first ethnic Buryat to lead the republic. The campaign was marked by lack of significant opposition to acting head Tsydenov, as his main opponent,

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

Vyacheslav Markhayev Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Markhayev (russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Марха́ев; born June 1, 1955, Sharaldai, Bokhansky District, Irkutsk Oblast) is a Russian politician who is currently a member of parliament, a deputy o ...

(

CPRF , anthem = , seats1_title = Seats in the State Duma , seats1 = , seats2_title = Seats in the Federation Council , seats2 = , seats3_title = Governors , seats3 = , seats4_title ...

), failed to qualify for the election.

A Just Russia A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...

did not nominate a candidate, as its regional leader Irinchey Matkhanov was placed by Tsydenov into its shortlist for Federation Council.

Candidates

Only political parties can nominate candidates for head election in Buryatia, self-nomination is not possible. However, candidate is not obliged to be a member of the nominating party. Candidate for Head of Buryatia should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to

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at least 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities (216-226 signatures). Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the

Federation Council The Federation Council (russian: Сове́т Федера́ции – ''Soviet Federatsii'', common abbreviation: Совфед – ''Sovfed''), or Senate (officially, starting from July 1, 2020) ( ru , Сенат , translit = Senat), is th ...

and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.

Registered candidates

Failed to qualify

(

CPRF , anthem = , seats1_title = Seats in the State Duma , seats1 = , seats2_title = Seats in the Federation Council , seats2 = , seats3_title = Governors , seats3 = , seats4_title ...

), Member of

from

Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizh ...

* Igor Pronkinov ( Party of Pensioners), businessman, former leader of Buryat-Mongol People's Party, 1998 head candidate

Withdrew

* Yury Bazarzhapov (Party of the Parents of Future), private kindergartens' owner

Eliminated at convention

* Yury Bavykin (

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...

), Member of

Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence wi ...

City Council, Director of Ulan-Ude Institute of Rail Transport * Yevgeny Menshikov (

LDPR ) , abbreviation = LDPR (English)ЛДПР (Russian) , native_name = , newspaper = ''For the Russian People'' , youth_wing = , seats1_title = Seats in the Federation Council , seats1 = , seats2_title ...

), businessman, former leader of

Civilian Power The Civilian Power or Citizens' Force (GS; russian: Гражданская сила; ГС; ''Grazhdanskaya sila'', ''GS'') is a green-liberal political party in the Russian Federation. The organization was called the Network Party for Support o ...

and

Right Cause The All-Russian Political Party «Right Cause» (PD; russian: Всероссийская политическая партия «Правое дело»; ПД; ''Vserossiyskaya politicheskaya partiya «Pravoye delo»'', ''PD'') was an officially r ...

regional offices

Declined

* Yevgeny Buyanin (

), local activist, former leader of Rodina regional office * Mikhail Slipenchuk (

Party of Growth Party of Growth (russian: Партия Роста, Partiya Rosta, ) is a liberal-conservative political party in Russia with representatives in several local legislatures. Created in March 2016 on the basis of the Right Cause party, the party's ma ...

), former Member of

State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ...

(2011-2016)

Opinion polls

Results

Tsydenov appointed former Head of Buryatia

to the

. Among other candidacies were incumbent Senator Tatyana Mantatova and former

Member of

(2013-2016) Irinchey Matkhanov.Алексей Цыденов назначил сенатором от Бурятии Вячеслава Наговицына
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References

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