Gubernatorial elections in 2004 and 2005 were held in 25

federal subjects of Russia The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation () or simply as the subjects of the federation (), are the administrative division, constituent entities of Russia, its top-level political division ...

. In several regions these elections were moved from end of 2004 to March 14 to combine with the

2004 Russian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Russia on 14 March 2004.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1642 Incumbent President Vladimir Putin was seeking a second full four-year term. It was a landslide v ...

. On 12 December 2004, at the initiative of Russian President

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, gubernatorial elections were abolished throughout the country. These were the last gubernatorial elections in Russia until September 2012.

Race summary

Bryansk Oblast

Governor of

Bryansk Oblast Bryansk Oblast (), also known as Bryanshchina (, ), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Bryansk. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 1,169,161. Geography Bryansk Oblast lies in weste ...

Yury Lodkin Yury Yevgenyevich Lodkin (; born 26 March 1938), is a Russian politician who served two terms as governor of Bryansk Oblast, the first in 1993, and the second from 1996 to 2004. Lodkin was also a member of the State Duma's second convocation, ...

was going on his third term in 2004 (fourth if 1993–96 tenure as Head of Administration counted), but was removed from registration "for abuse of office". The application to the regional court was submitted by the candidate from the People's Party Alexander Zhdanov. Lodkin, considered one of the favorites of the campaign, linked his removing from ballot with his Communist Party membership. He accused the

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party of “unwillingness to win legally”.

Samara Oblast

The elections were set up by the regional court on 19 September 2004, after the court recognized that the 5-year term limit, introduced into the Samara Oblast Charter during the 2000 elections, can come into force only after next elections and that

Konstantin Titov Konstantin Alekseyevich Titov (; born October 30, 1944) is a Russian politician. He was the Senator from Samara Oblast from 2007 to 2014 and Governor of Samara Oblast from 1991 till 2007. In 2000 he ran for President of Russia, but lost the e ...

's term expired on July 2. However, the elections were later canceled by the Supreme Court at the suit of the Central Election Commission.

Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Gubernatorial elections in Nenets Autonomous Okrug were held on 23 January 2005, the second round was held on February 6. Incumbent governor , in office from 1996, could not be nominated due to the two-term limit (the

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overturned regional act passed shortly before the elections that allowed Butov to run for a third term). In addition he was convicted for beating a traffic police officer. Candidates included: *

Alexey Barinov Alexey Viktorovich Barinov (; born December 30, 1951) is a Russian businessman and politician. In 1974 he graduated from the Tyumen Industrial Institute, and in 1987 from the Moscow Institute of the Petrochemical and Gas Industry. Barinov ...

, President of a charitable foundation, former chief federal inspector for Nenets AO, ex-employee of LUKoil *Viktoria Bobrova, assistant of Nenets AO Regional Prosecutor *Vladimir Butov, relative and namesake of incumbent governor * Igor Koshin, member of Nenets AO legislature; former secretary of the political council of

's regional branch, expelled from the party after self-nominating for governorship *Leonid Sablin, member of Nenets AO legislature, chairman of local executive committee (1985–90) *Alexander Shmakov, entrepreneur

Results

Aftermath

On 18 February 2005, Alexey Barinov officially took office. In May 2006 he was arrested on charges of committing fraud. On June 2 of the same year, President Vladimir Putin removed Barinov from the governorship and appointed the chief federal inspector for the region, Valery Potapenko as the interim governor of NAO. Later, in 2007, Barinov was acquitted.History of elections and appointments of the governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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